Precision Contracting LLC

Do not use Precision Contracting for anything other than a competitive bid. I was lured in by their pricing and regret my decision. I will list some of the low lights below. Siding 1) Took months before the job started and couldn't provide an ETA until a few days before. 2) First day of the siding job they showed up to replace my windows. 3) Second day of the siding job they asked me if they were taking down the previous siding. 4) Upon complaining we were told that inside work was this PMs specialty, this becomes relevant later. 5) Only ever saw the owner when it was time to collect money. 6) It took weeks to close out the siding job, and the way we found out they considered the job complete was receipt of final invoice 7) After receiving invoice we let the owner know we would happily pay once the PM addressed the punch list he had for weeks. 8) They eventually finished the punch list to our liking and we paid promptly Pull and Replace Master Bath 1) Gave us 1 day notice that the job was going to start 2) It took 16 weeks from demo to completion for a simple pull and replace 3) Almost no communication from PM regarding our concerns and growing list of things we wanted fixed 4) Some of the items were attempted 3 times to be remedied and failed 5) We received an invoice for the final payment, again out of nowhere 6) We paid nearly all of it immediately except $800 with a list of items that were unsatisfactory and that we just wanted to cut ties 7) Rather than address us from a customer service perspective the owner threatened us with a lien on our home 8) We eventually settled on roughly $300 being refunded to avoid the lien There is easily 1K of work left to do on the bathroom, but I'm willing to pay $700 for this nightmare to be over. In the end their work quality is pretty good, they lack follow through, communication and customer service. The items left over are basic things that should be able to be fixed, but I don't want Precision Contracting in my life any more. Feel free to message me if you are interested in more details. I'm only writing this because of the threats at the end, we could have parted ways with that $800 relatively satisfied. The law suit threat was ridiculous and unprofessional. So again, use Precision Contracting for competitive bidding but don't be lured in like we were.

Precision did a complete remodel of our circa 1979 master bathroom. The construction started with full demolition, part of that right down to the studs. The construction manager for our job was very responsive, experienced, and a joy to work with. All of the sub-contractors did very nice work. The project remained on schedule. We are very happy with the outcome. I gave Precision a B for pricing, but I note that their bid was consistent with other bids I obtained. I just think the cost of projects such as this is higher than one would expect. The price noted in this review includes all plumbing fixtures, tile and other things purchased directly by us, and not included in the contract price with Precision. Direct purchase items cost about $11,000 and the Precision contract was $24,000. We would definitely hire Precision again.

Perfect! We discussed our vision of how my wife and I wanted to remodel the den in our new home and Precision executed the exact vision and added refinements we had not thought of.

Great responsiveness and workmanship. Only hiccup was with the window manufacturer and their production delays. Jess kept pressure on them to get the remaining windows fabricated correctly. Highly recommend precision contracting for any home renovation/remodeling meeds

the Balcony and kitchen area look awesome we couldn’t be happier having this addition on our home.

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Workmen were friendly and courteous.

It went great. The crew was always on time and worked efficiently and effectively. Jess is very responsive and accommodating. I have nothing but good things to say about this company.

Excellent work. They found some more minor interior damage and fixed it while they were at it, while honoring the original estimate price. They were conscientious and professional and go the job done quickly.

Very well! Jess Pitts, the owner, is very professional and accommodating, with good communication. The workers did a great job. I definitely recommend Precision.

At first glance Jess is humble in his abilities. He is young but experienced in what he does. In my opinion his pricing is an overwhelming bargain for what you get. He goes the extra mile! His employees are curtious and clean up at the end of the day which if you have ever had a project going on at one end of your house it's amazing how it can effect the rest of the place, but I didn't have that problem with him. He checked in to see if I was happy and to give updates on progress which was very helpful. I have three uncles in another state in construction and they don't do any of this. His employees seem to have a vested interest in what they are doing and do not waste time or money. I would hire him again in a heartbeat.

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Superbly! The jobs were estimated properly, priced fairly and the work was done to our specifications. Jess Pitts, the owner of the company and Chip Weaver, his designer/salesman, were a pleasure to deal with, throughout the process. Their integrity and follow through was greatly appreciated, as was their attention to details.

Spoke to Chip and all he did was tell me all about codes. Didn't want to come all the way out to my house which is in Hobe Sound & they are located in Jupiter. I told him that I had never had a contractor try to talk me out of a renovation. Clearly Chip would not be for me very little business sense. I expect to pay, I expect to get permits and he felt that I didn't understand the scope of the job. Wow who could be as smart as Chip????????

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I couldn't be happier. Jess & his crew, removed some poor tile work and replaced everything in the old shower down to the studs. The works is immaculate & the crew was professional, timely & clean.

