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"Jason did an excellent job. He was punctual, affordable, and even came out on a Saturday."

"Ed did a wonderful job, provided good ideas, is a hard worker and communicated well on timing."

"Merrell was a very nice guy who came off as able to do just about anything. After we signed a contract and the work started, first payment made, we started to notice he had bought material far in excess of what was needed (insulation, tile pieces, sealant). Additionally, he was very wasteful with buckets of mortar. He also rushed work as in trying to seal grout before it had fully cured. In regards to his wood work, I am looking at a fireplace mantel with several uneven cuts. He never completed the framing in of the bathroom window so will need to hire someone else to do that. He had us schedule the shower glass people prior to his completion so they were unable to measure and had to come back another day. Most days he worked 4 hours or less, so lots of disruptions. Help from the homeowner was needed on several occasions, though he didn't ask for it but he was getting bogged down. In the roughly 100 hours he spent on the projects, there was a lot of down time. His crew was working on another project that seemed to be a distraction for him. Overall, the projects are now left unfinished and looking for another contractor to reliably complete them."

"Called for septic pumping. Company was late for first time frame. Have a later time and missed that one as well showed up an hr and a half later. No greeting when they arrived, just jumped out and started dragging hoses to the tanks. Tanks were already opened by us. No discount for opening tanks. Upon finishing they had no cement to seal the lids( they ran out). While dragging hoses back to truck they leaked sewage out of every hose(black and very noticeable) when I asked if they had some lime to spread over the spills they said they ran out of that as well. Lime and cement are required by the Health Department on all septic trucks. This review in no way means I would not use this company again, only that this company should take the time to train their employees how to properly represent the company."

"What a great experience with David and Cathy from Elite Construction !!! Our master bathroom was dated and sad and now it's gorgeous. As with any large project there were a couple little hiccups but they promptly took care of everything and made sure everything was up to our expectations. They were always in communication with what was going to happen next and everyone we met was top notch. We absolutely will use them again for any future projects and we LOVE OUR NEW BATHROOM !!!"

"Fantastic people to work with. Complete bathroom remodeling with zero surprises. Work done on time. Superior quality. Responed quickly to texts. Went out of their way to make sure all materials were available. I cant say enough what a great company to work with. They will be doing my kitchen the year."

