Meldrum & Son Remodeling

Description of Work: We had a sewer fill up in our split level required the entire basement re-done. We had the mitigation company come in pull all carpeting out, they had to cut 2' of drywall everywhere, destroyed our living area. We went with Meldrum & Son a friend knew the "son" and I found out they don't advertise, just get business by word of mouth. They came in gave a fair estimate, promised he'd have 3 of them there working 5 days a week, their contract states weekends if necessary. He said it would take 2-3 weeks. It took 8 weeks. They would continually call & state don't leave the key out we won't be there. I would say they worked 3 days a week (1 person maybe 2) and then the other days not show. They put up dry wall first, you can see the tape lines, we had to mention it to them numerous times. Vic Meldrum (owner) said " Oh, I know there's a line there, I'm going to cover it with wood trim, which he did. There are still tape lines, uneven walls..nothing we could do. They painted next, got paint on all wood trim, horrible job & didn't clean the trim, phone jacks, cable lines, intercom system, just sloppy. When I asked if they would paint the closet he said I did today. I looked at the closet while on the phone with him & said you did not paint it, he said I painted the walls. There are numerous white, wooden shelves that are "the closet" the 3 walls that he painted were about 1/8 of the closet, he then told me while he was yelling "I'm sick of your b*******"! and hung up on me. He sent an email asked if we wanted him to pick up tools, (we had paid him $6400.00 at that time) I said no, we've been thru a lot (my Dad died during this). He had stained doors (1 had a hole) I had to tell him not to put that in my house. The door frames looked so horrible (he told us he wasn't using them they looked bad) the next day he put those horrible frames up, the day after he hung up on me. When I said we didn't want them he said well you have to pay for new ones, since it cost him to put them up. I said no, I won't pay you to do this, I"ll have it re done which I did for $1,050.00, I told him he wouldn't put those frames (3doors) in your home, his response: you wanted the cheap doors! The doors look good, our carpenter we hired said Vic stained doors that should be painted. He did a good job on tile floor, installing cabinets & fans. He sent email stating he wouldn't shop for us anymore, so he sent us to get cabinets, toilet, supplies, & granite counter top when we paid him 10,000 to work for us! After 8 weeks & 2 days in a row saying he was starting another job I sent email asking if he quit & was taking $6400.00 payment in full. His response was a filthy, degrading & almost on the verge of threatening us to get the carpet ordered & he'll be back. We had carpet ordered 8 weeks so I called gave him carpet company name which he insisted on to verify & then he came back next 2 days & finished baseboards after carpet was in. I have emails, pictures AND his filthy, threatening voice mail that I can share with whoever wants to hear it, I considered having the police here to give him final payment but chose not to. Thanks & my basement looks good with my new stained doors & after using a bottle of Goof Off trying to make my stained wood look the way it did.

Description of Work: Finished our basement from start to finish. A large family/TV/game room with a bar and a full bathroom. Helped us with a design and presented a clear estimate of the job. Did the frame and drywall and electric and plumbing, drywalled the ceiling and built in spotlights and speakers, built in cabinets, built in tv and speakers in the wall, made a wooden bar which exactly matches the style and the color of the cabinets, installed the cabinets, built in the refrigerator, hang light fixtures, nicely painted the walls. Inspections passed without any problems.