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Excellent All work was done perfectly, efficiently, and on estimate.

UPDATE for review 3/15/16:
A LIEN WAS PUT ON OUR PROPERTY BY THE ELECTRICIANS THEY SUB-CONTRACTED, even though Precision's contract and owner says they will hire and PAY all contractors directly. Don't believe that, as per FL law, if anyone works on your home, you owe money, so the contract and owner's word doesn't matter.  So we paid the electricians directly $3711 to get the lien off. Jess, nor anyone from his company, cared at all about the lien and the impact that would have on us.

SINCE THEN, WE HAVE HAD MORE COSTS TO CLEAN UP WHAT WAS DONE POORLY. We've been finishing up renovations and run into varied issues, like (1) holes in drywall not lined up with light plate and plug switches and outlets (gaps on side when installed). (2) electricians having to cut holes the drywall walls in bathroom because when they drywalled, they just shoved the wires for the vanity lighting in the wall and didn't mark where it wiring was (3) same with a recessed LED light in ceiling above tub (it had just been drywalled over without marking where it would be), AND (4) they had put the drywall up on the hall wall and then cut the outlet out after, and sawed right into the outlet plate (literally cut in hole where you would plug in plug, so we had to pay an electrician to come check it and change it, now need to pay a dry wall guy to come back to deal with gap on top of plate.

We have in writing from the owner Jess credit due... for example, $99 owed for the garbage disposal (which was initially new and his guy threw away), but we have not received a check.  Jess did send a message asking us to sign something saying we would not take them to arbitration, if he gave us the $99! And we are still paying for these things to be cleaned up and done right.

Chip who works for Jess led us to believe in the first meeting that we would walk away with every plate cover straight and all the work done in a quality way. So NOT our experience and they didn't even get into so many pieces of this renovation, due to timeline dragging and our concerns about quality work not being addressed. 

We wanted to give Jess benefit of the doubt, as he turned this project over to Chip his employee, but leaving a mess like this for customers, and not paying back money that he even agrees in writing is owed, is just not professional.

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The owner Jess seems to want to do quality work, as represented by what is written on his website, and he seems like someone who knows, cares about quality and you can trust. But this project, he turned over almost fully to a man who works for him, who did not follow through on many things, and the work he did do was completed slowly and often details not paid attention to, which caused mistakes or delayed the timeline (can write examples later if asked). This person, on Precision's behalf, did little physical work himself (except a few minor things) and hired sub-contractors, most of which they hadn't worked with.  Even as some of the work started, we started to voice concerns about the quality/timeline of the work, and we were sort of put off, with Precision's man saying he had experience we should trust, we should trust going slowly step by step. Some work was done very well (Charles their carpenter was excellent), and electricians, and one of the drywall guys, but the other one did not do great work, some of which still needs to be completed properly.  Mostly, the work was not done, as for days this Precision man was searching for people to do it, and saying it was a very busy time for contractors, etc. That might be all true, but we were under the impression that they had their own people, and since committed to the project that they had sorted this before they agreed to do the work with us.  We were naive and signed a contract with the TBD in timeline space, then trusted through various conversations/meetings with this man (easy going, seemed a good communicator, talked like he had experience), that we were moving within the timeline. The timeline just carried on and on and one, to the point we rearranged our flooring installation (which was set up with another company already scheduled, from day 1 of hiring Precision. This was from 11/16, to 11/21, to 11/24 then 11/25, then Precision's man called the flooring company to rebook for 12/18 (texting me that it was sorted, I had to call flooring company to get that date)). In the meantime, we lost two sets of renters on our current home (both willing to pay $3950/month rent).  Plus, we have taken on many additional costs to get the work done.

We will not work with them again, but if you consider it, I would make sure Jess is in charge, and get a timeline written into the contract, where if they didn't meet it within some reasonable time, they would take a % off the final bill. I would make sure they have their regular people lined up (assuming they have them, might be worth getting recommendations from past clients for those specific people), before you sign, and that you have a schedule in hand with dates on it (not number of days) and make them accountable every step of the way for the work. It cost us so much stress, time and money and effort to get this done, and we hired  a General Contractor, thinking it was their job to complete the work, but it just didn't get done and dragged on.  We are still negotiating with them, and they are asking for more money we don't feel is fair that we pay, which is just the worst situation to be in when all we want to do is forget about our experience with this company forever.  They haven't paid the electrician they hired despite this clause in contract: ?4. Contractor may at its discretion engage sub-contractors to perform work hereunder, provided Contractor shall fully pay said sub-contractor and in all instances remain responsible for the proper completion of this Contract.? The electrician's company called us this past Friday to say they are putting a lien on our home Monday, if we don't pay. They are just horrible to put us in this situation, or to do this to anyone who trusts you to do work.  They seem like a good company, but sadly it was too good to be true, and lots of nice content on their website and smooth talking with little action. So, we write all this so no one else ends up hiring them and losing out, or having to deal with this stress. It's sad as I think they had the potential to do an amazing job and get it done, but the ball was just dropped on this by the man working with Jess.  They convinced us to knock out our whole kitchen, that they could handle all the other work, and they knew our timeline from within the first 15 minutes of our first meeting at the end of October.  There were not any big issues (like mold or termites, etc to delay the project), so that was not the issue. The whole thing is just incongruent and really not what we expected given the values on their website.  It is a horrible situation to be in, when you put your trust and money into a company and hire them to work with you on your home.

