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Evans Construction Svc
Electrical for Home Addition or Remodel - Install, Electrical for Home Addition, Electrical Wiring or Panel Upgrade,
About us
Brian Evans represents a true "owner operated" company. He takes all the phone calls and works on all projects personally, from start to finish. He will bring his decades of experience and knowledge to your project, either big or small. Also offering Military Discounts of 10%.
Business highlights
Emergency services offered
34 years of experience
Services we offer
Basement Remodeling, Decks & Patios, Home Additions, Home Repair & Complete Remodeling including- Bathroom Remodeling, Kitchen Remodeling, Pop Tops (Roof Expansion)
Amenities
Emergency Services
Yes
Reviews
3.825 Reviews
| Number of Stars | Image of Distribution | Number of Ratings |
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| 56% | ||
| 8% | ||
| 8% | ||
| 16% | ||
| 12% |
Showing 1-25 of 25 reviews
Frances L.
Oct 2015
Really bad. Did not show up most of the time. Would not call. It was very aggravating trying to get him work and finish.
Frances L.
Jul 2015
unknown
John B.
Jun 2015
Fixing someone else's work is always the worst job a contractor can take but Mr. Evans took the job on. All of the work was done outside and it was during a time where it rained every day. I knew that he had taken the job thinking he could finish it within 5 days and scheduled the work as so. Because of the rains it took him almost a month to finish the job. It was no fault of his that it took so long and I admire him for sticking with it and not only finishing the job but doing a wonderful job with it. He designed all of the Trellis work himself and it is beautiful. He built a custom gate for a fenced in section of the yard and that was also first class. He hung some antique doors from India on our fence and like everything else he did a first class job. He is a very conscientious and honest man and we feel blessed that we found him. I think some of the problems the other people had were caused by all the rains we have had that played havoc with his schedule. We are going to use him again to fix the roof on our deck (also done by another contractor on Angies List). Again we found him to be a very conscientious and honest man and enjoyed working with him and were very pleased with the work he did.
Response from Evans Construction Svc
"Dear [Member Name Removed], Thank you so much for this sterling review.You lifted my spirits so very much. I have tried so hard to make everyone please with the work I do. I wish they were all as understanding as you have been. It was a great pleasure working for you. Your beautiful garden was inspirational for me to come up with the ideas for the project. Thank you again."
Amy H.
Jun 2015
It was a deal of $1350 for a general contractor for a week. He was impossible to reach after I bought the deal. It took over a month to get a call back and get scheduled. the work was being done on an empty rent house so I really wanted it completed quickly so I could get it rented again. When he met with me to go over my list he initially said everything could be completed in the week I had already purchased except the paint. I had had a paint contractor come out already and bid that and was going to have them do that job but Brian sounded knowledgeable and offered a fair price ($100 more that them) and he was already going to be there so I let him have that too in addition to the work I originally planned for him to do.
That is when the trouble began. Brian did not show up for the job but sent someone who worked for him. They started with the siding and then prepping for the paint. That took a week. After looking at the work done so far I called Brian and asked him to come look at it as I was not happy. A couple weeks later after missed appointments, no call backs etc. he did finally met with me. He agreed that the work would have to be redone but he had every excuse in the world as to when it would happen. A couple more weeks later Brian came to do the work himself. He did a very good job on everything that he completed himself and he was very personable at that point. He asked me for a good review and I said that since he had made the work right that I would give him one. He just needed to come back one more time to finish up the last bit, a ceiling repair in the garage that was part of the damage from the leaking roof. He never came back. And never responded to a single call after that. He had gotten his final draw from me that day and had promised he would return... I shouldn't have given him the last of the money before he was done but I thought he truly wanted to make things right, especially after he brought up me giving him a good review. Lesson learned. I had to pay another contractor to come finish so I could get the house rented.
If you are not in a hurry to get your job done and you don't mind babysitting him to make sure he does what he says, Brian does very good work. When he shows up.
6/30/15. RESPONSE TO BRIANS RESPONSE:
I feel that I gave the best most accurate review possible. If you had returned to complete the last of the work I would have been willing to leave a completely positive review, but you did not. If you did return to do the work (which I doubt) and the tenant was not there then you should have contacted me. Heck, you should have contacted me to set up a time for she or I to be there anyway! The bottom line is that it was not a happy experience. I did not mention before but will now that the siding repairs have not held up. Every piece that was replaced has warped, cracked or buckled from the rain we got this spring. None of the old existing siding has done that so I don't know what kind of material you used but I am not happy with it. As far as my boyfriend and I being gone for a month... that's ridiculous.
