Tim 1st came to my house on a day he was scheduled to give me an estimate. I watch him up and down my street (there are only 6 houses on my street) 3 times, when I finally say and quot;Can I help you?and quot; Tim tells me that he cant do the estimate because he forgot is tape measure, so he cant measure what I need to give me the estimate. Ummm...thats your JOB. How do you not have the main tool you need in order to do your job??
Time came out a SECOND time and gave us an estimate of $2900. Went to his car, sat there, came back and said it would be closer to $4000. Drove away, and called me 5 minutes later to say and quot;uhhh I've been thinking about it, and its probably going to be closer to $5500. But I can do the job Monday. I dont have any other jobs lined up. (Should have been my 1st clue)
FYI - nothing he gave us was on paper. This is just all verbal. But kept saying and quot;if you get a quote from some else thats cheaper, I'll match their priceand quot; Not do better, but match! My husband told him to go and spend $10 and buy a calculator so he can do his job ore efficiently.
We had 2 other companies come out, (the two top rated on Angies list) and the price they gave us was up there with the higher quote, and they were backed up with jobs from 2-3 weeks.
So based on money, and time, we called Tim back and asked him to come back out, and remeasure, and negotiated to $3500
He was able to start the following Monday.
Never met a more Lazy lazy LAZY man.
I never saw him before 10am, He would leave after working only two hours saying he had high blood pressure and couldnt work outside in the heat, and would leave to go home. (He has two very hard workers that we gave a tip to)
Tim left caps off on the fence, forgot them, or didnt glue them down. We had to go and inspect every single thing he did. It was like babysitting a grown man, and still couldnt get it done right.
Everything he installed was uneven. My husband even brought out a level to SHOW Tim that it wasnt correct. Tim didn't care
My husband said to him and quot;I told you I was putting pavers on either side of the fence, and you are 2 inches off. What are you going to do about it?and quot;
Tims response: and quot;I'm hanging this gate and I'm done with the joband quot;
We havent heard from him since.
Now I cant put in pavers as its going to drive me crazy, with uneven pavers.
As far as price goes, I got a good deal, but I also got what I paid for. And I paid for a fence that drives me crazy every single day that I walk in and out of my house.
There was a reason why he didnt have any business, and was able to do our fence the next week.
Please learn from my mistakes.
1) arrives to the house and has no measuring system to do his job
2) gave me 3 different estimates in a matter of 20 minutes
3) was never at work before 10am and was gone at noon because he had excuses
4) pointed out the uneven work, and he could care less