G M Nelson Construction

We never heard from him to give us the estimate.

The overall experience was excellent. The price and quality were excellent. He was punctual, responsive, and professional. If I had any major remodeling I needed done, he is the first person I would call.

The service or estimate was never preformed and I was never told why so I had to assume the job was to small even though it was an addition of average room size so I can not accept anyone that does not respect me enough to call back and explain himself.If this is his beginning attitude what am I in for?

In the beginning, things seemed to go well.. They showed up on time (actually a day or two early, which was ok), and began preparing for the foundation. At the time our children were very young, and were very excited to see "Digger Man" come with his tractor and dig the footer. The day the footer was poured was a rainy one and very messy. One of the men decided to stand in the wet concrete without the proper foot coverings and suffered chemical burns on his legs that kept him from working for several weeks. He appeared on the job just in time to custom-build the fireplace mantle, which was beautiful. I didn't realize it then, but this set them back, which in turn caused other jobs to be rushed. I believe at the time, they were also doing jobs for a Parade of Homes. We weren't in any rush for them to be finished. We just wanted a beautiful addition like our friends. As long as they were done by Thanksgiving, we were fine. It was April when they started. Gordon seemed to always be in a hurry, selecting materials without consulting us, and stating that if we wanted something different, we would have to pay a restocking fee. Namely second story dormer windows and garage doors. The triple casement window in our family room was installed, but was not to our satisfaction, and still isn't. Each time the sill was refinished, it was worse than before, so we just gave up. One of the expectations that I made very clear up front was that I didn't want to be able to look at the roof and see where the addition began. After the roof was tied in, it was obvious where it was. When I inquired about it, he said that would cost more money to redo it. Again another disappointment. When it came time for the drywall finishing of the first floor family room, his drywall finishers were unavailable, so one of his general laborers did it and it shows. The first year a crack appeared where new met old, and a number of screws were not sufficiently covered with compound and subsequently showed themselves. Overall, the addition looks fine from the outside, but it was a lesson learned.