Ruba Construction

Contractor did call several weeks after Labor Day, but was asked to delay due to death in my family and a dental emergency. Did not hear from him again until I called a couple of times, with him agreeing to come begin the Monday after Thanksgiving. Showed up, but was interrupted with many phone calls and called away because one of his workers had gone to E.R. Came the following day after a dental appointment, starting later. Asked me to paint the bathroom overnight as he would begin tiling the next day. The next day he called and was sick. Following day, I did not hear from him, so called to find that he was still sick. The next day, his mother called to inform me that he had been hospitalized, not sure of when he would be back, & I understood. I did tell her that I had another death in my family that would take me out of state the following week for a funeral. We did not hear anything more from him or his family the following week. The day of my return, Dec. 15th, he came to the house around noon. He began tiling & called me in to view it...halfway done...with wide grout lines in the shower/tub. I did not say anything as he was halfway finished & was still not feeling well. He informed me that he needed to finish up by Thursday (after we were patient all of this time!) because his wife was having a baby on Friday. He proceeded, with the aid of his brother, to do a fast job of the tiling and grouting. He did not clean up well after grouting and the grout in the tub was found to have millions of air bubble holes. He was called back to take a look and said he would fill them in...which I said I would do to avoid another mess of grout. He also took the easiest route with the tile border and used a scant amount, even though there was an abundance of tile available. He did not replace the window trim and we found out why....he left an uneven space on both sides of the window. He did not install the vanity or hang the mirror. He tiled over an area that is needed for the toilet installation. He did not install the 2x4 behind the tub. He did not use the tile backer that we provided for the wall and charged us extra for what he used. He was in a hurry and it shows. The bathroom is still unfinished. This is a nice and personable young man, very serious, but he did not do a good job for us.