Alamo Construction

Description of Work: Mike came in and replaced all our tile floors with wood,,he smoothed out the popcorn ceilings,,took down a wall between the kitchen and living room and replaced it with a island 4 by 8 feet in size. he also restained the pergola which is on our deck..later we had him back to place a cover over the pergoa and put in two fans with lights to create a breeze on the deck surface

Description of Work: Attempted to build, finish out, and seal a new deck and wood fence.

Description of Work: Mike Beardsley (Alamo Construction) was contracted to build a deck per the designs by me, the customer. The quality of the work, from the start, was very poor. At some times, for no professional reason and no explanation, the workers would simply walk off the job...usually to re-appear later in the day or the next day. The wood used (for the deck) was of inferior quality...there were numerous chips, cracks, holes, etc. in the wood that was used. I tried, on numerous occasions to get Mike Beardsley (the Contractor) to replace the inferior wood that was being used on the deck...he repeatedly refused to take any remedial action...it was his opinion that the wood was "acceptable". I should have stopped the project, there...but, unfortunately, I did not, thinking Mike would "make it all right, somehow"...hoping the stain would "cover up" the poor construction and the flaws in the wood that was used. The staining process was the "last straw". I selected the color...and, for some reason, the workers used stained cloth pieces and "rubbed" the stain into the wood in "circular" fashions...of course, the end result was a disaster. The "hand-staining process" left a spotted, streaked, uneven look on the wood that was stained. Since Mike Beardsley provided me no solutions to my problems, the only option that I could think of, at that point, was to spray an additional coat of the stain over the "rubbed into stain" to try to get an "even" and "smooth" look to the stain... BUT...we discovered, too late, that a second coat should NEVER have been used on top of the first. I HOLD THE CONTRACTOR TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS INCOMPETENCE WHEN IT CAME TO THE STAIN...THE LABELS ON THE CANS OF STAIN SAID THAT A SECOND COAT SHOULD NOT BE USED, CAUSING AN INFERIOR APPEARANCE! I trusted the Contractor to have the knowledge regarding how to stain a deck he was trying to build...that trust cost me over $7,000! The deck now was/is a disaster...but, at least, I wanted the Contractor to replace some of the cracked and chipped wood...his suggestion was to use a "wood filler" and stain over that wood filler...reluctantly, this I did, myself...the Contractor would not do it for me, even though I was paying him to do the entire job...this (wood filler process) resulted in an even worse problem, because staining over the filler turned the wood an even darker color. Since that problem was a disaster, I asked the Contractor, again and again, to replace the cracked and chipped boards...at least, the horrible ones that had been treated with the "wood filler"...Mike Beardsley (the Contractor) promised, again and again, that he would do so. I was foolish to believe he would do the right thing and "fix the problem"...but, soon, thereafter, he simply walked away from the job...and, to this day, he never returns any of my phone calls...needless to say, I am "done" with Mike Beardsley! I now have a horribly botched deck...a total failure...a deck that I am ashamed for my visitors even to see...the deck has not been used ever since Mike Beardsley left me with this botched disaster. Because of the incompetence of Mike Beardsley, the only option I now have is to "start over"...the option to re-work the entire project...and I will never, again, forget the name of Mike Beardsley. I would NOT...EVER...recommend Mike Beardsley to anyone regarding any construction work...NEVER...NEVER...NEVER!!!

Description of Work: Removed existing deck and built a new 12ft x 17ft deck, 10ft above grade. (Do NOT hire Mike Beardsley). Note: This company has filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy (see attached photo).

Description of Work: This was to be a full home remodel. New roof, new windows, new floors, new drywall and texture, relocate plumbing, new shower enclosure with frameless glass in master bath, install cabinets in kitchen, convert living space to carport and pour for drveway, convert living space to porch, frame for and install new exterior door, fix and run new electric for stove, dryer, additions... and much more.

Description of Work: Services include: rehab kitchen, remove wall, install island, install wood floors, sand down & venear ceilings to eliminate popcorn.