Vulaj's Carpentry Inc

In over 20 years of owning houses I have never had a more horrible experience with a contractor. On arrival to start the project, he arbitrarily changed the scope of the project from what had been discussed (of course with less work for him). In hindsight, that is the point where we should have known to eject him from our home. He took it upon himself to invite a friend into our home when we weren’t present to provide a quote for another job (for which we had not requested an estimate). This was captured on security camera. He spent days in our home making no measurable progress. He did not take care of securing necessary supplies for the job. Instead, he sent us on errands (and we incurred that cost). At one point he attempted to delegate some of the job back to us (instructing us to do the wood bleaching for him). We found him in our basement doing work outside the scope of the contract as opposed to doing what the contract entailed. He was a slob and after working on the risers on our staircase, etc I’m left with both stain and polyurethane on my hardwood floors and tile. Our security cameras also show that he did not apply the promised number of coats of polyurethane. He requested letters of reference 2 days into the project. I now understand he requests those early because the quality of his work is poor. During his time in our home, he felt free to make requests like: “make me espresso” and even went so far as to suggest I cook chicken for us to share. I only ever dealt with the company owner and he was an absolute nightmare.

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I had to wait a week or so until he was available. He was working on a previous job, but job went well.

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Pete is "old world" in his approach to craftsmanship and is exceptionally focused on making sure the work is performed to meet very high standards and that the customer is pleased with the result. I could not recommend him more highly.