Dark Mountain Construction

At first, everything was great. I had gotten a hold of him after a try or two, and he sent someone out to do an estimate. After recieving the estimate, it then took a few weeks for the company to make it out. The workers were courteous and quick, and we love our fence. Then, we had a storm and a tree fell on the fence, damaging a full panel of it. I called him the morning after, and left a message. No response. Called that afternoon, he got a few details, and gave me an idea of cost(without seeing it, he said $150-$200).Called again the next day around 10:30, was told he'd call me back in an hour. Nothing. Called him the following day, nothing. I called him one last time, and left a voice mail that said (fairly bluntly) to call me back, or I'd take our business elsewhere. I haven't heard from him since. It seems they're only interested if you have a big job.

We received two quotes for the work ( one company failed to get back to me in spite of me having left two voicemail messages ). Mr. Dunkelberger called out on Saturday 31st October and gave a competetive quote for the work, He aslo willingly gave the names and telephone numbers of three customers for whom he had carried out similar work. I did contact two of them and in each of them was very complimentary about the standard of workmanship and the prpofessionalism with which the work was done. Based upon this information I hired Dark Mountain Construction. I was asked for $1,300 up front for materials. At 8:00 am the next day Mr. Dunkelberger turned up with his men and proceeded with the work. By 4:00 pm that day the work was finished, a total of 157 feet of privacy fence. All of the old chainlink fencing had been removed and carted away and the yard had been well cleaned up. Mr. Dunkelberger called back later that day to check if we were satisfied with the workmanship and to collect the balance of his money. Overall I was extremely impressed with the efficiency with which the work was carried out and would certainly use this company again if I needed any similar work to be done. It follows therefore that I would certainly recommend hin to anyone needing to have a fence erected.

I signed a contract to have Dark Mountain Construction paint 7 rooms in my home. The home is NEW so I wanted it painted prior to the furniture delivery. Dark Mountain Construction told me the job would take 2 days so I scheduled the painters for Monday and the movers for Thursday. When the paint crew showed up they were not prepared. I had already purchased the paint but they told me I didn't have enough. When I said I would go to Home Depot and purchase more paint they asked me to buy brushes and tape as well. That should have been a red flag but I bought wanted the job done so I purchased what they asked for. After 8 hours of work they had painted 1 and a half rooms. After they left I inspected their work and was appalled. They destroyed my hardwood floors with their ladders, got paint on the floor boards and used masking tape on the crown molding (ruining the molding). When I called the owner to complain he said he would send a different crew the next day. When I told him not to bother he said he would not return my money and that I should take him to court, which I am in the process of doing.