MICHAEL WILLIS RESIDENTIAL

On August 27th 2013, I signed a contract with Michael Willis Residential Contractor Inc to build my house. From the start there were issues with very poor construction. I had to have the block work inspected when I was suspicious the work had not been done properly which the inspection ended with the discovery of 4 hollow cells. Throughout the build, he never inspected anything, if I requested something fixed, he would shudder his shoulders and walk away, or either stop work completely. The site was left filthy dirty the whole time construction was going on. Pieces of wood with nails where left in front of the garage (have pictures) Someone filed a complaint at the county to have the 2 large containers removed that were full of construction debris and also garbage others had dumped in. Instead of removing the containers when they were full, they just sat on the property, which smelled horrible. The plumbing company Michael Willis subcontract with is Johnny Doan Plumbing in Seffner Florida (read the review I posted with pictures of what they did at my house) They installed molded pieces of wood on the master bath wall. They installed the master shower pan on top of a huge 2 x1 foot drain hole they left open and never bothered refilled with concrete, the shower pan drain was connected crooked and water was leaking in the dirt under the slab of the house from the drain. That hole was discovered when we couldn?t find where ants were coming from in the master bath. They installed the toilets with offset flanges, which still were not to code (still off 1" with the offset) to which the builder was furious I asked be removed and installed to code so I would not have problems down the road. There is more pictured and info under that plumbers' reviews. They swap the washer and dryer location on the floor plan without asking, I discovered it when I arrived at the house and again, the builder was upset I questioned why they had done that without my knowledge or permission. There is 1 row of block missing on top of the front porch, when I questioned the builder, he just shrugged his shoulder and couldn?t answer so he walk away. Windows and doors are installed by his painting sub contractor crew - unlicensed crew by the name od Arco Painting of Plant City. All the doors were so badly installed, they all required to be taken out and brand new frames re-installed. Even the door leading to the garage from inside the house had a ¼ inch gap under the door. It was discovered when I had forgotten to close the light in the garage. The window in the dining room had to be exchanged for a new one because it was installed damaged and the contractor flat out refused to change it. The French door frame was split upon installation, I requested many times it be fixed to which Michael Willis just ignored and continued on building the house, They put wood putty in the split on the French door and just painted over it. He flat out refused to fix it also because the frame had to be removed and a new one put in, too costly to the general contractor to do, just like the windows or it was because they just didn't know how to install doors and windows. That same crew Arco Painting painted the inside of the house which ended up peeling everywhere and had to be redone because there was barely any primer applied to the walls, which caused the problem with the peeling. They primed the stucco outside when it was only 3 days old stucco and ended up peeling just like the inside also. That is when I requested that crew Arco Painting no longer be allowed to do any work on my house because all they did was shoddy work. Michael Willis then gave me the choice of giving me back my contract or have Arco Painting continue working on my house. I told him I would take my contract back. Upon being told that, Michael Willis requested a bank draw without my consent which I withheld until I could get estimate for all the repairs that had to be done on the house. Because I was withholding his draw, he immediately filed a lien on my house claiming I had fired him and withheld his draw. He offered me 7K for the repairs which I accepted but he wanted me to sign a mutual agreement that I would never sue him for anything known or unknown to the house which I refused to sign (he had built 70% of it) He gave me the choice of signing the mutual agreement or he was filing a lawsuit, which he ultimately did because I refused to sign his agreement. I hired a construction attorney and Michael Willis?s lawyer still wanted me to sign the same mutual agreement. My attorney explained to his attorney all about construction law and that they could not make anyone sign such an agreement and the lawsuit was settle. I moved into the house in September 2014 and there are still major problems with doors and windows. The company that installed the garage doors 31W Insulation has been here 4 times already and the garage doors are still not fixed. Beware of using him as a general contractor; he will sweep you off your feet using his sweet innocent demeanor. He has been in business long enough that he has learned how to play the game. He refused to fix anything during the construction of my house, do you think anything would have been fixed if he had build it all? I will post pictures to prove what is written above. I am limited to 10 pictures and wish I could post more, I have tons showing the shoddy work of that general contractor subs!