Dan Short Construction LLC

Description of Work: Dan Short Construction was supposed to hang slat board and build a closet. I asked Mr. Short for a quote and his response was told, he would charge his employee rate and materials only. I agreed to that, I asked about how many hours would it take, Mr Short said approx 40 hours. I was expecting a bill for around $1500.00 - $2000.00. I received a bill for $16,000.00, $7000.00 was for the slat board and materials for closet. This is $112.50 per hour per employee (2) for 40 hours. I questioned the charges when Mr. Short brought the bill. I told him this was very high and he said that was the charges. I told him the hourly charges were too high. His response was, can I get a check? I told him I would have to make payments and he said that was fine. I told him it would be September before I would make a payment. He said that would be fine. A week later I get a letter in the mail, he is putting a lean on my business because I was not paying.

Description of Work: I called Dan Short Construction for a remodeling, he responded well at first. He gave me 3 quotes to remodel my house, I agreed to proceed. He started the renovations, and asked for a draw at the end of each month. He would bring you the bill and he would ask for the check right then. It did not matter the amount. My draw was 20,000.00 each month for three months. At the third month I called and told Dan Short I should have the renovation paid for, Mr Shorts response was, "OH no". He asked me if I received all of the quotes, I told him I dont know, I received three. He responded well there is 4 quotes. He then emailled me the 4th quote which was $40,000.00 dollars more. I told him I never saw it. He then tried to convince me he gave me this quote at the beginning. He didnt! Yes after three months he gave me a quote for 40% more than what was quoted originally. He then told me "well the work is already done" you will need to pay this as well. I told him I was not sure about this bill. We would need to talk about this invoice, anytime I tried to talk about it he always had to call me back. At the end of the 4th month he asked for the $40,000.00 balance. I told him I was not expecting this. I would have to get a loan for this amount. After about a week and a half of Mr. Short bugging me everyday for the money my loan went through. I was hesitant to give him the balance because the house was not finished. I went a head and gave him the money and then he disappeared and would not answer my call's. I have live Electric wires hanging out of the wall, and ceiling in my 7 year old daughters room. No cover plates over the outlets! Left plates off of the electric plug and switch in my kids bathroom! The below list is what he did not finish or looks so bad it will need to be redone by a real proffesional! Electric Plates off light switches. Did not hang ceiling fan and left live wires hanging. half painted the new 6 panel doors. painted the wall color on the ceiling. have paint on stained cabinets and new hand rails. Ceiling in the master bed room was suppose to have been replaced with new drywall, scimmed instead and have ripples through out ceilings. paint and spackling on new ceiling fan in master bedroom. Paint ran down wall in every room. Brush brissals painted over on walls. Paint on ceramic tile. Ceramic tile uneven in master bathroom floor. Ceramic tile not even in the shower in masterbath. Grout on window in master bath and can not get off. Paint on new windows just put in 4 months earlier. Switched out lights in master bath and did not cover up where old light was. Door stops were suppose to have stops on all doors, only have 5 out of 11 doors. Some stops installed did not have rubber piece on stop, metal hitting door. Carpet cut too short up against hard wood floors. Carpet freying. Ceramic tile is chipped on edges in shower and not cut straight. Had to use different faucets because Mr Short did not order until day before instalation. Have three different faucetts in three bathrooms. Rain shower head was suppose to come straight out and then point down, comes out in an angle and was not installed as I had asked. Was suppose to get tile shelves in shower, told me after shower was complete couldnt do it. Took a shelf out of linen closet and lost it and did not replace. Took things out of closet folded and threw items back in and did not care how they went back in, not folded, thrown! Baseboards, not painted in spots. Nail heads coming out of baseboards and just painted over them and paint ran on baseboards. baseboards are not up against the wall tight, some places 1/2" away. Drywall walls not smooth, used pieces to peice wall together and can see all seams. Took mirror out of wall and put drywall in and can see where mirror was. No caulking around new shower in kids bathroom and drywall does not come down tight against shower. Shower cap around pipe out of wall does not cover up hole in wall. Had put heated floors in master bath, and heat stops 8" from cabinet. Did not re-hang mirrors that was put in the original quote. holes in the drywall size of #2 pencil lead. gapping between splash guard around sink and walls. Carpet on stairs was suppose to be on tread only, put carpet up and over each step and against the back of stairs. carpet coming loose at top of stairs. Smoke detector hangs from ceiling by wires. always fit before. specks of paint on new carpet. Walls marked up from carpet being laid. carpet was not laid the same in large closet in front bedroom going to attic. Holes in drywall around temp. gauge for floors in Master Bath. Now for main floor: After taking railing out to change at bottom stairs, did not fix drywall. Railing at bottom stairs, clear coat not consistant. Where molding was taken out around stairs was not covered up with new railing. New baseboard does not meet up tight through out the house. Asked for Garage door to be turned around and was not. Garage door on inside of house was never painted. Paint on new stained pocket doors. gaps in molding in bathroom. Wall Paint on ceiling. Ceiling on Wall paint. Molding not painted well, spots missed. Put can lights in Family room and did not want them. Lights on stairs does not always work. Paint on new Cherry front door. Stain on new windows in office. Chair Rail not tight against wall. Phone plug hanging out of wall. Light hung crooked on wall. Paint on hinges of doors. Replaced marble with wood in office window, never told this. New Kitchen sink cracked, was cracked by sub contractor and will not fix. had lights put under cabinets, did not install under corner cabinets. Have grout from back splash on cabinets. Hung light in Kitchen too low said could not move up. My 17 and 22 yr old son hits head on light. 6' tall. Spackling and paint on kitchen cabinets. Can see seams in new ceiling. Can see seams in walls where pocket doors are. Poor drywall work around new vent in Family room. One banaster post loose already and has only been installed for 3 months. Had to have cloth furniture proffesionally cleaned. Hardwood floors stop 1" from built in dishwasher. Molding around front door was suppose to match front door, painted white. Ripped lamp shades and did not offer to replace. After all of this, the painter locked my dog in master bedroom for a whole day, and dog shreaded bed spread. Another day, he took him out of create and let loose in garage and he tore up bags of trash and got into boxes and tore up, tore up outside of garage door, steps, drywall, and around windows. He is 1 1/2 year old pup. I have over 190 pictures of what is wrong! Again have not seen him, or heard a response from him.

Description of Work: I called and asked for a quote for a concrete pad. The person who took my information was pleasant and knew approximately where the job location was. I gave a detailed description of the job. The person with whom I talked with promised a return call by mid-day. After one month, I have never heard back from Dan Short Construction. I consider this very unprofessional and would not recommend Dan Short Construction to anybody. A professional response would have indicated their interest level and intent. Instead, they simply chose to ignore me.

Description of Work: We used the services of Dan Short Construction LLC in June 2010. He remodeled a basement room. He did countertops in the kitchen, siding, roofing and concrete work outside.