"Horrible experience, my roof still leaks! Even though I was promised one English-speaking person working on the job all the roofers were Spanish-speaking and I was unable to communicate with them that they were covering up giant holes in my roof that needed Wood sheathing. Finally the code officials came out and made them partially rip off shingles on both homes due to not enough nails in each shingle. They put 4 nails, the code calls for six and they promised eight nails in the contract. They started the job February 15, 2017 and finished February 21, 2017. Two days after the roofers left and the job was completed there was a thunderstorm and the roof leaked. I initially held back final payment while I begged them to fix the leak. What I don’t understand is why they didn’t tell me to call my insurance company to see if I could get any more money. I never even thought of a supplemental claim but they never helped me one bit all they did was deny repairs & file their claim. I was threatened and bullied, so I relented and paid & received a receipt. I had a sales contract and I was selling my homestead but just before closing, the bank discovered the Fidus claim of lien on the property. The sale fell through. James Supplee owner filed a lawsuit but I never received any bills, progress bills or invoices. At trial (I made the mistake of going pro-se) the project manager testified he tried to fix the leak but his crew did not know how to fix it and James refused to send anybody else to help even though he was making $11,985 for a 2000 square-foot home in Mandarin, and only paying these workers $500 flat each for the job. The project manager tried but his men did not know how to fix the leak, it was where the roof meets the sunroom, at the transition. When I signed the contract, Kevin told me that the leak was part of the house and that he would be able to fix it because they are a big roofing and construction company. I even asked him if I should get a sunroom company to look at the lake and he said no it’s part of the roof. I own 14 investment properties I knew about construction but when he said that it was part of the roof and that he would take care of it I made the mistake of believing him. I was so excited to finally hire a roofing company I could trust,I gave him a second roof contract on my investment property. These were the worst mistakes I ever made in my life. Fidus did not start for two months and during that time my roof leaked. James testified that the roof was completed April 7, 2017. What they do is they leave a few nails behind on every job so they can say that is the end of the job Or they come by to pick up the money and they say that that is the end of the job to extend the 90 days statutory time for filing the claim of lien. They are abusing Florida chapter 713 to take peoples houses. But they only do it if you have a lot of equity in your home and they do it most often to elderly people or single women like myself with equity in their home. You might not be one of the unlucky ones but you never know. James Supplee likes to sue anyone that complains and rightfully holds back final payment. If you are thinking about using this company, because I do see that he has some good reviews, I ask you before you do that go out to Saint johns county and Duval county court records. Just type in St. Johns court records on Google and it is free to look at and easy. Look at the official court site only. Just type in “Fidus” where it says “plaintiff” and hit “search” & you will pull up all the Fidus lawsuits that are on record. You will be shocked how many people this man has sued instead of working out a resolution. He has also been sued a lot to. I used to own Allstate alarm company for 30 years and I never sued anyone, or was sued. Sure there were times when my employees made a mistake, but the difference is I went to the customers home and talk to them, found out what the problem was and corrected it. And the customer loved me and respected me for it. My customers even invited me to their Christmas parties. What happened to me with Fidus should not happen to any human. The judgment from Judge Derke looks horrible and makes me look like I am the dishonest person. But if you had been at the trial and looked at the evidence that was presented you will see that there was conflicting testimony. Chris Rouseothe “leak expert” Told so many lies at trial his face turned blood red he squirmed in his seat and sweat was pouring off of his face but the judge just didn’t pay any attention. She had made up her mind when the attorney made me look like a liar by twisting my words around. Fidus rarely loses so beware. James has a fantastic pitbull lawyer who will file a lawsuit against you, support James in his lies, And have many meetings with his employees to go over the lies that they are going to say at Court. You will lose the lawsuit even though you did nothing wrong. That’s what happened to me I lost the lawsuit. They want to foreclose. They had refused to settle, the attorney said “we do not have to settle” “she has plenty of equity”” we will take your home.” I am facing foreclosure, and with attorney fees, I owe $85,000. I have reported him to the state Attorney general, and other entities and I am hoping that the results of these investigations will bring out the truth. If you value your sanity, it is not worth it to hire Fidus roofing. He will do good work on some jobs, all of his employees are not bad, But he has gotten too big and he has no quality control and he doesn’t care about anything but money. He doesn’t negotiate with you when his employees screw the job up - his answer is to file a claim of lien and threaten to take your house. If you don’t pay him he will file a claim of lien and you will be in court with a Lis Pendens that prevents You from selling or refinancing your home. Is this the way you want to spend your life? I have been in court for over four years fighting Fidus and I rue the day that I ever called them. The reason I lost the trial is because all of James Supplee’s employees lied for him. I was shocked at the lies. His attorney made me look like I was not credible and twisted my words around To put all the blame on me. The judge just did not believe I paid Because there was an ongoing dispute over the leak. The claim of lien was filed with a date of March 8, 2017 for the final rendering, and this is a recorded judgment now but when James Supplee testified in court, he testified that the final rendering was April 7, 2017. Obviously he cannot remember his lies. One employee who no longer worked for Fidus Told the truth, he said that his crew did not know how to fix the leak, and Kevin Gregory told him to just try, and when they couldn’t fix the leak that’s when James Supplee started to deny that it was his responsibility to fix the leak and then James testified that my sunroom was leaking, and that he was not responsible for fixing a sunroom. I have a good sunroom and it’s not leaking, and after hurricane Matthew and Kevin Gregory promised to fix the leak he said it was part of the contract and I signed the contract and then gave Fidus a second contract over $22,000 I paid Fidus and both roofs had to be tore off, it took months for my investment property to be completed and I almost lost the sale on that one. James has been filing the results of the judgment in his answer to my reviews, he wants to destroy the credibility of what I say. I don’t care that he has filed a judgment it’s a bunch of ******** and the judge really screwed up and that’s why I have an appeal pending. The judge was very sick at my trial she forgot half of the notes and in the depositions she even said to the attorney to send him his notes, because she couldn’t make heads or tails out of her notes. This is the kind of justice you get when the contractor can afford for his attorney to spend unlimited amount of money and then the attorney will lie and say anything in court to earn that $50,000 in Law fees, and tell lies and coach the employees to lie. The law was unfair to me"

"Every all very pleased with all of the work done with the electrical on my 2-story remodel home. Workers were very professional and work performed was exceptional!"