Bob Taylor Construction

I got 3 quotes for the project. They were all in the same neighborhood but Bob had availability. I insisted he get a building permit. The county inspectors sat down with him and carefully spelled out what needed to be done to meet code. The job was supposed to take 5 days. Bob didn’t pay attention to anything the inspectors or I told him. The stairs were supposed to be 48 inches wide, he made them 40 inches wide. He was supposed to make a 4x4 foot landing pad, he made it 1x4 and had to dig out more to meet code. He put in surface supports instead of the required 36 inch deep platform and pier construction for footings and then had to rent a Jack hammer to remove his concrete and the old supports. By the time he got to digging the proper ditches for the footings, the ground was frozen. He put heaters out that were inadequate and had flammable materials too close to the heaters. Fortunately it only burned the material and not my entire house and start a forest fire. He used improper bolts and all had to be pulled out and redone. The stair railings had improper grab bars and they had to be redone. Then they were not properly stained. He and his workers showed up at erratic hours without letting me know so I could secure the dogs, left doors and windows open in freezing temperatures and lights on all the time. It took 5 inspections for him to meet building code which is the minimum standard to meet safety requirements. It should have taken 2. I would think that someone who has been building for 25 years would be well acquainted with required codes. If you use Bob be sure that he has required building permits and gets required inspections to protect yourself. On top of all his significant mistakes he wanted to charge me significant amounts over his bid for labor and materials. I informed him I would not pay a cent more than our agreed amount. I would not pay for his mistakes. The overall end product was okay. I will have to restain the railings in the spring. On top of that I let him use my garage to stage the project and he or someone in his crew stole my brand new 24 volt Greenworks drill and impact driver, batteries and charger. He stated he knew nothing about it and wasn’t even apologetic until I threatened to report him to the police. Then he offered to pay me. This way a simple straightforward project. There were no surprises. There is no way it should have take 5 weeks to get it completed.

It was good, we are happy with the work. They are on time and professional. The price was reasonable. He was very easy to work with.

He was wonderful. The crew was great, they did exactly what they said and very professional. I would use them again and I highly recommend them to anyone.

I would recommend him to anyone.