Steve Harris Contracting LLC

Very responsive and cooperative. Steve himself came out to estimate job and troubleshoot possible mold issue, A member of his crew came out to fix tub leak and siding. Although I wasn't there to oversee the siding job, I believe the company overcharged for the fix as Steve estimated it was a 5 minute job and I was charged for 3/4 hr. They agreed to come again when the weather was better to repair and paint a porch post, but despite several calls they never called back. Steve told me up front that they focused on large jobs, so I can't really fault them for not wanting to fix my post.

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Well, that was two weeks ago.

Everything went great. The cabin is a weekend home for us, so we were not there while the work was being done, but would check in during the weekends, and Steve was great about providing updates and sending pictures of the work. We met with Steve before had at the cabin, and gave him our idea on what we were looking for, and listened to his advice on certain items. He coordinated everything, and it turned out great. Do to some issues outside of his control (weather and well issues) the job took about a week longer than expected, but everything was communicated, and again we are very pleased with the work that was done.

Steve's company did a super job! I came home from work one day and all the work was done and everything was completely cleaned up! I would totally recommend this company and will definitely use him again.

I initially contacted this company to obtain a quote on adding a roof and screens to our deck. I chose to contact Steve Harris Contracting because it was on Angie's List and the company website had a thorough description of the owner as well as very nice photos of previous work. Mr. Harris arrived for his appointment on time, neat, and professional looking. When he arrived, I had been somewhat scattered as I was hurriedly handling numerous household/family tasks in various locations around the house. Without much chit-chat, I quickly took him back to the deck to show him the location and describe what I was looking for. I was not aware of what the ultimate cost would be, but didn't expect it to be anywhere near the amount Mr. Harris said it would require. In light of that information, I spoke briefly about another project (starting the refinishing of our basement) and asked him to come into the basement to take a look. He followed, but did not appear to be very interested as he took no notes, discussed no real details with me and didn't make any mention of needing to take measurements. Thinking that he may have been concerned that I was not the appropriate family member to be discussing construction details with, I made mention that my husband would be home shortly and he could discuss them with him when he arrived. I walked him to the door and upon exiting I asked for a business card. He said he didn't have any and that he would drop one off a little later in the week. I asked for his first name again, as it had slipped my mind, and he appeared to be offended. My husband arrived home as we were stepping out onto the front stoop. I explained who Mr. Harris was and told my husband the projected cost of the deck and about the need to maybe consider having the basement started instead (framing, etc. - in steps). They shook hands and Mr. Harris left. He did not discuss any details with husband and never returned with a business card. We never heard from him again. It was an odd interaction overall and as I reflect on it, I wonder if the issue was simply that our projects were too small for what he was looking to work on. However, because of this interaction, I wouldn't bother contacting the company again if/when we decide to do something larger.

The only issue I had was that it took a few phone calls to get Steve back to do the work after he gave me and the insurance company an estimate.

He is very professional and friendly. I appreciated that he completed the job in one day. If I have another job I will call him first.

It's been going real well. I have been real been happy.

Emailed them via the link on Angie's List. After 4 days with no response, I called them and left them a message. It's been two weeks, no response.

Emailed contractor 9/6/11, as of 9/12/11 no response in any way.

