Hugh Morren

Description of Work: Made detailed contact via Angie's list in summer. Never received a response so unable to give any positive rating because of no response.

Description of Work: Sheetrock, texture, painting, wood-working, miscellaneous

Description of Work: Called povider and he eventually got around to stating he was to busy to take my call said he would call me back. He did not. Sent msg through angie's list if he forgot me. No reply. Seems like if he's eating well, getting enough jobs he doesn't bother to call others back. Would not recommend or use in the future.

Description of Work: I needed to remodel a bedroom in a beach house. This remodel required installing quality beadboard 2/3's up the wall and painting it.

Description of Work: Renovated bathroom. Installed tile for shower, textured walls, replaced fixtures and toilet. Tiled floors in 2 bedrooms and replaced floor trim.

Description of Work: We needed a qualified contractor that would remodel our dental office during the times we were closed, or when no patients were in the office. The job required tearing out old floors, existing walls & shelving, building new offices & treatment rooms, following specs on a blueprint {and reconfiguring when instructions were incorrect}, replacing doorways, adding sheetrock, and a barn style door,repurposing old shelving, reconfiguring a bathroom, replacing baseboards,removing a kitchen sink & cabinets, and installing staff kitchen counters & cabinets. Hugh also built 'dental specific' wall & equipment supports. One major factor was that the project must be kept very clean in the clinical environment. We would not compromise on that requirement. They were creative in figuring out ways to vacuum and saw or make messy cuts at the same time! We had a deadline, and little time for mistakes. Our needs were not always standard or residential. We needed our contractors to work together as a team to succeed.

Description of Work: Hugh caulked and painted the trim and finish work for my crown molding. The previous installer did not do a very good job painting it at all. It was really sad to look at. Hugh also repaired my walls that the granite installers damaged. He will be creating a backyard pergola foe me this fall. Hugh does great work!

Description of Work: install drywall, tape & texture kitchen

Description of Work: He did nothing. He did not make the scheduled meeting or bother to call and let me know he was not going to be able to make it.

Description of Work: He wasted my time.

Description of Work: Installed new sheet rock in living and dining room, new baseboards and trim, new backsplash in the kitchen and painted living and dining rooms.

Description of Work: Complete Remodel of one Bathroom and partial Remodel of another. Owner provided all Plumbing & lighting fixtures

Description of Work: I have a beach house. They did some reconstruction and basically re-did my master bedroom and a french door upstairs.

Description of Work: He was hired to do several different repair and improvement jobs on our property

Description of Work: Interior plumbing leak. Needed sheetrock tape float and texture. In order to match paint, re-painted larger ceiling area. Minor wall paint work.

Description of Work: I had my spare bathroom painted walls and ceiling.