That is when the trouble began. Brian did not show up for the job but sent someone who worked for him. They started with the siding and then prepping for the paint. That took a week. After looking at the work done so far I called Brian and asked him to come look at it as I was not happy. A couple weeks later after missed appointments, no call backs etc. he did finally met with me. He agreed that the work would have to be redone but he had every excuse in the world as to when it would happen. A couple more weeks later Brian came to do the work himself. He did a very good job on everything that he completed himself and he was very personable at that point. He asked me for a good review and I said that since he had made the work right that I would give him one. He just needed to come back one more time to finish up the last bit, a ceiling repair in the garage that was part of the damage from the leaking roof. He never came back. And never responded to a single call after that. He had gotten his final draw from me that day and had promised he would return... I shouldn't have given him the last of the money before he was done but I thought he truly wanted to make things right, especially after he brought up me giving him a good review. Lesson learned. I had to pay another contractor to come finish so I could get the house rented.
If you are not in a hurry to get your job done and you don't mind babysitting him to make sure he does what he says, Brian does very good work. When he shows up.
6/30/15. RESPONSE TO BRIANS RESPONSE:
I feel that I gave the best most accurate review possible. If you had returned to complete the last of the work I would have been willing to leave a completely positive review, but you did not. If you did return to do the work (which I doubt) and the tenant was not there then you should have contacted me. Heck, you should have contacted me to set up a time for she or I to be there anyway! The bottom line is that it was not a happy experience. I did not mention before but will now that the siding repairs have not held up. Every piece that was replaced has warped, cracked or buckled from the rain we got this spring. None of the old existing siding has done that so I don't know what kind of material you used but I am not happy with it. As far as my boyfriend and I being gone for a month... that's ridiculous.
Response from Evans Construction Svc
"[member name removed] in the beginning when we first met, I was busy and set a time to schedule you in. If you remember you and your boyfriend went out of town for well over a month. We had no access to the house. Once you came back into town I moved some of my clients around to accommodate you. I had full crews working on your rental property. Yes I did have a problem with the men who I sent out first to paint the interior of your rental. I did bring a new crew out and paid them to fix the problem and make things right with you. Which I felt we had made right with you. I personally worked there all the way up to the final day when your new tenant moved in. I hauled away a trailer full of junk from that house, at no charge to you. I did everything you wanted and then some to make up for the time lost by the first crew. You told me your self you were very pleased with all of the work done for you, plus that you would give me a Good Review. That was one the last day when your tenant was moving in. I did try and get over there to fix that sheet rock in the garage. But each time nobody was there to let me in. This was over nine months ago. After trying so man times I ended up busy with other jobs. I never did get any calls from you. I would have taken care of the items left. I will still honor our agreement and fix the sheet rock. I am sorry you had to resort to this bad review. I did 97% of your work at 100% satisfaction. but get an F for not finishing that one small repair. I went way above and beyond to satisfy you in what we did finish. You paid me the last amount owed on that final day. You told me your self that you would give me a good review on that final day."
Christina K.
Jun 2015
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Edward S.
Apr 2015
He was difficult to reach. Virtually no on site supervision. Took draws and didn't do the work. In the end, it cost us nearly $15,000 due to have to have all of his work redone.
David W.
Apr 2015
Came out to survey the project, promptly. Was a little slow to get back with an estimate. And after agreeing on a contract price of $1945, I paid $850 down to start the project. Things looked like they were going to go well. He showed up on the next Saturday, unannounced, with hi polite young son(10-12yo) in tow. So when I asked what he was doing there, as he was supposed to start Monday, he said he was just doing a double check for materials and that this job should be able to be completed very quickly because it was unoccupied, enabling him to come early and stay late with out worrying about occupants. Great!!!! I thought.... I go to work around 7:30 in the morning, he was never there when I went to work. I get home from work around 4:30 in the evening, he was there one time over a week and a half. I questioned him about the slow pace things weren't getting done, got the usual contractor response, "Well I had a couple other jobs that needed my attention", though the reason I hired him was that he had just finished two jobs and was able to dedicate himself to this job. I was unhappy with the quality of some things he had done up to that point. But then he installed the bathroom vent and cut a hole significantly larger than the faceplate would cover, I don't know what he was thinking, but I terminated him the next morning. He had "completed???" roughly $650 of the project to that point, so I agreed to let him keep the other $200 from the down payment in order to get him to sign a PAID IN FULL agreement. All I can say is Mr. Brian Evans does POOR quality work, what work was actually done.
