JG Hause Construction Inc

Wonderful company to work with. Professional and kept me up to date on every step of the process. Presented the roof options clearly and made the process stress free. Would definitely recommend.

Terrible communication with this company. Wasted an enormous amount of my time pretending to be taking on the job only to notify last minute that the job was not "profitable enough" for them! Wow, guess they are only out to take advantage of naïve customers and overcharge the heck out of them.

I had some issues with my roof from a previous contractor. JG Hause came in and corrected everything. They do good work and they do it at a fair price.

Verify happy with the finished product. I was originally planning on trying to tackle this job myself but decided to hire it out, and boy am I glad I did. They tackled problems that I didn't even think anticipate and would have been way over my skill level. Working with them truly was effortless, and when I had questions, the office was quick to respond by both phone and email. I will for sure be using them in the future with additional projects.

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I called JG Hause in the morning of 10/27 explaining that I had an apparent leak in my roof. They told me that someone would call me back to schedule a time to stop by and check things out. They did call back later on Monday and I was told they were booked until 11/5. We set up an appointment for 8am on 11/5. Come 8am on 11/5, nobody shows up. At around 9am I call main office, and leave a voicemail asking what happened? I get no response. At 9:50 am someone shows up. When I point out he's almost two hours late, he says "that happens sometimes." With that I booted him and told him I would get another firm to give my business to. There was no phone call saying they would be late, there was no explanation of why they were late. I understand schedules change, but if you can't make the appointed time you need to call and let the customer know. I am done with JG Hause will not use them for any jobs in the future.

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I can't say enough good things about this company and the crew. The office was also excellent to work with. Before we got started we looked over the color selection and trim. The rep was very helpful and made several suggestions as well as discussing the warranty. We had 40 yr old aluminum siding which they removed. It was a beastly hot summer so they worked early in the morning some days. We had them do new window trim and soffits. the crew was respectful and courteous. they were hardworking men that knew what they were about and were well trained and well managed. They were very professional and cared about doing a good job which showed in their work ethic and attention to detail! They were an excellent team and worked very well with us as the homeowner. I felt quite safe. The job was completed and the yard and premiss was cleaned very well. It looks fabulous! It's been 2 years and we've had some bad weather since it was put up - it looks as good as it did the first summer. No issues, very solid job! One thing I noticed is the house is much quieter too. I suppose that's the difference between aluminum and Hardy board. Hardy board is great stuff! The siding est cost was @ $20,000 and worth every penny. the previous year the same company had re-shingled our roof which was also an excellent job. there were some soft spots in the roof which were repaired. they didn't just shingle over bad wood and call it good, they made it a solid roof again. That's why we decided to have them do the siding. Estimate cost for the roof was @$8000. Three years later we've had no issues of any kind with the roof. Solid job. This is an excellent company to do business with. I'd recommend them without reservation. They are honest.

We called them because they had installed the home's roof under past owners, but it didn't really matter since the roof warranty didn't cover ice dams and they didn't send the same crew, of course. The person who answered the phone said he'd come out that morning and take care of it. 2 guys showed up on time, and did the work efficiently. We saw some results the same day. So far so good. I was less impressed that a) they didn't tell me beforehand that they were basically going to spread toxic icemelt over the roof; but I learned latter that short of a very pricey steamer or damaging ice picks that's pretty much how it goes; and b) they said they'd come back but didn't; also c) when I asked how I could help prevent more damage and if running a heater in the room under the problem area would help, the guy said that it couldn't hurt. It turns out that that is the exact opposite of what you're supposed to do, and that encourages melt and damage. So I wish he had known to tell us to keep the heat off/low in that part of the house. All in all they did the job, though not flawlessly.

JG Hause did a wonderful job with our kitchen remodel. It was a long process because we chose to finance it with a 203k rehab loan. They submitted all of the paper work necessary for the loan in a timely fashion, and adjusted to the schedule as required by the lender very nicely. The kitchen remodel went very smoothly. There were very few unexpected issues, but when they did arise they were really good at communicating what the issue was and what the options were for solving it. They were true to their bid and we never had to deal with any "hidden" costs. The project took slightly longer than expected, but this was due some materials (kitchen cabinets) not arriving quite on schedule. They were very professional and clean throughout the process. After they had finished, we had discovered that there were a few minor details missed (very minor-two small spaces under our island that weren't painted, and the outside portion of our windows did not get stained). This was discovered on a Friday and on Monday they were out to make sure those areas were properly taken care of. The kitchen turned out great, they were very easy to work with, and I would not hesitate to hire them again.

They did an excellent job. They were reasonably priced. They did the job quickly and efficiently. They cleaned up well and I have yet to find any nails in our yard. I was not present for the service and they came and went. You could not tell they did the work other than seeing the new roof. Todd Hause was very professional, punctual, and polite. He was very easy to work with and he provided an estimate ahead of the work. He provided me with good references and it gave me a very good feeling in using the company.