Everything went very smoothly and Jess' team did a great job for us. All of his employees were polite and friendly and worked hard to make sure the job was done right. Before accepting final payment, Jess was thorough in making sure that we were fully satisfied with the job and everything was done to our satisfaction. If we ever have any contracting work we need done in the future, Jess is our guy!

Even thought Precision was outbid on our church project, Chip was very professional and timely in submitting his proposal.  We will consider him again in future building projects at the church.  Thanks, Chip

A representative of Precision Contracting showed up promptly as scheduled, was thorough in their measurements and assessment of the job details. We didn't get any help with interior design choices as expected (tile choices, price ranges, colors, samples, etc.) but the gentlemen did include a medium price point for each item in the estimate. It was then up to us to visit recommended tile stores and select our materials.
Although we were told "small" jobs such as ours were welcomed as good fill-in work, it was pretty obvious by the cost estimate they prefer the larger jobs. Had we been able to afford them, we would've had to wait 30 days before they were available for the work.  The estimate we received was 50% higher than the other reputable company we eventually hired. If you've got the cash, I believe this company would do a fine job but I'd recommend shopping around to 2 or more others first.

He did a great job and completed what he said he would do. Unfortunately three weeks after he was done, there was a problem. The wood started cupping because there was moisture under the wood. I called him and he came over and evaluated it. Though the problem may not have been his installation method, he pulled up all the wood and reinstalled it again. He solved the problem and it looks great. Jess is a professional with good ethics. He is easy to work with, calls back quickly and stands by his work.

Project originally quoted in full (3BR, 2.5 bath home, 2,600 sq ft home) but decided to split & revisit master bath redesign at a later time. Once we gave the go-ahead we were impressed with the speed of the demo and tile floor replacement. It was hard to stay one step ahead of the decisions that needed to be made on all the detail. Especially liked Jess/Precision Contracting ability to provide a trailerable dumpster that only needed to be onsite for demo days (our neighbors appreciated it too). Seeing how this project was going with tile, plumbing, dry wall, crown molding (cabinetry on order), coordination (especially like that Jess availability/very prompt with text responses to questions) and momentum in general gave us the confidence to expand the work effort to include the master bathroom. Jess did a good job coordinating activities (sometimes we wanted something different but when you look back you can see the reason's for his decisions). The home we were remodeling was in a new geographic area to us so we came in not knowing anyone/trades sources local to do the work, which is where we used Angie's list. We did get several quotes/bids for various aspects of the work and ultimately chose Precision Contracting to coordinate most activities. In our opinion Jess has good trade sources working for him, examples include: (1)  kitchen cabinetry/soffit redesign and use of cabinetry crown molding impressive along with how granite bar reinforced for weight and design/appointment/use of molding & thoughts/recommendations in general; (2) master bath wall tile source challenged our decisions, ultimately we changed to their suggestion of height & where you stop wall tile (our walls were complex due to a very large glass block window in the middle of things) and we are very happy with that recommendation/decision; (3) tile source in general (wall/floor the same) were excellent in how they laid the tile, care with pattern, window and floor molding; (4) not one plumbing leak and every fixture was replaced, including spa shower and switch to instant hot water tank; (5) wood flooring replacement (when it came time to install, installer said "we cannot install the new floor on top of the old floor, the moisture content was too high, he said you might find someone to do it but not me, its not the right thing to do). Jess was more than fair when it came to adjustments that had to be made (up or down), allowed us to purchase our own plumbing fixtures as well as use our own electrician (his sources worked w/them well). We did have to make an adjustment for the wood flooring replacement as it was not part of the original plan as the protection in place actually damaged the floor finish and we ultimately decided to replace it. Since we were living elsewhere we were able to do this all concurrently, however, the dust created is something to be considered it you expect to live in the home at the same time the work is being done otherwise efforts/living can be coordinated.

job level and straight square very happy !