Ostrander Design and Construction

Description of Work: A new roof put on our house.

Description of Work: In the 1980's my wife and I inherited a 100+ year old farm house in Wayne county that was in bad need of repair and moderization. For the past twenty years Steve Ostander and his son, Dan Ostrander, have done work for me to renovate this property one project at a time. These projects include: replacing the roof, building a screened-in porch, upgrading the porch to a glass enclosed porch, building a deck, replacing the the windows and adding a large sliding glass door, replacing the kitchen ceiling, updating the electrical, updating the plumbing, installing a propane furnace and dishwasher, repairing the roof after storm damage, building a large car port/patio cover, building a garage, completely re-doing a guest cabin, and installing parking areas for a car and a trailer. These projects have varied in price from a few thousand dollars to more than $10,000.

Description of Work: Removal of mold, fix ceilings and sheet rock, and paint in 2 bathrooms.

Description of Work: When I was first at his office he was so nice and welcoming. He sent me a floor plan and everything seemed so put together. The work was to create an open concept for my living room, dining room, and kitchen by removing a wall. They were to also put in a set of stairs for both upstairs and downstairs, and they were to put in a new front door. He did exactly what he said he was going to do, but the quality and experience that I had with this provider is not something a reputable company would do. They stated they would not install electrical wires or paint the home. I said that was fine, I would find an electrician. He tried to convince me that he could do the work, but said I would have to tell the building inspector that I did it myself. I said we couldn't do that, then he sent me a list of electricians, but it never went any further than that to finish the electrical and he just left it. During the construction, my kitchen was going to be one on one side, but I asked if it could be switched so that it would be against the stairs. They said it wouldn’t be that much to do, but it ended up being a disaster. The disaster was removing the walls. I had removed a quarter of one wall and whole piece of another wall. They left holes in the ceiling, which I finally got them to put sheet rock over. Just for taking down a very small wall about four feet and it ended up costing $450. They didn’t put anything down to prevent dust and debris, and I ended up getting really sick. They didn't want to take the time to put it down because time is money even though all of the materials were available. There response to all of that was, "We didn't expect it to be this way." For the first door, they didn’t put insulation for the door, and instead of using two sheets of sheet rock, they used one. The walls are thick and need more than one sheet. The new front door which came with a bang, they said they re ordered it but it still isn't here. You can still see outside. They didn't put sheet rock or put molding. The stairs they sent out to have down. They look nice, but there's a landing and your supposed to put wood underneath to finish, but it's still not complete. The stairs have no lights over them and there is no railing on the stairs. Going down the stairs, the hammer work is not good. There are bangs in the wall and I will probably have to remove the sheet rock. Upstairs they left a live wire laying on the floor and all they did was put caps on them. I’m lucky that my husband and son are handy because they’re going to be the ones who will have to fix this. I never felt uncomfortable when they were here, but the work they did was unacceptable. My building inspector sent them specific instructions and they did not follow it. I just kept asking him how much it would cost to finish it and he never got back to me. I have yet to hear back from them. And I now I don't want them back in my house.

Description of Work: I received a quote from him.

Description of Work: Built a beautiful addition on to our home.

Description of Work: Build and design home.

Description of Work: Designed plans to convert a old vacant building into a daycare

Description of Work: Steve Ostrander and I have been discussing plans and ideas for a planned vacation home in the Lake Wallenpaupack area. I find Steve to be extremely helpful and pleasant to deal with. He has shown me some photos of his work and the quality appears to be first rate. I see it as a distinct advantage to have the builder also be the designer so the process goes much more smoothly. When we finalize our location I will definitely be using Steve and his crew as our builder.