Michael J. O'Neill's Contracting

Boy do I wish I saw this other review on Angie's list before hiring Mike. Like that guy, Mike actually was the project manager for the company that built my house so I hired him on the side to build my deck. The deck was completed in July '16 and I thought everything was great until about 3 weeks ago when the township left a notice on my door that the deck did not pass inspection. I was of course perplexed because it had been 8 months and now we were hearing of this for the first time. When I called them to inquire they sent me the failed inspection from 8/16/16 that they went over with Mike. Needless to say, Mike never bothered letting us know there was a problem or make any attempt to fix the issues. Now I am left trying to figure out how to fix all of Mike's shortcuts to meet township standards without tearing the entire deck down! He failed on such basic things as ensuring the deck railings were at their required height! After 3 weeks of unresponded calls, texts and voicemails to Mike to give him the opportunity to make this right, I am left posting my experience to warn anyone else thinking of hiring him to be very careful. In hindsight, I should have demanded a signed township inspection completion before paying him. But again, this was the guy that built my house. I thought a deck was the last thing I needed to worry about. However, for what it is worth, after talking with the township, I learned they were constantly babysitting him to ensure he was meeting their guidelines and unfortunately, I am not the only person he built a deck for that didn't pass inspection in my neighborhood. There are apparently multiple others according to the township. Use this as a warning if you hire Mike to do any work for you. Or better yet, take my advice and find someone else.