Carlson Construction

Beware new home builder of Carlson Construction and its proprietor Brett Carlson. Brett came to us with good referral from a trusted source. The contract originally called for substantially completing the construction of the new house in 12 months. At 30 months, the project is only 3/4 finished. At first, Brett was a hard and able Contractor. He partially built a fine home for us when his personal troubles appeared and he indicated that he was starved for cash. He started billing for extra expenses for work we did not want as well as sneak in extra charges for work that we did want. We paid in advance for work that he would only complete part way and leave unfinished and in a nonfunctional state. Anecdotally we discovered that he took on new construction jobs instead of finishing ours. The result so far: It has been over 30 months and the house is still unfinished, still in a state that we cannot move in, and still in a state that will not pass the standards of the Art Jury required for all new construction in PVE. His subcontractors came knocking at our door because he did not pay them. We provided receipts to the subcontractors with proof of payment to the General Contractor in full for all the work the subcontractors did. The checks written by the General Contractor bounced for one subcontractor and when the subcontractor contacted the General Contractor, the General Contractor lied and said that he would be happy if they put a lien on our house because he wasn't seeing any money either. Sad as it is, the money problems of the proprietor of Carlson Construction do not make up for this poor and dishonest work ethic. A complaint to the Contractors State License Board and a visit to our real estate attorney are the next steps we're looking to pursue. We will update this review with further developments in the hopes that our experience will help future Angie's list members.