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Description of Work: skip to main | skip to sidebar BUILDINGS BY ALLPHASE Monday, August 17, 2009 BUILDINGS BY ALLPHASE: BUYER BEWARE do you see that beautiful rock house on the buildings by allphase sight? that is my house, and it has been 25 months in the process now and should only have taken 8-12 months. so if you want slow? these are the guys. if you want it built not the way you asked for it? these are the guys. if you want to never see them again after they get their final funds? these are the guys. i should have known that a barn builder/hotel builder are not capable of building a custom home. they only know how to build things that are "cookie cutter" [or repetitive].over the last 25months i have a stack of paper, mostly faxes reminding them or asking them to do certain common sense things or asking them if something has ever gotten done. now they wont leave me a voice mail, letter, fax or anything after i have been calling them at least once a week since the beginning of may. [ btw they seem to think i owe them money for the labor on the extra work they did for me, however they havent really thought about the fact that i let them out of doing a lot of other things that were to be done to the house that are valued more than the labor of the extra things they did for me.] they have known about the items still not done, since march 2009 and some of them "officially" the first week of may 2009. -they installed 2 large decks on 2nd floor using tile that is not impervious and no expansion joints to cut costs, rather than use the composite decking i paid for, that they underestimated 4 times.[how do you underestimate the cost of a composite deck 4 times?i dont think it was shapeshifting!]i guess you underestimate a deck 4 times the same way you mismeasure the opening for the refigerator 3 times and rebuild a kitchen island 5 times!] now the tiles are popping and the subflooring underneath holds water and leaks thru below. they came back and installed composite on one deck, and it looks like a 5th grade shop class did the job. they just left the other deck. -the rock pillars around the garage, the centerposts,[and where soffet meets the rock pillars and the rock walls of the house it has just been left open and is now home to many spiders and huge red wasps. all they had to do was apply masonry/cement at all those spots acout 1 inch wide.very lazy and very incomplete. ]and the rock firepit are cracking apart -the facia around the garage was ruined after the first rain from a watery goo coming from under the decks. -the outside shower has quit working -2 of the crank out windows are inoperable -the microwave was installed with NO VENTILATION and is thus a fire hazard -they forgot to install a foot rail at the island -they forgot where the face plate is for my dishwasher -they forgot where my garage remotes are, when installing garage plumbing they cut through several electrical wires -the roof had 2 leaks in the den and was dripping on bamboo floors, after 2 months they fixed leak -the garage ceiling has leak and is mildewing -they installed one door with the door lock button on the outside, they finally reversed it last month -all the exterior doors daylight can be seen as the weatherstripping is incorrectly installed[they told me 2 months ago that the weatherstripping will be in "tomorrow and i will have my guys install it. ?where does weatherstripping "come in from? lowe's or home depot". just a random excuse....] -they told me when i asked if the bath exhaust fans were vented to the outside and not the attic-yes. inspector said they were NOT. after inspection they told me and the inspector they were now. i looked yesterday and NO THEY ARE NOT. -several interior doors are too short -they still have not painted my study door -they still have not painted my bathroom door in the garage -my home was never registered with the texas real estate construction commission -rain blows in thru the doors in the rooms over the garage these are just VERY FEW OF THE MANY MANY problems i have and have had. this has been an absolute nightmare and they are not responsible enough to get in touch with me to give me any information. not that it would be any correct information just as in the past. ie:i was givin 24 or 25 different completion dates. *fortunately for me, and unfortunately for BUILDINGS BY ALLPHASE, its now outta my hands although i try contacting them once or twice a week to no avail. good luck. tip: study a swallow's nest to see how mortar should be appropriately mixed and trowelled, they do a much better job! Posted by dan at 9:04 AM 0 comments Labels: buildings by allphase; builders; texas builders; hill country builders;barns;kingwood builders;houston builders Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) Followers Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (1) ▼ August (1) BUILDINGS BY ALLPHASE: BUYER BEWARE About Me dan View my complete profile