MK House Consulting Inc
About us
Full service renovation, repair and maintenance company. We are a licensed General Contractor (Nevada B-2 Lic# 71558) with a $1.9 million bid limit. In business since 2004, licensed GC since August 2008. We have over 50 employees, and we use subcontractors where appropriate. Additional contact: Kathy House. Additional e-mail: [email protected].
Business highlights
Services we offer
Bathroom remodels, block walls, decks, electrical, energy saving upgrades, garage additions, kitchen remodels, maintenance, monument signs, outdoor kitchens, patio & putting greens, patios, plumbing, room additions, service. We are a General Contractor in the service business. Also assist with property insurance claims estimating & management.
Amenities
Emergency Services
Yes
Free Estimates
Yes
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"At this time of this review, MK House is working actively with the customer to resolve this matter. As such, we believe that this complaint at this time is premature. At the time of this response, we are currently encountering a disagreement with the remediation of this issue with the customer and we hope to rectify this issue with the customer very soon."
I had some water leak through my master shower. I called MK House and Chad came out and after reviewing looking talking to him I asked him for the best and worst case scenario. He said, and quot;Best case scenario $600, worst case scenario, $2000.” The next day he showed up with 4 guys. After a couple of minutes, he left. It took them about an hour and a half to tape everything off and then start cutting the baseboards and dry wall. I noticed that they took their masks off, so I approached one of the workers and said, and quot;You’ve done this a lot right?and quot; His response, and quot;Yes.and quot; I said, and quot;On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the worst you've ever seen, what is it?and quot; He said, and quot;A one. There’s no mold.and quot; They set up some fans to help the tiles in the master shower dry and left. Total time in the home, 2 1/2 hours. They came for a couple of minutes the next two days to check if the wood beneath the tiles had dried. I called Chad after day one to make sure having the fans at my home was not going to drive up the cost, he assured me that it would not. Less than 4 hours of work was done in my home and when it was all said and done, I was told I owed $995. This was after ZERO MOLD WAS FOUND! That’s right, they ripped out the baseboards, cut out the dry wall and found ZERO mold and told me I owed $995. How is finding ZERO mold not best case scenario? I was then given a build back quote for $1,408 which I laughed at since they had already lied to me about the first cost and after reviewing the build back quote, I found some frivolous chargers. I never, I repeat, I NEVER received an actual bill for the work that was done. I wasn't going to go out of my way to pay them until they gave me an actual bill. 4 months later Patti from MK House called asking about payment. I called her back and asked for her email. She gave it to me and I told her that I just sent her an email detailing what happened and that I wanted her to call me back after she read it so we could figure this out. She never called back. 6 weeks later, I received a call from a collection agency asking for payment. I then called MK House and asked to speak to Patti and the secretary told me she no longer worked there. I explained to her what had happened and she told me she would forward this to someone in accounting. Two weeks later Chad called me and told me that he had given me a break on the bill and that I owed $785. I asked him how he could give me an estimate of $600 for best case scenario and end up with $995 when they found ZERO mold. He got loud with me and told me that he never gave me any such numbers. I told him that no one in their right mind would let a company do work on their home without an estimate. He continued to get loud and I told him that I wasn't going to talk to him anymore, that I would go directly through the owner. I called back and asked to speak to the owner but Ashley, a manager said she could take care of this. I told her everything that happened and she said it seemed odd that I would be charged so much since mold was not found. (My point exactly) She told me she would talk to the owner and call me back. The next day I called and she answered. She told me I owed $785. I said, and quot;I thought you were going to talk to the owner?and quot; Ashley, and quot;I did and he told me to talk with Chad. I spoke with him and you owe $785.and quot; I said, and quot;Can you email me a bill, because to date, I have yet to receive one.and quot;
This company lied to me and then tried to continue to take advantage of me. I have text messages and the build back estimate to prove everything I have said in this review. Do yourself a favor and find a company who will not lie to you and who will honor their quotes. If you get a quote, make sure it’s written down on paper. I trusted MK House, and that was my first mistake.
"MK House acknowledges the complaint above, however, disagrees with the position of the complainant. The work in question was performed in April of 2014. After a flood in the complainant's home, we dispatched a crew as in any other emergency. There are very strict protocols to follow in the case of a water loss, and we followed them precisely. The complainant is correct that there was no mold found initially, but just because there is no mold, a wet area can develop mold quickly if these protocols are not followed. Because the area continued to be wet and needed to be dried down, and we returned periodically to check the moisture and left the blowers running, as per protocol. The complainant then instructed us after a few days to remove the blowers against our recommendation and to just send him the bill. He is 100% correct that mold was not found, and he is correct that the baseboards and drywall were removed and destroyed. These items are commonly destroyed in these type of environments, and again, a strict protocol is followed in water losses to ensure mold growth is avoided. The complainant, in an email to us, asked for the best and worst case scenarios, and despite a slight discrepancy in that email and what he reported on social media, the window was between $600 and $2,000 as our employees advised him. Our invoice for the drydown work was $738.65. By his own admission, again by email to us, 4 crew members were on his property for 3 hours, and 2 more were there for thirty 30 minutes. This is a total of 13 man-hours. Assuming no charges for travel time or blowers, the labor alone for 13 hours at the normal billing rate of $74 an hour would be $962.00. However, because he was quoted a lower price in writing of $786.35, that was the amount he was charged. We also provided a bid to him for the repairs for approximately $1,400.00, which he chose to not do with us. The complainant then suggested we didn't invoice him timely, but acknowledged, again by email to our accounting department, that emails from us were going to his spam folder. We have all of the email communication on file to document this matter, and our invoice was submitted timely. The complainant refused to pay for several months, and therefore he was sent to collections in accordance with company policy. His offer to collections was $300.00, which we declined. He then agreed to pay the $786.35, and his matter was considered resolved by us. Only after he was sent to collections did the complainant decide to use social media and other outlets to voice his displeasure with the company. At no time during our work on his property was any threat of mold present, again because of our adherence to protocol. To any person concerned with the veracity of this company and our policies and protocols on water drydown procedures, invoicing, charging and collections, we invite you to visit our offices at any time during business hours and investigate these matters for yourself. Copies of all invoices and documentation are available at the front office, with the complainant's personal information redacted for privacy reasons. Telephone inquiries may be directed to our main office at (702) 370-1913, however, for privacy reasons, no personal information about the complainant can be provided."
my request. They were helpful and friendly in helping me figure out
what the problem was and offered a quick, simple solution without
gouging me for work I didn't need done. Thank you to John and Josue.
"We are pleased to receive this compliment from the member. Her job turned out very nice and we are thrilled she thought enough of us to put us on the list. We're always working hard to make sure our employees and subcontractors are always professional, and with 500 jobs completed for 2009, we think we have managed to satisfy a lot of clients."
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