JOHN EISENHUT CONTRACTING

John is a nice guy with a good personality. His price was very competitive when compared to others, but it seems, again, like you get what you pay for. Most of his crew were conscientious enough, but some were very inexperienced and weren't watched carefully enough. John's appearances on the job were far and few between and as a result there were ugly problems that reared their heads at later dates.
1. First and foremost was a jury-rigged drain line around the house that failed, flooding the basement of the new addition several times, sometimes to a depth of 5 inches. If it weren't for the fact that the floor was recessed, our downstairs carpeted family room would have also been flooded. After discussing the problem with the architect, I was told to dig down to the drain line where they joined the new drain line with the old drain line. There we found standing water and the connection was made via an old piece of old gutter turned upside down to cover a gap of about 2 feet between the old drain line and the new drain line. It resulted in costing me $4000 to pay a contractor to dig up, repair and re-route the drain line because the old drain line was now plugged.  The new drain line had to run across the driveway which necessitated cutting a ditch through the blacktop where I now have a dip in the driveway where the fill settled.

2. 2. Another issue certainly worth mentioning, was during the construction, the new basement windows weren't covered and our beloved shih-tzu puppy of 14 years inadvertently walked into one and fell, killing herself. I realize accidents happen, but this was a safety issue.

3. Next was the attached chimney on the side of the new addition. They capped it with a tin cover and to this day, water is getting inside somehow and rotting all the new outside siding and trim. My daughter &  I have asked John a dozen times to stop by and look at it, but he has never showed up. There is no doubt that the siding and trim on the chimney will have to be replaced soon. The architect suggested my making a small roof to cover the chimney, which I am in the process of doing now. again at my expense and too late to save the existing siding & trim.

NOTE:  John finally stopped by and saw the problem with the chimney. He is sending his workers to repair and correct the chimney problem.

4. The end of the new addition has an 8ft by 3ft box bay at the end of it. It was only when I installed hardwood flooring that I realized the box bay was out of square by 1.25 inches in 2 ft.