G &G Remodeling & Construction

Mr. Gonzales was hired over other contractors because he had told me he could replace my old kitchen cabinet top with a new custom-built pre-formed top from Home Depot. After Mr. Gonzales was hired and the work started, he told me there was an error in the ordering and we had to install a tiled top. This was the very same type of cabinet top I was removing and seeking to replace. No price change was offered. Although Mr. Gonzales was told upfront to purchase at least middle-grade fixtures for the work, he bought the least expensive faucet and tub fixtures the local Home Depot sold. I had to pay the difference to upgrade to a middle range tub. Additionally, I found Mr. Gonzales and his workers to be careless and messy with their work. When the sheetrock in the bathroom wall was broken and pushed inward by the contractor while the toilet was being removed, Mr. Gonzales simply tiled over the breakage which left a large indentation in the new tiled wall. When it came to painting, this contractor refused to use floor tarps until told to do so by me. He used a tarp I had to supply. Other things to mention include that one of the workers spilled half of a 5-gallon bucket of white interior latex paint in the middle of my living room floor and, afterward, Mr. Gonzales ran out of white paint before the trim in the living was completed. No offer was made to finish the painting. Many of the screws this company used to install the ceiling sheetrock can still be easily seen and someone also spilled a bucket of sheetrock screws in my front yard. I am still getting screws out of my grass. Before the work was started, I had asked Mr. Gonzales if he would reinstall all the fixtures that were removed by him and I was told yes. However, I had to reinstall all wood trim, window blinds, curtains as well as the light fixtures and electrical wall plates. Perhaps most disturbing about this contractor was the fact that a large antique sad iron I used regularly as a front storm door stop disappeared from my front porch while the contract work was being performed. We had used the iron to hold the door early during the remodeling and I had absolutely no other visitors to the rural farm house when I discovered the iron missing the last day of the work. Not worth much, the iron was still a family heirloom. Although Mr. Gonzales appears to be talented in his knowledge of home remodeling, I would not recommend him simply because of his carelessness in his work but also in his selection of people he hires.