Amodeo Contracting

A Cautionary Tale Based on our Horrendous Experience with Amodeo Contracting Unfortunately for us, we hired Damian Amodeo, Amodeo Contracting, to finish our unfinished basement (3 mo construction timeline provided by Amodeo) and do an exterior drainage project (1 mo timeline). After countless careless errors in project execution, bad judgment, and flat-out dishonesty and deception by Damian Amodeo, we were forced to fire him for cause 1 year and 7 months into a project that he savaged through a combination of incompetence, deceit, and neglect, and generally made an absolute nightmare for us. The project was still far from complete when we were forced to fire him in part because a lot of Damian’s “work” had to be re-done or fixed by actual professionals. Damian Amodeo repeatedly didn’t follow our architect’s plans, which were professionally (and expensively) created by our architect to customize our project and make sure it was done properly. We paid for specific higher-end materials and Damian Amodeo installed cheaper off-brand versions behind our backs. On many occasions, Damian Amodeo lied to my face about the status of materials, job progress, and schedule. I would call the manufacturers myself to check on the order to find out they were submitted months late or that Damian Amodeo had not paid for them. For those interested, what follows are some of the details of our very bad experience with Damian Amodeo Contracting: - We eventually discovered that the electrician he hired was not licensed in Westchester county and Damian “solved” this problem by having another electrician file for the inspection (not the one who did the work). We had a new electrician come in and he found faulty connections, mismatched wires and lines completely not working. We had to pay a new, licensed contractor to fix the electric work. - Damian ordered his worker to cut a huge hole in one of our supporting foundation walls to make a pipe connection work instead of following the pipe layout on the drawings, didn’t ask or tell the architect, spray foamed over it, did framing and it was just before sheetrock that the architect noticed it. Everything had to be ripped out and replaced. - After cutting + moving the gas line Damian instructed the plumber to NOT do a pressure test or inspection and told his men to bury the line the next day. Obviously, a safety hazard and not permitted, we made his men stop and called the inspector ourselves to request an inspection. - Damian was supposed to install 2 PVC pipes for drainage, but he only did one, buried it, lied and said there were 2. When the inspector asked for photos for proof Damian confessed there was actually only 1 pipe and to fix that we now had to install French drains, which set us back months. - Our contract and budget called for Warmboard radiant flooring. Damian got shop drawings and was planning on installing a generic, cheaper brand. He gave us the runaround for 8 months saying Warmboard was behind with our order, but when I called them directly I found out that Damian never even contacted them and there was no order for my address. - Despite the contract saying a portable toilet would be on site, Damian never paid for one and I would consistently find water bottles filled with urine all around the basement. Similarly, Damian didn’t get a dumpster until halfway through the project so there were huge piles of garbage and debris all around the house piling up for months. We complained about this; Damian did not care. - Materials would be delivered and his team was nowhere to be found. We had to sign for and move product deliveries ourselves. Huge heavy things, eg, a boiler, because most deliveries are curbside meaning we couldn’t get out of our driveway until the materials were moved. A longer version of this review detailing more of our horrible experience with Damian Amodeo and Amodeo Contracting can be found on Instagram @gotglitter Facebook @nataliegialluca Google and more.