Calhoon Construction LLC

I hired him to replace the garage ceiling and to do some countertop work in the kitchen.

countertops, roofing

Working with Steve Calhoon has been a nightmare. He gave us a quote in writing for a paint job which also included removing the tile in the kitchen. Verbally he told us he would also replace the counters for us if we bought the materials since that would not take long to do. That quote was $1850 including materials. We had a separate quote for the floors. Initially, we were going to do the floors ourselves, but Steve said that for the price we were going to pay for the laminate and carpet, he could get similar ones for much cheaper and the money we would be saving would pretty much cover the labor if we let him do that job as well. We agreed to let him do the floors as well. He asked for a deposit of $1,855 up front and was to start with the paint job. They started work a few days later. I had a funny feeling when Ace Cash Express called to see if I wrote a check out to him, wondered why he just did not deposit in his bank account if he was supposed to have all this business he really did not have time for but was willing to take on our job. On the first day of work, the two guys that he told us had been with him for 10 yrs, (which we later found out one was with him for 2 days and the other one 3 weeks), were told to paint over the border in my daughter's room which had glue from decor I had stuck to the wall. Steve said that the 2nd coat was going to cover that, even the roughness on the wall. Well it did not. You could see the border through the paint around the entire room. They had to sand it down and repaint. The 2nd bedroom was orange but Steve insisted that no primer was required and it just needed 2 coats of Sand colored paint to cover the orange. That did not work. He was calling and rushing the workers through the job. He was never there. Always having to run to to do stuff for his girlfriend or travel to Kentucky to get his daughter. He started the job on a Thursday, on Monday he had already been to Kentucky 3 times. We barely ever saw him. In the beginning he told us his guys are such hard workers that they don't even like to take a lunch. That is not true. I straight out asked them why they would not take lunch and told them they were not going to pass out in my house. They finally fessed up and said he told them they better not not take a lunch. He brought them gatorade 1 time and said, "see how I take care of my guys!" He only did that because they were forbade to take lunch or accept any drinks from us. There are lot's of things that rubbed me the wrong way. We had one of the colors lightened after he purchased it because it was too dark, the guys ran out of paint and instead of having the color scanned and matched, he bought the orignal color and told the guys to just use that even after they reminded him about it. He had them take short cuts which did not end up being short cuts after they had to go back and fix it then complained about it taking too long and having to buy more paint and having to pay the guys for another day unaccounted for. One of the days he wanted the guys to work somewhere else and not come work on our house because he landed a new customer. If you have as many people working for you as you say, why pull your guys from a job that is not finished to start another??? Finish what you start! I'm mad too! This is an incovenience as we have no living space but I want it done right! None of the tools or extra materials purchased were his. The guys had to have thier own tools and ladders. I watched them buy things out of thier own pocket to have what was needed and he did not give them the money for that. (I later asked them about it) All he bought was the paint because that was included in the quote. He brought us a couple of floor samples that were brown even though he said in the beginning that brown did not match. (Probably because he could not find dark laminate in the price range he claimed he could) He called and told the guys to start pulling up the floor when the paint job was not even done. We have no living space! That's when we decided to pull the plug. We told him to finish the paint job since the deposit completely covered the entire paint job and tile removal plus materials. He said they would finish the paint job and then that would be it; this was discussed in the evening, then in the morning the workers arrive and tell us he told them to halt all work and sent them to come get all the pain that we paid for!!! Coward waited for them at the Home Depot. Needless to say, they did not take the paint. However, the kitchen and bonus rooms were not painted even though we paid for it. We called him from a different number so he could answer and he said since we pulled out of the floor job he was pulling out of the paint job. He justifies keeping our money saying breach of contract. Yeah, it was a breach that he got paid in full for something he did not complete and then on top of that sent his guys to come pick up the paint we paid for!!!! I could go on and on. If you pull up his name on the internet including this site, every single comment is negative and he has been sued. We can't all be wrong now can we? Then he curses and goes off on his customers when you open up your eyes and decide to no longer work with him. Can't imagine how crazy he would have acted had he not been paid. So unprofessional. His guys felt like they were put on the spot and quit on him. They worked for a week 9 hrs per day and he did not pay them 1 cent. He ripped them off and us. Do not hire or go to work for this guy! In the beginning he said he had an attorney on his payroll. Have him call us Steve. We would love to speak to him and so would a lot of your other customers. By the way, you might want to look into labor laws before you get yourself in trouble.

interior painters

- Install a new wood laminate floor in the Kitchen and adjacent half bathroom and Laundry room. - Install new sink cabinet/sink in half bathroom. - Paint upstairs bedroom - Repair Garage door.

custom cabinets, flooring contractor, garage doors, handyman service, plumbing, interior painters

put sealer on our rv roof and flashing around all the vents.he also spackled the inside wall to prepare to be painted.also put some small concrete pads under our house to put blocks for leveling.

handyman service, foundation repair