CASA BLANCA BUILDERS

Casa Blanca Builders refuses to make final payment to the stucco sub contractor keeping that portion of the final payment of our modular install from the bank for themselves.

He poured the slab then disappeared. Now been 14 months and have never returned to do anything he contracted for. Kept telling me "next week".

It went pretty smooth. Some back and forth calling but in the end it was completed as promised.

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Do not use Casa Blanca Builders unless you want to spend 6 months getting your mobile home installed. Owner Albert Chavez has only one non English speaking employee working on at least 5 different jobs around the state. He got 5 code violations and had to pay for two re-inspections while installing my foundation, block skirting, and drainage. What with correcting code violations and not showing up for weeks on end I estimate three to four months of the 6 month ordeal were burned up by his delays. He had included in his proposal running the electric, water, sewer, and gas to the mobile home but due to the delays I hired another contractor to run those or the job would still not be done. On our first meeting I emphasized the foundation was going in an irrigated field and that fill dirt needed to be hauled in and compacted to build up the flood plane level. He added $1800.00 on our agreement for that purpose. However, when his worker showed up he just scraped off the area, set the forms and rebar, and was ready to pour the slab. I complained about him not using the $1800.00 fill dirt listed in our agreement not knowing the inspector had already red tagged the job "needing verification of flood plain requirements." He had to rip out the forms and bring in the fill dirt, compact, reset the forms and finally poured the concrete 3 weeks later. Other problems. He installed the tie downs before the Karsten setup crew was finished leveling and joining the two halves together necessitating removal of one side so adjustments could be completed. He brought in concrete blocks for skirting without letting me chose the style and color of blocks and placing them in the way of utility contractors and other workers. I had him remove them and bring in the blocks I wanted. He final billed me before he had a passed final inspection and failed to back fill up against the block skirting. I withheld final payment until he passed the final inspection and hired another contractor to finish up the dirt work. His one worker does do an adequate job but problems arise do to the lack of supervision, scheduling, communication, and honesty of the owner Albert Chavez. He would always say, " I've been doing this for 30 years, I know what I'm doing." My reply, "A 30 year professional does not get 5 red tags on a contracted job!" I am a retired General Contractor NM Lic #GB98 - 20391