Rusty H.
Feb 2015
unknown
Response from Evans Construction Svc
"This review comes as a complete surprise me. This job took place last summer, Quit frankly I feel like a scape goat in this. Will lets start with your comment on being stretched too thin. Yes I had other jobs going when I started yours. When I started your job I made sure to be there myself each and every day. I had any where from two to as many as four men working there, every day. I would show up and line them out for the day. I also had a lead man who kept things going. I was not always able to stay all day. In fact I was doing many projects with people who signed up for me to do work on their homes. This was done through Angie's List. Which I shared that with you. Next I would like to point out that after my men had done all of the heavy lifting of the project which we had a contract on. You decided to bring in a new contractor to install a concrete slab for your new patio. You asked me to work with the new guy. I agreed. Problem was, he more doubled the size of the project, but he also talked you into letting him do all of the patio project. At this point I had done the work I contracted with you for, not to mention a lot of extra work your "New" contractor caused. I did this work out of my pocket, plus paid my men those last few weeks out of my pocket. I know your wife had gotten sick, so I did everything I could to help you. If anything, it was your call to bring in the new contractor, his men made the miss on your neighbors property, he doubled the size of it. That is when I said I had enough. I told you from the very beginning I do not do concrete work. I felt my method of installing the patio would have been fine. You decided to let this other guy take over. You did not have to hire me if you wanted to have a concrete base. Then to bring this new guy in when we were ready to start installing the patio, That was an insult to me. Not to mention your neighbor constantly talking like she was some kind of expert. I have 30 years in this business, I do not know of any contractor who likes having the home owner bring in another contractor to do his work and expect them to work with the new guy. I did nothing wrong here, If it dragged out then it is you and the new guy, not me."
ALi P.
Dec 2014
Slow, shoddy jobs, unfinished project in some cases
Response from Evans Construction Svc
"This is another compliant which I am surprised at. I was called to look at two downstairs bedrooms which had some mold growing on the walls. The owner was worried that there may be mold growing in the walls. I gave the owned a bid to remove the sheetrock and to take care of any of the mold inside the walls. Then install new dry wall, tape float and texture, plus paint. To me that was going to be a simple quick job. But once we opened these walls. not only did we find a lot of mold. but active termites as well. There was so much damage that we had to jack up his house to install new lumber for his walls. Keep in mind this is a three story house. Then we found that there was an existing flooding problem due in part to the golf course he lives on and his neighbors retaining wall diverting a lot of water into his house. This was just the beginning of a mess which took a long time to fix. So many extras that I literally gave up on keeping track of. To a point I have not made any money on this job at all. I have worked so hard to help this man get his house in order. All of the trips and paperwork to the POA. There is not enough room here to list all that I have done on this house. I will tell you this $35K is a real bargain to the $50K it should have cost. I am still working on this house, out of my pocket doing work that was never on my bid."
Mike R.
Oct 2014
Mr Evans came to my home, told me what they would do. They contacted me and said they would do the work and a few extra plumbing issues I needed done. Then he contacted me and said it was raining and he was behind on work. He stated the work would be done that week(two weeks ago). I have had no contact with him in two weeks. I sent an email yesterday with no response. Maybe the company is too big to handle this job. Just give my money back and I will find someone.
Response from Evans Construction Svc
"Dear [Removed name], I understand your frustration in my not being able to get to your job. I did in fact reschedule your job two different times. The first reason was a job we had been working on had gone into extra time because the homeowner had added a lot of extra work onto the existing contract. The second reason, the morning I was going to your house to start, I was involved in a serious car accident. I was rear ended by two pick up trucks on the 105 and FM 2854 at 7:20 in the morning. This accident resulted in having to spend nearly three days in the VA Hospital in Houston, with back and head injuries. I have two hair line cracks on two vertebrates and a massive headache. On top of this I was down for a few days with some kind of virus. [Removed name], you were very nice to me when I came by to meet with you the first time. I wanted more than any other job to be there and help you fix up your home. I am very sorry to have let you down. Thank You Brian D. Evans Evans Construction Services LLC"
Penny P.
Apr 2014
Did a great job.
Samuel P.
Apr 2014
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Dan S.
