Vince Curcio - The Bizzzy Bee

We needed extended work. That price was for more than one day. He contracts out his work. He sends different people and I felt like it may have something vested.

I read through MANY contractors' profiles and settled on Bizzzy Bee and Vince Curio based on his rating. I requested through Angies List an estimate to replace an Exterior Door with water damage to the sill. I explained that I already had purchased the pre-hung door and lockset and was immediately willing to hire. After a couple of attempts to get a price, I was sent a price list via email a few days later. I then called to request an estimate prior to hiring-- but the owner, Vince, told me they don't do that and that he had to come see the work and would give me an estimate before starting the job. I pressed him to know what the estimate would be. He said, "About $350. Plus materials." We agreed to schedule him to come out and provided it matched his estimate he could start the same day. I then had to reschedule due to a medical emergency. A week later I attempted to get back on his schedule. After some time and several attempts I got back on his schedule (2-weeks later). The guy that showed up was NOT Vince. The guy seemed very knowledgeable and I would have been happy to have had him complete the work as he spoke with confidence and showed a clear understanding of the scope of the job. HOWEVER... HOWEVER. The job was "not as described," he said. And then took a bunch of photos and got Vince on the phone. Then without letting me talk to Vince he said this was a MUCH BIGGER JOB. And would take two guys. To which I explained that Vince had already stated to me that it would take two guys. And that "HE" was coming to my house. Which did not happen. So after a polite conversation the guy said he was sending Vince the photos but would have to reschedule. And so I called to Vince and left a message. My call was returned several hours later. And at that point was told by Vince that this was a MAJOR REPAIR and would require the better part of two full work days by two workers. I explained that I was surprised he was not the contractor to come to my house. And that two guys had not shown up in the first place as he had stated. And that he estimated it to take 2-FULL-DAYS by TWO GUYS. I kept repeating it because I couldn't believe it. I said, "You mean it will take 24-32 man hours???" Vince said, "YES." I asked him to please send me the estimate. And sure enough, the estimate was for 24-32 man hours. Totaling up to $265 for materials, and $1575 labor. Plus a $85 dump fee. A GRAND TOTAL OF $1,925. And if i wanted it painted it would be extra. I hired another contractor today. He showed up with a helper. They started at NOON and were finished by 4:30pm. It cost me $40 in materials including (3) 2x8 treated beams, some caulk, a can of spray foam insulation, and some trim. They supported the area with 2 x 4s. Then tore out the water damaged wood. Removed the existing door and installed the new one. Then they installed the lock and knob. Swept up. Total Man Hours, 2 guys x 4.5 hours= 9 man hours. PAID: $400. That's pretty darn close to Vince's original estimate! I cannot believe Vince was going to charge me $2000 for this job. **** He claimed I did not send him photos or explain the job very well. But the email was returned to me from the Angies List system and I even followed up with another email telling him it was returned to me when I scheduled him to come over -- even still, the scope of work was completely discussed and explained via a telephone call as I had no intention of having any contractor showing up to a surprise, and then smacking me with a bill higher than expected. **** And obviously it could be done in the originally estimated time and budget since the contractor today did it in 4.5 hours for $400 !

We got the estimate from Vince Curio for resurfacing our existing chimney cover instead of a costly replacement. We had used The Bizzzy Bee for other general carpentry so were confident in their ability and commitment to our satisfaction. Brian arrived within the window given by Vince and was a personable and willing as we could ask for. He answered all my questions before providing the statement of work that we agreed upon. The work was completed and looks great from the ground and the pictures showed that the top looks excellent as well. We are expecting fairly heavy rain tonight and it will be a relief to know that our chimney is sealed up tight. The work has a warranty of 5 years which is the same as the costly replacement and we are not out of pocket money that can be better used elsewhere.