We have an older house with a newer addition. There were two types and vintages of siding, which we wanted to redo. We hired Hause to completely remove all existing siding and replace it with new HardyPlank siding and trim. We also hired Penguin Insulation, on Hause's recommendation, to reinsulate the older part, which was done fine. We also hired Hause to remove our old, falling-down garage and build a new one on the same foundation. We got them off Angie's List, because they had a good reputation, and we called people who had used them before and they all gave great reviews. We do not know why Hause had so much trouble with our project. We spent fifty thousand dollars on the house and when you spend that kind of money you expect a pretty good job and people who know what they are doing. First, the garage work (for another $22K) went quite well, and we are very satisfied with the final product. But even then, I had to inspect often and have a couple of problems fixed. For example, the HardyPlank instructions very clearly say to keep all the siding at least 2" above grade. But the worker who did the siding put a couple of pieces right in contact with the dirt. Also, he did the soffit but left a 2-3" gap with no covering all along one side. This opening would be perfect for bats and paper wasps to invade. I had to insist this be covered with a linear vent of some kind, and it finally was. We have to believe that the job supervisor and many of the workers are quite competent on new construction, such as our garage, but they do not have the experience or inclination to do excellent work on older homes, such as our residing project. To be honest, an older house has "idiosyncrasies" which require extra attention and care. We know, because we have lived in and worked on this house for 40 years. It took Hause five months to finish re-siding our house, and it is not all that big. We have a list of couple dozen problems that arose during the project. In spite of promises given us before we signed the contract and often repeated during the project, workers did not show up on time, and there were many days when no one showed up at all. The excuse was typically, "Joe is working in Chisago today." So, apparently, our project which was started first and for which we paid a good down payment, was always lower priority than some other project. I am sorry, but that is no way to treat a customer, especially when I specifically asked before signing the contract if people would work on it every day, and I was assured they would. We were disappointed in the lack of diligence on the part of the supervisor. He would say, "I'll come tomorrow at eight", then he would show up two or three days later at four, with no notice, just the recurring excuse, "We had to go to (the) Chisago (project)". When the weather was great, they would be not there and when the weather was lousy they would show up. One of the subs had to come back five times and he was upset because of being called so many times because other people hadn't finished their part of the job. In the fall, the weather turned cold and they couldn't touch up paint when it was freezing, so there are many exposed nail heads. Perhaps a small thing, but it could have been avoided if the project had received proper resources all along. For example, they just finished cleaning our yard up at the beginning of February and the project started in August. They had to dig stuff out of the snow banks so we could get our entire driveway ploughed. It was a continuing stream of stuff like that. The workers in the very beginning were young and had little understanding about the job. We were told later that Hause actually had to fire a crew and start again. The crews made many mistakes. We believe that the owner, Jeff Hause, being older and with many years of experience, would have handled the project much better. But he was not involved until we insisted. And then he pretty much backed up all that we said. But he left the project in the hands of the original supervisor. We had to have things done that we did not intend to do because the workers made so many mistakes. For example they trimmed some doors and most of the older windows so badly that the existing storm doors and windows no longer fit. And this was in spite of the fact that we left the older storms and screens right next to the openings so they could fit them correctly. Four exterior door frames and 10 window frames had to be ripped out and redone. And even then, we had to buy new screens for many windows. We felt we had to be on them all the time. So it was just an unpleasant situation. We hired a contractor hoping that we would not have to be so involved every day. You should be able to go on vacation and come back and have it done. It ended up costing us more work and more worry than we should have had to endure, so it was not a pleasant experience. Many of the window frames in the old part got tilted when they ripped off the siding and we didn't know that. Instead of going around and checking to be sure everything was plumb and square, the "siding crew" just put the trimming and siding on. Imagine my dismay when some the of windows were so loose that you could see light around the sashes. And the attic windows were trimmed so closely that all the storms and screens no longer fit. Hause decided it was less money for them to buy and install new storm windows than to redo the trim as it should have been done in the first place. We couldn't believe that they couldn't do simple things like check to make sure windows were level and straight and door and window frames were the right size. The "Tyvek crew" did not properly put Tyvek house wrap and sealing tape around several of the older windows, and the "siding crew" did not pay attention and do it right before installing the siding, so that had to be redone, involving replacing the trim and some siding. And that stuff is expensive! The first sub who was to wrap all the old window frames with aluminum (so we don't have to paint any more), stopped the wrap on the sills at the outer edge of the old window sashes. This would allow rain to run down the sash and under the aluminum and rot the window sill. Neither the sub nor the supervisor noticed it until we brought it to his attention. So, a different sub had to come back, pull all the sill wraps off and rewrap with the sills being covered all the way to the inside edge of the sashes. After all the problems, we are satisfied with the final result. Hause did fix all that they could, without trying to weasel out of anything. So, we give them high marks for integrity. They did not walk away; they did finish, but they took five months to get a house re-sided. We believe that the owner, after he saw the problems first hand, came down on the workers and got them to "do it right". The original price was not a bad price but we can't believe they made any money after they spent all that time and money to redo every thing they had to do. It was extremely frustrating to be a homeowner and hire a contractor and have so many things go wrong. We can understand bad weather or other hazards beyond the workers' control. We just couldn't understand the lack of attention to detail, not checking their own work, and lack of diligence. If we were the average persons who knew nothing about contracting, the job would have been terrible because we wouldn't have known that we were getting a poor job, until it was too late. It should have been Hause's job to do the right things from the very first. It could have cost someone else a lot of extra money. We believe they are an honest company. But they have many incompetent workers and subcontractors. Also, we believe they try to manage too many jobs at once, so that jobs like ours do not get the proper supervision. We believe the owner would have done an excellent good job, but the guy managing the project seemed to lack experience with redoing an old house. We would probably not recommend Hause for any exterior work on an old house.