Mar 2014
on time, clean in appearance and professional in the work done.
Audrey T.
Feb 2014
He was great!!
Neal B.
Feb 2014
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Marilyn M.
Jan 2014
We were very pleased with the work done by Evans Construction. Brian was professional, knowledgeable, efficient, and trustworthy. He made the extra effort to complete what we had discussed and then followed up to be sure it was all to our satisfaction. We would definitely use Evans Construction again.
Response from Evans Construction Svc
"Thank You so much for you kind review. It was my pleasure to work for you on your projects. I also enjoyed meeting you and your husband. I hope to work with you in the future."
Ana R.
Jan 2014
Fix glass shower door, lights outside the house, and replaced ceiling fan light kit. He returned calls in a timely matter and kept on top of parts needed. Very clean I was very satisfied with his work
Response from Evans Construction Svc
"[removed member name] Thank you so much for your kind review. I enjoyed working with you and tackling the challenges of some of your projects. I am pleased that I was able to repair your projects when other contractors were not. Thank you again, I look forward to hearing from you when you may need my services."
Ed P.
Jan 2014
Very well.
Response from Evans Construction Svc
"[removed member name] it was a real honor and pleasure to meet you. I admire you for the work you do in adopting your five sons. I am pleased that I was able to complete your repair projects. Any time you need our services I would be glad to help and provide you discounted rates too."
Sara L.
Jan 2014
Fine. Headboard is secured to the wall now.
Response from Evans Construction Svc
"[removed member name] it was a real pleasure working with you on your projects. I am very pleased to have taken care of the headboard for you. I would be glad to help you in the future if needed. Thank you for the great reviews too!"
Walter J.
Jan 2014
Removed a trellis and repaired some damaged Hardi-Plank. I am using them again for another project today (i.e., 6 January) due to their outstanding workmanship and fair prices.
Response from Evans Construction Svc
", it was a real pleasure to work for you and your wife. I am very pleased for the opportunity to help you and the extra work that has already come out of our working relationship. Thank you for the kind review and for everything."
BARBIE J.
Sep 2013
It was good work. They did what I asked at a reasonable price. I had some other work to do and they quoted me a reasonable price and did that as well. They are probably going to have to come back and do a few touch-ups, but other than that they were excellent.
Sharon S.
Sep 2013
See above. Paid attention to detail; size of molding, type of paint; coordinating hardware. I really appreciated the ability to communicate my needs and discuss options. Adding a pantry was something I had delayed, I wish I had done it sooner.
Susan F.
May 2013
Mr. Evans did an excellent job with everything. He paid attention to every detail. He did the work in a timely manner. He was very professional and his rates were quite reasonable. When he was finished, the house looked beautiful!
Kari K.
Dec 2012
This entire experience was the worst thing I have ever experienced in my ENTIRE
LIFE!!! This was worse than the 27 total months I spent in Iraq, multiplied by
100!! Worst business deal I have ever been involved with by far. Brian Evans
complained to my husband and I constantly for the money he was spending on gas
to come to our house, we got extremely irritated with his immature way of
handling situations such as the gas because our thought process is 'if you
choose a profession such as contracting then things such as gas going to and
from your given place of work is an expected expense on the businessman's
side.' It was apparent to my husband and I that Brian Evans was not okay with
certain expenses such as gas to be a part of his chosen profession. Another
thing that bothered us was that he would constantly complain about only having
"$12 in my pocket and I still have to get gas to get home", in turn
expecting us to hand him money whenever he wanted it instead of waiting until
the AGREED upon time frames for him to get money. On top of these irritations-one
more sticks out in my memory, he would get very upset and would argue with us
about how he was "doing all this work for us for free and I am so far
ahead of you in work you will never be able to pay me in full" and how he
claimed to be doing so much work in our house for free. So to try and alleviate
the stress and strain that was occurring we told Brian that we never asked for
ANY free-bees and if he was stressing over doing anything like that then he
needed to stick to the agreed upon things that we were paying him for and leave
it at that. He would then say "I'm a man of my word and I said I would do
things for you and I will do them". Well those were lies that he was
telling us because in that original bid(above), NOTHING was completed, and most
things had not even been touched. We finally got sick and tired of paying him
for not doing the work he had promised to do for us and we asked him to leave.
