K & B Home Solutions LLC

Bill, the general contractor, was on target with the costs of the project for the most part. His price was lower than two other bids I had received, and his bid included allowances for my fixtures and cabinets which the other contractors did not (although his allowances were a bit on the low side). After I signed contract he noticed mold on the rear of my house siding and said it was an ominous sign and usually indicated a leak so we had to investigate that by taking off the siding and doing a roof inspection. Turned out it was due to improper routing of my central AC humidity pipes which were draining into my wooden soffitt! My only gripe about this would be that it would have been nice if he had mentioned this to me when he was looking at the job in the beginning, but perhaps he didn't see the mold then? I don't know. Anyway, he kept in touch with me frequently via emails and texts especially, letting me know the weeks plan of action on Sunday afternoon. His guys showed up when expected and were clean and courteous. Bill himself is a real nice guy and if I was forced to say anything negative, it would be that he could give better guidance on design. You really need to do the designing. And the vanity I chose for the bathroom was too big so he had to cut it down after it was delivered. But the remodel looks great and we would use him again.

They were supposed to start the week before Easter, but they didn't start until the last week of April. I had my own architect, and there were problems with them following the plans correctly. They had my home exposed for 6-7 weeks without siding and then had to come back and redo the siding. When we discussed the bathrooms, the flooring and half up the walls were supposed to be tile. The contract said they would install bathroom tile provided by the owner. They made me buy the tile in April, but they didn't even install it until July. They also argued with me saying that they never agreed to install tile half way up the wall. After going back and forth, I had to pay them an additional $800 for the tile; otherwise they would void the warrantee on the work. On top of this, he did not even seal the tile. We had to regrout a lot of it. The worst part had to be the finishing work. The walls were wavy. They threw parts of the baseboard out. I spent thousands of dollars on solid oak stairs. There are gaps where the stairs meet and between the wall. They finished the work in July, and I still have not gotten my keys back.