As part of purchasing a home we negotiated in a new roof. JG Hause had the sale with 50 year shingles and 10 year workmanship warranty. Took their time and sealed the edges up 6 or 8 feet, took pictures and shared them with us, we had a couple minor issues afterwards that they attended too relatively quickly. One issue is outstanding still, they dropped off the materials but haven't completed the work.

The whole process went very smoothly. The crew was excellent. They were clean, worked very hard, and did a wonderful job. In the process of tearing off the old siding they discovered places where water had been intruding from improperly flashed roofing. They corrected the problem and we have had no issues since. Our house looks great and I would highly recommend them.

They reviewed the job, gave us estimate get a date to do the job, finished the job on time.

We love the look and durability of James Hardie fiber-cement, and we knew that we could trust J.G. Hause Construction to install it properly. The products are only as good as their installation, so we took great care in choosing a contractor that follows all Hardie installation specifications. Chris and Tony are highly skilled and experienced at Hardie installation and took great care with our project. They work as a two-man team, with great attention to detail. These men take pride in their work, and follow or exceed best building practices in all areas of construction. We are happy to have the expertise of Adam, the project manager, as well. Adam has a wealth of remediation experience. This was a big project. The house is a two story, with a steep roof and a 38 foot high chimney. There were other tricky aspects of the job, too. Chris and Tony had to retrofit the window wrapping and flashing, due to the fact that the windows had not been wrapped or flashed properly by the builder. They did this masterfully. The house has an octagonal tower with many windows, which required a great deal of trim work. Chris and Tony suggested using fire and ice moisture barrier as the wrapping on the tower, to give it maximum protection. They protected the house from any possibility of water intrusion, by meticulously flashing and installing custom kick outs. In addition to being highly skilled, all three men are all-around nice guys. Talking with them about the project was easy. They listened to our ideas and made great suggestions. They were happy to answer our questions and were always accommodating. They were great about making changes in flashing and soffit colors, even going with an alternate supplier to get our choice of colors. We highly recommend J.G. Hause Construction to other homeowners. Before choosing J.G. Hause Construction, we looked at projects they have completed, talked to homeowners, and met numerous times with Adam, (our project manager). J.G. Hause is an established construction company with many satisfied customers. They are committed to excellence and stand behind their work. We are very happy that we trusted J.G. Hause Construction with our project!

They left a flyer regarding roof replacement from storm damage. I called and the guy came almost immediately and did an initial assessment. It was kind of a damage report. He didn't give an actual estimate. He wrote the report and asked that I call my insurance company and said they would be there when the insurance did their assessment. I didn't sign anything but they put a lawn sign in the yard. When the insurance came out I called them to be one of the 3 bids that I wanted to get and they never returned my call. They didn't follow up when I called them to do a bid. I called them and said they never got back to me and they might want to come and pick up their sign. It had fallen over and they came by one day in their truck and put it upright but then they never returned my call to give me an estimate. I called them to come and get their yard sign and they never showed up so the sign is under the snow somewhere. At first they responded immediately and then they never responded. I felt a little pressured and I wouldn't call them back.

Crew arrived on time, finished the same day. Everyone was polite, and did a thorough job of clean up, they even used a magnet to go over the lawn for stray nails. I was worried about our landscaping and pergola but absolutely nothing was harmed.

THEY RESPONDED VERY QUICKLY IN COMING OUT TO GIVE AN ESTIMATE AND THEN BEGINNING THE JOB VERY SHORTLY AFTERWARD. THEY WORKED QUICKLY AND WERE HAPPY TO FIX A PROBLEM WITH THE GUTTERS THEY INSTALLED. MY ONLY SMALL COMPLAINT WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T LET US KNOW WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO BE ARRIVING.