Let me start by saying that i called 10 different contractors, and Steve was the first to call back (some didn't even call back, others 2 weeks later) first to show up for the estimate, and didn't try to talk me into more than was necessary. As a matter of fact, I was the one who kept showing him, one more thing ! Our problems started with a small piece of grout, about 2 inches in length. It fell out from between two tiles @ the bottom of our stand up shower. This allowed water to be wicked behind the tile, causing water damage on the sheetrock behind the tile. For what ever reason, dura rock and or green board, were not used in a small portion of the shower surround. The bathroom had too have all the tile in the stand up shower removed and replaced, as well as having the tub deck shored up for lack of support. The wet sheet rock became a chalky wet mess, which dripped water onto our kitchen ceiling, causing discoloration and the tape on the ceiling to start to peel. We determined that the whole ceiling would need to be addressed since there were more than 2 dozen nail "pops" and well as several spots where tape was cracked and peeling. My kitchen ceiling runs into my living room as well as the foyer, so all of that would have to painted when the repair was done. I decided to have the hallways as well as common areas repainted in addition to the ceiling and master bath. While I had Steve looking @ everything, I had him check our storm door which we got to stop water from coming in when it rained. Our whole front door jamb is off, allowing almost a quarter to one half inch of light in on the right side, so every time it rained, it rained inside my front door. The problem was the when another company installed the storm door, they just followed the existing door jamb, giving us a second door that allowed both light and water to come into the house! While he was looking @ the storm door, he noticed that the wood trim above the door had peeling paint and was starting to rot. So we decided to repair, calk and repaint that as well as the ever-growing list of other things that needed to be done! Steve brought in Randy Travis from Travis tile to do the tile work in the bathroom. He is an artist! It looks so good. In addition to the shower surround, he and his partner, I didn't get her name, dug out the old grout in my tub surround which was crumbling and re-grouted the tub surround as well. Steve and his assistant Robbie, did all the patch work on the tape and dug out all the old mud from the nail pops and re-muded all of it! Very time consuming, because you had to keep waiting for the mud to dry between each coat. Then came the fun part, sanding it all! They took turns, as one man sanded and the other held a shop vac up next to the sanding blocks to minimize the mess. I have 2 kids, one is only 9 months old, so this was GREATLY appreciated!! I don't have time for extra clean -up! The brought in Tim from Dorsey's painting and he and his partner, I can't remember his name, did a fabulous job! They painted all the ceilings as well as the master bath ceilings, the master bath walls and trim, the front door wood trim as well as re-doing my bad job on the side lights and even spray painting the star above my front door! Since Steve was doing so much around the house, I asked him if he wouldn't mind re-hanging a shutter that blew off my house a while ago, it had been sitting in the garage for about 2 years, which they did, looks great! And while we were in the garage, I asked about paint that was peeling around the garage doors and was informed it was starting to rot, they fixed that as well! It took just under 3 weeks from first call for estimate to completion of work. I would love to use Steve again, though next time for something more fun, like finishing the basement or extending the patio....or maybe a pergola over the extended patio....hmmmmmm.......

We solicited bids from several contractors, including Steve. He was the quickest to respond, coming out to our house on a Sunday to look at our concerns and provide us with an estimate. Another responded and scheduled an appointment the following day, but sent an employee when he was unable to make the appointment. A third responded very late, and as a result, we never even received a quote from them. We were very impressed with Steve's promptness and the fact that he showed himself rather than sending an employee. We were impressed even further when we received the bid, as Steve provided a line-by-line estimate that included a description of the work to be done for each item, along with the cost for that item. When we received the other bid, it was slightly higher than Steve's, but we were unable to tell where the differences were because they did not provide the line-by-line detail. They also failed to respond to our request for more detail. Based on our earlier impression of Steve, we decided to hire him. After we signed the contract and returned it to him, he scheduled to come out and begin work the next day (May 24)! We were unable to be home on the first day, so he started working on the items on the exterior of the house. On the second day, he and his assistant (Robbie) worked on the interior while we were home, finishing up those items since we would not be home on the third and final day of the work. We also asked about a couple of other things not on the estimate, which he took care of for us on the second day. At the end of the second day, he told us to be in touch in a week, at which point we would settle with the bill and do any follow-up. When we returned home on the third day (May 26), everything was complete. We were quite pleased with all of the work and had only a few questions after the work was completed. We did not contact him for a few days due to a death in the family, so he followed up with us about 4 days later. We scheduled a time for him to come by on Friday, June 3. He did some more work on an item in the house, which he had thought more about after leaving but could not complete on the last day since we were not home. He also addressed all of our questions and fixed a couple of things that we requested (touch up paint on the exterior door and a change to the fascia). It was only after we were satisfied with everything that he requested payment, which we were glad to give him. We were very impressed with Steve's work, from the quick response to the detailed estimate and, finally, to the quality work. We were also impressed with the time he spent on our home, especially considering that the other company that provided an estimate said they would complete the work in only one day. We appreciated that Steve spent the time to do a quality job on our home. We are almost three months into first time home ownership, and he has been the best contractor we have hired (the others were for pool service and move-in cleaning). We highly recommend him and plan to use him in the future for bigger projects that we hope to do around our home.