Tallents Decks And Porches
About us
Tallent’s Construction is a family owned and operated local business. We started in June 1997 we are a local/ family owend business we handle all aspects of the residental construction from cleaning the plans to getting the building permitds, delivery of materials, all construction and clean up of job.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Arbor, Basic Decks, Custom Decks, Deck Repair, Deck Stain, Decorative Concrete, Iron Railing, Multi Level Decks, Open Air Porch, Outdoor Kitchens, Outdoor Living, Pergola, Screen Enclosures, Screen Rooms, Seamless Gutters, Stamp Stone, Sun Room, Sundeck
Amenities
Emergency Services
Yes
Free Estimates
Yes
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"thanks I really enjoyed working with you and your husband I look over at the house every time I go by sure did make a big change thanks neal tallent"
Problem 2 Quality of work. We after painting found sloppy work in hard to see spots on the roof area gaps in joints more than 2 inches in some spots some screws missing nails also.
Problem 3 quote of Job we had a written quote for the scope of the work up front told them about the large hand rails heavy wood that we wanted the spot over the porch at the back door we were told that it would look just like the before addition ect.During the repair we ask would it cost to do add plywood to the chimney are at this time we were told no charge because it was costing less to do the porch. At the final bill it was 1500.00 more ask why Neil told the chimney was extra the porch are over the back door extra large hand rails extra.... I as why told him about quote and chimney talk and he told me we would have to pay..
On a side note we used trex wood on some of the outside steps we had some let over on the last day they were here 3 carpenters made a saw horse out of my left over wood and loaded it up in there truck with a couple of large sticks of treated wood. I paid for all the supplies by c/c total 12800.00 to Manier Building supply.
In business you live by your word I know I have one and have run it 20 years.. If they are the best would hate to see the worst.
"most of what was wrote in review is not true we fixed every thing that was brought to us this person works on trucks in his back yard he tried to play contractor and he had a lot of stuff that came up that he did not know what to do . on my contract it clearly states that price was on a limited scope of work and we would leave job un finished . I tried to help him as much as possible we were not supposed to do roofing or paint or electrical or even finish carpentry it really hurts when you try so hard to please someone and then get this kind of review"
He has an excellent review with the BBB also. Not gonna trust them anymore either.
The longer I looked the more problem I saw with it.The 6" was not at the door it was at the other end. When we talked about it, I agreed with Me. Talent to shorten the deck by a foot to give us some separation...didn't happen. I did some digging. Still needs some digging but I am going to surround deck with pavers.
About the sprinklers... The framing was installed and all that was left was decking when I woke up. Follow up visit?Still invited to come over.
"first home owner called to make appt. for price we let him pick time and day for appt. we showed up on time for appt. we told him it would take approx. 5 days to get price back to him we had price back in 3 days we told him it would be about 4 weeks before we could start we started 3 weeks later it took us less than 2 days to complete when we went to appt to give him price we recommended that he use paver stones or do stamped concrete his back door was approx. 6 inches off ground we had to dig out 4 inches of dirt just to get deck below door he insisted that we us wood we knew about sprinklers we were not going to cover up his sprinklers and leave them there we just had not moved them be fore he came out to look at work first day we were there the fact that we put the deck on wet concrete is completely not true we used quick setting concrete that dries hard in less than 4 hours the day we left and he paid us no wood was touching the ground and he paid us and thanked us for doing a good job and about sealer on cut ends we did put it on for him and I did charge him for one gallon of sealer but after you put sealer on cut ends you can not hardly tell it on there because cut end are pourse and sealer soaks it to wood if he was un happy he did not express that to us when we built deck"
Tallents performed a beautiful job on my screened porch. The crew worked quickly & did quality work. They were professional and friendly. Mr. Tallents listened carefully to me when I explained what I was looking for and offered his advice on some things that I agreed to and am glad of his experience in making my decisions work out so well. They installed a doggie door beside the "people" door and that has worked out well. (My Golden has decided to use the people door, both coming in and going out, but that's okay.)
After reviewing the experiences of others with Tallent Desk & Porches on Angie's List, I decided to contact them to re-do the enclosure on my house. On the first visit Mr. Tallent came with his daughter Jessica, they were on time and after a short introduction, we went to the enclosure area. Initially, I wanted a new enclosure built and he clearly explained the process and provided some options. In a short time, I received an estimate and discussed when he could to start the job. I explained him that I was going on extended vacations and I would contact him upon my return.
A few months after that, my wife, and I decided to sell the house and instead wanted to repair the enclosure without modifications. I contacted Jessica and arranged for another visit with Mr. Talent, to discuss the repairs needed. He explained that his crew would clean and treat the wood, re-paint, and install a new screen. After receiving a new estimate, we agreed scheduled the start day for a few weeks later.
On their first visit, his crew clear, sprayed watch and detailed the wood structure. After waiting the needed days for the wood to dry, another crew came and painted the structure. The third crew came and installed the screen; they completed in a reasonable time.
After a few weeks later, I noticed a few details were not completely to our satisfaction. I did contact Jessica and schedule a visit with Mr. Tallent. They came and after showing the details, he stated that his crew would come and take care of it and within a week, they corrected the details to my satisfaction.
The project was estimated to have a 3 week duration but went quite bit longer, this would be one of the few negatives I will say about the project. There were a number of contributing factors some of which were beyond Tallent's control, the biggest being the ice storm that hit a week and a half into the project. The storm damage to the Augusta area (power losses and downed trees) affected a lot of the areas people and businesses and cost us about a week in the schedule. There were also various other delays that resulted in 2 additional weeks of delay.
The quality of the work was good to excellent. The reason I hired Tallent's Porches and Decks for this project was my previous experience with them (the first project was to remove an existing deck and replace it with a screened in porch and deck). Mr. Tallent takes obvious pride in his work and often went above and beyond what he said he would do or what was required. He and his crew were generally prompt and always professional. After the work was done I was walking around the side of my house and noticed that a piece of siding that had been damaged years ago and not part of this project had been replaced. This repair was done without me asking nor had I been told it had been done - that is above and beyond. I have only one area where I felt the quality was not as good as it should have been and that was painting. When we were returning our clothing to the closet we noted several places were there was obvious color differences, most likely spots that did not receive a second coat of paint. I did not report this to Mr. Tallent but if I had I am sure he would have had the paint crew back at my house the next day.
I have hired Mr Tallent twice for significant projects and would do so again without hesitation. I feel I have found a truly honest, professional, and talented (pun intended) company that stands behind there work and do it with pride.
This did not effect the services that we were able to receive.
We always call Tallent's because we know that we can depend on
More than excellent--went the way and over on quality. Excellent job and I am a certified construction project manager with a big firm--I know what to look for, in other words. Perfect job, totally on time, pleasant around customers--a professional for sure and deserves your business. Don't know what else to say other than you can trust a good price, over the top quality and nice people to do business with. They will now get all my work from Augusta to Atlanta--Ross Sessoms
Ross
A1Georgia construction and Concrete, Owner
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