Description of Work: Build a 8' privacy fence around a portion of my property Removal of an existing tile floor and sub-floor and re-tile same area with new tile Several miscellaneous small jobs such as replacing two storm doors, installing cabinets in laundry room. My experience with Hugh Morren and his sub-contractor Jason Terry, was and remains a nightmare! The first project that Mr. Morren bid on at my home in Port Aransas was to build a privacy fence around a portion of my property. I met with him and showed him and his sub-contractors, Jason Terry and Clay Vollers, the corner stakes marking the boundaries and described what I wanted done. I also told him that I wanted to make sure it was anchored well because of the wind it would be exposed to. He assured me that he could do the work and that my fence would be rock solid. His proposal detailed the materials to be used and included a $150 charge for a building permit. I accepted his proposal and paid him the first draw of $8000 on August 23, 2013. Work began shortly thereafter. Upon inspection of the installed fence, I noticed that the section on the northeast side of my property appeared to be on the wrong side of the property line. I could not precisely determine where all of the corners were because his workers had removed the survey stakes, even though I had asked them to leave them in place. I had to have my property re-surveyed to re-establish the corners. Mr. Morren declined to pay for this. He initially tried to blame the mislocation of the fence on me, saying that I had not shown them the correct corner on one side. After the survey, however, it became known that not only was this side of the fence over the line on my neighbor's property, but that another side also was. His worker, Clay Vollers, ultimately admitted that he used the wrong marker on the northeast section, but there was no explanation for the other section other than carelessness. His workers relocated the two sides of the fence that were over the line, and I paid Mr. Morren the balance owing of $3,310.00 under his proposal (total of $11, 310.00) upon completion of the work on September 18, 2013. In early April of 2014--just a little over six months after the fence was completed--the wind blew about 20 miles per hour sustained for a couple of days from the northeast, and I noticed that the fence on that side (one of the ones that had been relocated) was leaning over into my property and looked like it might fall over. I jointly contacted both Mr. Morren and his worker Jason Terry, and sent them a photo and asked that they stand it up and reinforce it. Without even bothering to come and look at the fence, they both claimed that it had been hit by a piece of construction equipment from the other side and refused to fix it without being paid to do so. There was a construction project in progress on the other side; however, I carefully examined the other side of the fence and did not find even a scratch or dent of any kind indicating that it had been hit. It was obvious that they had stayed away from the fence with their dirt work, as evidenced by the untouched vegetation line next to the fence on that side. Furthermore, this happened on a weekend when there was no one working on the other side of the fence. Additionally, the company working on the other side (Island Construction) is the oldest and largest construction company in Port Aransas which builds most of the roads and streets here and has a very solid reputation. I sincerely wish that they had been the ones responsible because I know they would have immediately advised me of the damage and taken prompt action to fix it. I had a friend who is an independent insurance adjuster look at the fence, as well as my son, and all agreed that the wind and not a piece of equipment had done the damage. There was simply no evidence otherwise. After Mr. Morren's refusal to take responsibility (STILL, WITHOUT EVEN BOTHERING TO LOOK AT IT), I called Island Construction and spoke to the foreman on the job. He advised that they had actually noticed the fence on that side starting to lean toward my property at the time of the first cold front at the end of January 2014 (only four months after completion). The more severe leaning that I later noticed was just a continuation of the problem. They were not working anywhere near the fence when they first noticed it, but the owner of the company was present and told the foreman to take photos just in case an issue arose later. The foreman said he would call Mr. Morren and explain what they had observed in January and confirm that they had not touched the fence with any equipment. He told me the next day that Mr. Morren (who still had not bothered to come out and even look at the fence) refused to believe him and stated that he built the fence to withstand a hurricane. This was despite the fact that Mr. Morren never did one minute of actual work at my house and relied completely on his workers to determine how to do the work and to perform the actual work. He told me that Clay Vollers (one of the workers) could do anything and that I should address all of my concerns and communications to him. This changed during the course of the work on my house, when Mr. Morren had a falling out with Clay and then had nothing good to say about him. I became very concerned at this point about how the fence was constructed and used a level on the three sections of fence to see whether there were other problems. The one section that was visibly leaning was clearly a problem. The other section that had been relocated after being built on the wrong side of the property line was also leaning in toward my property by a few inches. The only side that did not show any leaning was the one section that had not been relocated. This raised questions as to whether the relocation of the two sections had compromised the integrity of the structure. I was now looking at an $11,000 fence only about six months old with one section on the verge of falling over, another one leaning, and a contractor (Mr. Morren) who was denying responsibility and attempting to cast blame on another company that clearly had nothing to do with it! I next talked to the City of Port Aransas about Mr. Morren. They advised that Mr. Morren was not and had not ever been licensed to work as a contractor in Port Aransas, that he had never posted the bond required of a contractor, AND that the fence project did not require a permit and that none was ever obtained! Nevertheless, Mr. Morren had charged me (and I had paid) $150 for a building permit for the fence! The fact is that even if one was required, he could not have obtained it because he was not licensed to work as a contractor in Port Aransas. That is the saga of the fence as it stands today. There will be more to tell, as I still have to get the fence standing back up and reinforced, and am not sure how that is going to be done at this time. There were many other problems with the work performed by Mr. Morren's crew at my house. I believe it is safe to say that there were problems with almost every item of work performed, most of which were ultimately fixed, but some of which still remain. Without writing a book here about all of the issues, I will point out the one other major problem that remains to be rectified and that Mr. Morren has failed to correct after many months of my requests. That is the patio tile at my house. The problem arose when the workers cut the tile and mixed the mortar for the upstairs tile replacement job on the upstairs deck, with the liquids and debris dripping down onto my tile patio below. Instead of cleaning the mess on the lower patio up at the time it was created, his workers left the job sight and allowed it to dry for over a week. The residue hardened on the patio tile. When Jason Terry finally came back to address the problem, he applied acid to remove the hardened residue. It eroded the grout joints (which I believe were concrete) and deeply pitted them. He then came back, dug out the joints and replaced them with a colored grout, which was obviously not right. He then removed that and replaced it with concrete grout, but then left the project unfinished and a big mess. Since then, in response to my pleas that the work be completed, Mr. Morren has claimed that they did no damage to my patio tile and that the pitting was the result of rain over the years! The problem with that theory is that the other side of my patio is in fine condition with no pitting. Once again, Mr. Morren never bothered to come and look at this himself. He started making crazy claims that this was a pre-existing condition without ever making a personal inspection!

Description of Work: Install outside door, replace trim and patio tile, threshold, etc.

Description of Work: Hugh replaced a roof for us on the well house on our property. Hugh also replaced the door and frame on the well house.

Description of Work: I ask for an estimate on replacing shower handles and hardware. Turns out I only needed replacement parts. He was honest enough to tell us that and where to find the parts. Amazing and refreshing. He could have replaced it all and charged us, but gave honest advice. We are going to need a bathroom remodel in the near future and will most definately use him. True professional.

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Description of Work: They repaired my front room wall - where we had to cut in to fix a water leak.

Description of Work: NO SHOW

Description of Work: Replaced and repaired kitchen ceiling drywall, tape, float, texture and paint, everything turned out good.