Vince Curcio, owner of The Bizzzy Bee, is one of the most unethical, dishonest people that I've ever had the misfortune to do business with. I filed a complaint against him with the Better Business Bureau; he didn't respond to the complaint. I also reported him to the State Licensing Board for General Contractors. I hired The Bizzzy Bee (owner: Vince Curcio) in August 2015 to replace some rotten siding on my home, to so some repairs to the bandsill under a bay window, and to replace several pieces of rotten trim around windows, and to replace a piece of rotten trim along the bottom of my chimney. The rotten pieces of trim were to be replaced with pvc material, not wood. Vince Curcio told me that payment for the material would be due when the material was purchased but that the labor would not be billed until the job was finished to my satisfaction. On Wednesday, 8/12/15, two workers (TR and Matt) arrived to begin work. It quickly became apparent that Matt was completely unskilled in this kind of work. TR was showing him how to use tools and how to do basic tasks. On 8/13/15, TR and Matt picked up 20 pieces of LP SmartSide at MBS (Matthews Building Supply) siding to replace some Masonite siding on my house. (I paid $750 that day for the materials.) Matt spent the entire day painting the first coat of paint on the 20 pieces of siding while TR did the band sill repair, did the trim repair around my bay window and a replaced a piece of trim on my kitchen window. They returned on Friday, 8/14/15, and worked only half a day on the siding repair before telling me that they were leaving early and that they wouldn't be back until Wednesday, 8/19 to finish the work because Vince Curcio was sending them to another job.. They left all of the materials scattered around my yard. when they left. On Monday 8/17 I received a "progress invoice" for $2315.95 from Vince Curcio for all the work done up to that point. The email said to make check payable to VINCE CURCIO, not The Bizzzy Bee. A red flag immediately went up; I wasn't supposed to get billed for the labor until the job was completed. Against my better judgment, I paid the $2315.95. HUGE MISTAKE ON MY PART! Once Vince Curcio had that money, he had no interest in coming back to finish the job and I was left high and dry with the job partially finished. I spent weeks trying to chase Vince Curcio down and get a commitment on when his guys would be back to finish the work at my house. When I did manage to get a return phone call, Vince Curcio just made one excuse after another of why his guys hadn't been back to finish the work at my house. Three of four times he told me they'd be there on a certain day and then they wouldn't show up. It wasn't until 10/15 (2 months after they'd left!) that they finally returned to finish the work at my house. This time there were 3 guys (TR, Matt, and Tom). TR was supposed to be the "lead" carpenter. He and Tom argued a lot, and not in a friendly manner. It made me very uncomfortable. TR was hostile and belligerent when he spoke to me. On 10/15, all they had to do was finish installing the siding (that had been left on my patio for 2 months) and paint the second coat on paint on it, replace 1 piece of trim on 2 different windows, and replace the trim along the bottom of my chimney. The workers weren't focused on working; they were focused on fighting with each other. I went into my backyard on 10/15 to see Tom and Matt urinating on my patio, 10 feet from my back door. The windows on the back of my house were open as were the blinds so they were in full view of those in the house, including one of my children. These guys gave new meaning to disgusting. TR knocked on the door and said they were finished and told me to come look at it. I walked around the house and pointed at the trim paint that was running and dripping down onto the siding that I'd recently painted. He got nasty with me and said, "hey, it's not my fault it's not 90 degrees out!" Then he became very belligerent and said he was packing up his tools and leaving. I did my best to ignore his behavior. I pointed out that the 2 pieces of window trim that they'd replaced hadn't been painted and he hollered at Tom to get over there and paint it. Tom responded back angrily that he couldn't paint it because the caulk was still wet and TR hollered back at him to paint it anyway! I pointed out that the trim along the bottom of my chimney hadn't been replaced and he couldn't even remember what they were supposed to do with it. When I reminded him that the rotten wood was supposed to be replaced with pvc trim, he said FINE in a nasty tone of voice and then told me to go back in the house. Before I'd gone more than a few feet, he hollered at Tom to pack up their tools, that they were leaving NOW! (Matt had been out in their truck for several hours by then.) TR started slinging tools around. I went inside the house and locked the door. I immediately called Vince Curcio and told him that his guys had acted very inappropriately at my house and that none of what they had done had been done correctly. Vince Curcio came to my home on Tuesday, 10/20. I expected him to be apologetic for how his guys had acted and for how they had screwed up the work at my house. Boy, was I wrong. As I pointed out the things that had been done wrong (which was everything), he became very hostile and said he wasn't fixing anything for free and if I wanted them to fix what was done wrong then I'd have to pay for it. Vince Curcio expected to get paid for doing it wrong, and then get paid again for fixing what they'd done wrong! I told him I wasn't paying him to fix what his guys screwed up. He stormed away from my house, making a scene in front of several of my neighbors, hollering at me that he was sending me a bill and if I didn't pay it he would put a lien on my house. He sent me a bill for $1668 for 10/15-10/16 (this is in addition to the $3065.95 that I'd already paid him.) The siding that they had installed was installed wrong. The mfg installation instructions call for minimum 8d galvanized nails with a .27" head and 0.113 shank. The nails are supposed to penetrate a minimum of 1 1/5" into the framing of the house. The nail head is supposed to fit snugly against the face of the siding. Butt joints were supposed to always be at studs. Vince Curcio's workers used what looked like finishing nails that are used in conjunction with wood glue when making wood furniture. The nails had NO HEADS and were sunk deep into the siding. In many areas there were 3-4 nails in a 2" area. The butt joints were not on studs and half a dozen of them are already pulling away from the house. Because they used the wrong nails, the siding will pull away from the house as it swells and contracts. I called the supplier and described the installation; they said that the protective outer shell of the siding had been compromised and that the siding needed to be removed and new siding installed. Because the siding was installed wrong, the mfg warranty was voided. When I emailed Vince and explained how the siding had been installed wrong, his response was a verbal attack. He told me that I was wrong about what kind of siding that they had installed on my house. He insisted that they had installed hardie board siding and that they had followed the mfg's installation instructions. He was just lying. He had the invoice for the siding just like I did. Vince Curcio just tried to lie his way out of it by trying to convince me that I didn't know what kind of siding was on my house. Vince Curcio refused to take responsibility for the incorrect installation of the siding just like he refused to take responsibility for the other mistakes his guys made. The siding mfg is going to send a representative to my house to inspect the siding and document what was done to the siding. On the back (second story) of my house, the only repair that they were authorized to do was to replace one vertical piece of window trim on one window. One of the workers took a paintbrush and randomly painted fresh paint in 6-8" spots all over the wall so that now the entire wall has to be painted. This was obviously deliberate on their part to make me have to repaint the entire wall. The did the exact same thing on another wall of my house. This was nothing more than them deliberating damaging my house. Vince Curcio said that it is MY FAULT that there are spots all over those two walls. He said that if the paint had been a perfect match, then it wouldn't have mattered where his guys had painted! Without my knowledge, one of the workers got an old piece of scrap wood from a 25 year old deck that I had demo'd and tried to pass it off as the pvc repair that was supposed to have been done at the bottom of my chimney. It obviously was a piece of old wood, but the worker insisted that he'd done the repair with pvc. When I pointed the lie out to Vince Curcio, he said that what his worker had done was acceptable and that he had no problem with it! For the past month, I've tried to correspond with Vince Curcio via email in a civil, professional manner so that we can get this worked out. The bottom line is that his guys not only didn't do the work right (so now I have to hire another company to do the work correctly) but they also caused damage to my house. So it's going to cost me more to get the repairs done because I also have to fix what they damaged. All he's done in return is threaten and bully me. Apparently he sees a single mother as an easy target to take advantage of. I intend to post his emails with this review so that others can see just how nasty he was to me. I will also be posting pictures of the damage they did to my home.

