LJ D'Amico Home Improvements

We hired these guys to build a roof over our deck which should have been a simple job. We were quoted a decent price and given a date for the work to be completed. Then.....delay after delay and excuse after excuse!! Not to mention the rain leaking into our kitchen three times! They insisted that they couldn't tie the existing roof into the new roof without tearing off our entire roof. Everytime we asked them to fix things properly - they argued with us. We finally had to hire a REAL contractor to fix the mess that they made to our roof. It was only then that we discovered that they had not properly secured the new roof to the house - could have been a fatal disaster for us. They would save themselves alot of law suits if they just close their business NOW!!

The guys worked in very cold and snowy weather. The steel platforms were heavier than expected and they had to return the next day to finish the job. They traveled a significant distance to do the job in the first place. They took care not to damage to the exterior while cutting the steel connections, which was a difficult thing to do.

Putting aside the constant delays and complete inability to adhere to any semblance of a schedule due to his side-business (snow plowing) and just too many jobs going on at once - these guys are not worth the money you save. The countertop installation was done very very poorly. I may have to have them ripped out and pay someone to put in new countertops all over again. They didn't scribe the back wall before installing so I have a huge gap on one side (they claim will be covered by the backsplash). They measured wrong and one part of it is short and not flush with the cabinet on one end of it. The cracked the wood on my center island when removing the old counter tops. The kitchen sink is not seamlessly sanded/blended with the countertops - instead, you can feel bumps and gaps. They also left tape on the counter top when they put in the faucet and now there is torn blue tape under the faucet once they tightened it down. The bevel has imperfections in several places - they said they'd sand it out - then claimed they could not. The counter tops themselves have circular blemishes/marks that they tried to sand out, but couldn't. On this point alone, I should have thrown them out of the house and refused the counter tops - but once they have the old ones ripped out, what are you supposed to do? We'd have no kitchen sink or counter tops while I fight with this guy and/or wait for him to order new counter tops. Also, the cut-in where the slide-in oven goes is uneven on both sides. Here again, during installation they said they'd recut it and then said they could sand it down - then claimed they could not sand it anymore once it came time to do so. To top off this delightful experience, they forgot to install two screws that hold the dishwasher in place and did it in a hurry. While complaining about how hard it was to screw in the two screws (apparently they never heard of drilling starter holes) the guy decided it would be okay to just close my dishwasher door to see if it clears - it didn't. Instead, he scrapped the h*** out of the control panel on my brand new $600 dishwasher because they didn't screw one side in far enough. It is a shame that incompetent guys like this are even in business. But John is an old pro at establishing trust right away then once you sign, pulling every excuse in the book out of his a** as to why he is late, etc. etc. I will say this much - he stuck to the price and credited me $150 for a misquoted job to install a gas line. But as honest as his intentions might be, he is in way over his head and uses very inexperienced guys to do most of his work. He showed up on our job a whopping four times to supervise and assist a few occasions where it was necessary - otherwise he was out trying to sell more jobs, plow, or whatever else he needed to do that was more important than insuring he delivered a quality product/service. I cannot warn folks enough about this crew. I almost signed on to do a $40k room addition with this guy and my god, I am so glad I tried him out with counter tops first. I have plenty of pictures of the shoddy work for all to see if I can find a way to post them. STAY AWAY FROM THIS CONTRACTOR AT ALL COST!!!!!! DO NOT BE LURED BY THEIR VERY LOW PRICE!!

Stay away from this guy. He may change his name or address. This was to be a 2-3 week job. In gutting the walls down to the studs, they punched a large hole into a bedroom wall that is opposite the bathroom wall. The ceiling was tore down without any consideration for the previous blown-in insulation, which fell to the floor. The drywall and painting were very poorly done. Drywall was cracked in places, and installed unevenly. Where drywall was not cut to fit, in various places, holes were filled in with pieces of drywall. The plastering that was done was not sanded down enough, so that when they painted all the unevenness shows through. In general, the painting was done very sloppily. They started to install the tub surround, and that also was done very poorly. It was installed so uneven that we had to do patch work with ceramic tile to try and make it look right. He would send inexperienced, very young men who didn't have a clue at times of how to do what needed to be done. When they didn't know what to do, they would say they had to get something at the shop and many times not come back that day. And most times, not come back for many days at a time. And other times, wouldn't show up when they said they would. When we would call John, he always had an excuse for delaying the job. After over 4 months John delivered the remaining hardware (sink, faucet, towel racks, materials for the countertop, cabinet, vanity, etc.) with no indication that he intended to complete the job. For over 4 months all we had was a working toilet and a unconnected tub. After John finally delivered the harddware and material products that we had already paid for, we had to get someone else to finish the job.