Reliable Construction Group

IT WENT HORRIBLE - THIS IS THE WORST COMPANY IN MY OPINION AND EXPERIENCE Upon hiring the company, they requested a large upfront fee of 6K which I believed was to be used for buying material for the project (it wasn't, apparently that was part of the only work they did do??), I thought I was then paying for the work as it progressed in phases and it was supposed to be completed in approximately 2 months time. RCG did the highest paying jobs first, though that was not the order they were in on the contract, they also did not do the work properly (I have pictures to prove this) and they are walking away from the contract stating I broke contact by canceling a check - (this will be explained later). I am now left with half a house unusable, I can't hire another contractor, they want to bid on the entire job per plans, and don't want to trust the work that RCG did; I have already given RCG 1/2 the money but only 1/6 of the work completed (Yes I should have known better, but Mr. Mejia seemed legit, I even found him on the BBB website). Problems started with rough plumbing taking 4 to 5 weeks to complete and failing inspection over 4 times, I was told they should be done in 1-2 weeks with rough plumbing. I paid for this phase thinking they had done the work properly (somehow it passed inspection), but after looking closely I later found out they made major mistakes (drains don't connect or line up to vent, don't fit inside wall frame, toilet drain is not adequately spaced from the framing (12"), etc). This phase was also to be preparation for the microlam beam however this is not completed either since the walls are not completed and support beams are not in place, yet they accepted payment. After rough plumbing and microlam "preparation" they poured the driveway and patio but the driveway has not passed inspection even though Mr. Mejia took payment (I did not know we did not pass and Mr. Mejia requested payment, I later found out about the inspection failing). I trusted in Mr. Mejia to be honest about the work, he was hardly on site, and even lied about things so he could leave the job site. He sent some workers to do framing and they didn't line up the framing correctly or space the stud correctly (studs should be tight to the floor framing and were not and framing should not have gaps, yet theirs did). Around the time the job was to be completed Mr. Mejia said he would need an additional month to finish the job, he said he would ensure his workers were there everyday as expected and getting the work done, yet when I left to go on vacation for 2 weeks I returned and NOTHING had been done, he had promised to take pictures of the progress and email them to me, I never received an email. After not doing any work for over 2 weeks, RCG was able to do the majority of the block work they said would take at least 1 week to do in 2 days time. However the work they did was not properly done in several areas, which again I have pictures to prove, mortar is missing in some of the blocks leaving gaps, not all of the blocks are level and straight, or line up with each other, and some of the blocks have cracks in them. He also did not do a corner block as I had requested and he had originally agreed to do, he just covered the crack and this is a load bearing corner. There is more but this should be enough for you to get the picture. Lastly I gave RCG a check early because his lead begged me to, stating that the other workers would not get paid if I didn't and they have families to provide for, and I am a nice guy so I gave them a partial check. Once I cut the check (on a Friday) the workers for RCG look like they dropped everything and left for the weekend, they even did not finish making lines on a block wall that they had started and allowed the stucco to dry, and left the yard a mess, instead of working an extra hour or two. The following Monday, RCG's lead became confrontational with me and acted at one point as if he wanted to get in to a physical altercation by stepping towards me with a balled fist, I then canceled the check and requested a new lead which Mr. Mejia refused. He then proceeded to lawyer up. BUYER BEWARE OF THIS ONE!

This was the middle of three bids and the initial contact was good. BUT then this project took almost a year to complete. We were living out of state as this work was done, and recently relocated. Although we were in residence the summer of 2011, two times Fall 2011, a month at Xmas 2011, two trips in Spring 2012 (over $2000 spent to make ourselves available as needed), and then moved in May, repeated assurances that the job would go forward were not met. Either they would not show up or would disappear after a short time. Dozens of emails to inform them of when we would be there, and the fact that much of the work did not require our presence did not move the project along. Both county and city officials were amazed that it took so long to complete. Neighbors complained of trash left (and sent photos) and we had to insist on cleaning up at one point, and after the job was "completed" we still were left with a can full of construction rubbish. It passed inspection, but the quality left a great deal to be desired. Reliable is not a word I would associate with this company. I retain the emails and photos of the work and there are many more stories. Their website seems to contain a number of glowing references, but this was ours. Perhaps it was that we were not around to monitor the work, but the result was that same.