Spoke with Vince on phone. Emailed him a list of repairs that needed to be done. He got back to me quickly. The work was scheduled for the following week. Len came and took care of each repair in a neat and professional manner.

I am a single women new to Charlotte so I was very skeptical about calling someone in to do this work for me. When they called to set up the appointment I was still nervous because the person on the phone explained to me that until they came to my home to see exactly what needed to be done and seeing what kind of supplies they would need he couldn't say for sure if they would be able to complete the job within the allotted time. I made the appointment even though I was still very nervous. On the morning of the appointment the Handyman called me to let me know he was on his way and what time to expect him. His name was Gary. He was very nice and professional. From the time Gary came into my home I felt comfortable. He explained everything to me before he did the work wanting my OK. He kept me informed after he finished each job letting me know how much time I had left knowing it was important to me not to go over my time allotted. Gary was very efficient. He was able to finish all three jobs I needed done within the allotted time. I would use this company again and would recommend them. As a matter of fact I have already referred them to my daughter. Thank you. Amanda

On the day of the appointment 09/02/2015 (WEDNESDAY), they did not contact me until 2 hours after the appointment time range. I had called every 30 mins and left 4 vms on 2 different numbers. I was told the person coming to put in the doors was involved in a car accident and Vince would personally call me back once they figure out their work schedule. He stated that it would be at least a week before he would call back about rescheduling. It has now been almost 7 weeks and I have yet to hear a thing back. I understand there was an incident but 7 weeks? Very displeased that I gave up a day of work and have had to jump through further hoops to find another contractor to do the work, giving up yet another day of work. It is not my job to call them to reschedule my appointment when I was not the one missing the appointment. No matter how large or small the job, I should have been contacted by this point.

It went fine. They did an excellent job and all I could say is they could have hauled the trash out which they didn't do, but other than that I had no problem with it.

