DAN PHILLIPS CONSTRUCTION

Description of Work: First off the total amount is not given to the home owners for the job, just our dues being increased for the last 4-5 years by $100 to pay his constantly growing fees. He was hired and started my developments in mid 2005, it is now 2010 and he is still not done. He gave the estimate to be finished in approx a year to a year and 6 months. It is now going on almost 5 years and he is still not complete. He has taken every shortcut to increase his profit margin, replacing only the most obvious of dry rot and hiding the rest of the 20+ paneling. He has gone back for more money beyond his original estimate as well as came back after doing some work to insist that the development also pay for his insurance later. There are gaps, waves, and openings from poor prep work as well as poor measuring that he just filled with caulking. Filling gaps is understandable, but not when the gaps exceed 1/2 inch due to poor measuring/cutting. Here's a thought, hold up the board, see the gap, and then remeasure and recut so that work looks professional and clean. There are doors that go over the utility meters that he removed when he started my building. He finally reinstalled new ones over 7 months later (meanwhile rains flow into my garage as well as field mice entering looking for dry warmth and food), that are not supported and if they are leaned on or have any pressure put to them they will break or rip out the framing around the door. The doors aren't even the right size; they have approx 1/2" gap around. There are several areas where the trim is uneven due to his poor prep work (replacing panels on one half but not the other). He just attached the new siding to the old, rotted, 20+ year siding with band-aide workings to replace the most obvious dry rot, while giving termites a great deluxe living space to feed. Was "assured" by HOA his work is "quality," they forgot to add the words poor, bad, and at best child like quality. He doesn't know how to set his compressor for his nail gun either since most of the "16 penny" nails he used were sunk in more than 1/4", which adds to poor integrity which he just filled with more caulking. His caulking job was lacking as well since it is also suppose to be used to give a seamless look to the siding, but he cant even do it evenly so every seam on my home is noticeable.