Although the handyman was an hour late, Vince stayed on top of it and was courteous. The man did great work, was professional and was informative about everything he was doing. Outstanding overall.

Vince was so wonderful to work with. He was knowledgeable about what needed to be done and showed great understanding and kindness in dealing with our needs. Greg was the person who performed the services, and he did an outstanding job. I would absolutely hire this company again and will most certainly be happy to recommend them. They showed great respect and concern and were focused on providing excellent service and they succeeded!

It went very well. The work performed by Brian was excellent and I would highly recommend Bizzzy Beeand owner VinceCurcio. It was such an easy way to complete projects that I had been putting off for way too long.

Bizzy Bee did a great job!! The person was on time, did quality work and didn't leave a mess for me to clean up.

Excellent service all around, quality of work was awesome, showed up on time, was very courteous, done in a reasonable amount of time at a very reasonable price. A+ would use again.

This company offers honest and excellent service. They not only finished their job with high standard, but also pointed out the problem of our roof which helped us avoid a lot of potential troubles in the future. We truly appreciate their help.

Vince was very easy to work with, and his guys did exactly what was asked of them. We would use them again.

Gary was AMAZING!!! He was very thorough and made sure that everything was done properly. The Bizzzy Bee has found a real gem in him!

Excellent service, was on time and professional and did amazing work! Went above and beyond! Will only be using The Busy Bee from now on! Highly recommended!

Awesome! Chris did a fantastic job. You can't tell that a chair rail used to be there. Thank you!

We are getting ready to put our house on the market and I had a list of minor repairs/updates that I had put off but that needed to be done before we list the house. The repairs included landscape light repairs, repairing some display lighting in the kitchen, refinishing wooden screen doors, touch up and paint on decorative molding, replacing exterior doors and weatherstripping, some exterior painting, etc. Vince sent over a general guy who did everything except the electrical and painting and then the electrician and painter came when needed. The guys all did excellent work. They ended up working for almost two weeks on our place. They cleaned up every evening and were very clear about when they would resume work for the next morning. They were professional and were very competent workers. I added a few tasks to the list as the work progressed and they were very accommodating about the additions. I would totally recommend these guys and would definitely use them again.

Felt that it took longer that what I anticipated. I had bought the flooring but needed one more box, Installers had to go get the box along with other supplies. Upon coming back realized they needed to exchange flooring that they bought for a different kind. In all the hours were calculated at 23 for the total job. They also looked up Home Depot and found that when they arrived it was not the home depot store therefore another charge to the hours calculated. Their actual work is beautiful and I am very please. Wonder if Vinnie would review the bill and make adjustments.

Both techs were very professional--one was about 5 minutes early and the other was about 15 minutes late because he needed to stop and get gas. Not a big deal at all, and once here they worked very efficiently and got all the work done in 2 hours. Tom in particular was very detail-oriented and ensured the measurements were perfect and we were happy with it before moving on. He even dusted the shelves and cleaned the mirrors after. Overall, very happy with the prompt service and exceeded expectations.

I would definitely call them again. They were able to help get a lot of small projects done since I'm not able to get them done myself. They were timely and cleaned up any messes. I really felt like he knew what he was doing.

Went well, all work completed. Vince is very nice and responsive. The system is that he sends out a guy to do each task, not just one guy for the job, so I ended up with a plumber, an electrician, and then another handyman to do the rest. they were all nice and did the work.

I am very pleased with the work that was done in my home. Gary is a true professional with many years of electrical experience. He arrived on time and worked steadily until the jobs were completed. Such attention to detail! I would not hesitate to use the Bizzzy Bee again.

The owner of the busy bee called us back but the experience was not pleasant. He offered to come out and do another hour of service, but their were conditions. He wanted us to up grade the grade on Angie's list and not contact Angie's list if we weren't happy. I felt intimidated almost bullied. Is this how they maintain their A rating by strong arming the people they do service with. At first I thought he really wanted to do the right thing but instead of coming out and finishing he justified the job . Very poor service. I would never use this company again I am sorry I did not realize he had replied but he is wrong. He lied. .He is wrong . we even sent him a picture of the nail holes in the wall I gave him a slight higher grade because it was one of his employees but he is straight out lying and that deserves a D. He even said he would come out and fix what the guy left and never called back. He is lying and I have the pictures to show the nail holes left and I can attach them He is wrong and did not do quality work for us. He may have done good work for everyone else but he did not for us. Our report stands and is corrected related to his dishonesty.