We met with him the end of September and thought that it would be a good idea
to go with him because he gave us the best quote and we were on a tight budget
because we were depleting most of our savings by purchasing the house. The
house closing got pushed back almost two weeks so we met at the house on Oct
12-he then requested the $2500 deposit-which to me was strange because my
husband and I had told him that the cost of all materials would be our
responsibility....but we agreed to it anyway. That weekend he then called us to
give the excuse that his truck was having issues and he needed to get it
fixed.....good thing he was just given a $2500 check to be able to afford
that!! So time kept going by and he FINALLY started on the house on a
Saturday-Oct 20 to be exact which was EIGHT days after I handed him a $2500
check. So to begin with I personally was not impressed and not happy at the
situation but we tried to be patient and give it a chance. He worked for about
6.5 days and then called us to say he was out sick so when he felt better he
would let us know. We are human and understand things happen so again we were
trying to be patient and ensure this business deal worked out for us. Finally
on that following Wednesday which was Oct 31 he started back to work at the
house. He had a "partner" with him most of the time and there would
even be numerous occasions that I would stop by the house unannounced and Brian
would not be there but his "partner" would be. I would call Brian to
ask of his whereabouts and I would get blunt explanations like "Oh an old
client needed some work on his fence so I'm doing that right now". All I
could think of with things like that was "wow, It must be nice to be
getting DOUBLE the pay yet you're only doing the solo work, wow!" This was
not the only time I had been told that he was working elsewhere other than our
house, he had informed me one time as well that the would be taking time away
from our house to work on a previous clients' bathroom because he promised her
that when she got more money he would go out there to help with things.
Nevertheless, it made my husband and I feel VERY IMPORTANT that our already
paid for business was such a priority for him. As most things go, the house was
becoming a bigger project that Brian and his "partner" could handle.
What I mean by that is when things were exposed during demolitions it was discovered
that there was water damage in multiple areas of the house as well as termite
damage which was a priority to be assessed. On top of that there were certain
things that Brian was not agreeing with in the original bid that I was wanting.
For instance, I wanted new baseboards throughout the entire house and though it
says that on the original bid, he was interpreting that as baseboards only
being replaced in the living room area. I also wanted the downstairs bath to
have some alterations as well as some alterations in the laundry room and those
were not in the original bid either. Brian originally made it appear that he
was an honest and hard worker, but time plus our experience working with him
proved that interpretation to be incorrect. He even told us he would work 6
days a week, 10-12 hours a day until he got the job done but i cannot say I
recall him EVER working more than about 8 hours and that was a very long day
for him compared to when he normally came and went.
We had told him from the beginning that we were on a budget and needed to stay
as close to on track to that as possible and apparently he took that as we
weren?t going to pay him, yet he managed to get almost $7,000.00 out of us in a
little over a 3 week span! We were royally screwed over here. Perhaps this guy
can do small jobs and perhaps he can do them well, but when it comes to a large
project that apparently grows larger, he simply cannot handle the stress of it.
He stressed my husband and me out so much over NOT completing 90-95% of the
work he promised he would do yet between the two bids it came to a grand total
of $10,600.00 that we would have paid him, and in the 3.5 weeks that he ?worked?
for us we seriously paid him $6,800.00.
On top of his bad first impressions of starting so late then when he did start
work for about 6 days he then got ?sick? for about 5 days-he demanded another
$1,800.00 just to start up working again!!! I could not believe it but my
husband was so confident that he was an honest guy and he wouldn?t do us wrong.
So what my husband agreed to with him, which we assumed would be the best for
both of us was to pay him at the end of each week $1,000.00. We definitely lost
out by thousands of dollars as well as weeks of time, both of which I can?t
imagine we will ever be recouped for. So from October 12th of giving
him the $2500.00 to start to October 20th when he actually began the
work to October 26-31 when he was ?sick? and demanded another $1800.00 to start
back up with work again to getting $1000.00 at the end of every week until we
asked him to leave which was the weekend of November 16th, and the
additional $500.00 that was negotiated outside of the bid, the grand total we
paid him was $6,800.00 with 3.5 weeks of work IF he even put in full hours at
the job which I already know he didn?t and I explained that earlier from my
many conversations I had with him about his whereabouts when I
LIFE!!! This was worse than the 27 total months I spent in Iraq, multiplied by
100!! Worst business deal I have ever been involved with by far. Brian Evans
complained to my husband and I constantly for the money he was spending on gas
to come to our house, we got extremely irritated with his immature way of
handling situations such as the gas because our thought process is 'if you
choose a profession such as contracting then things such as gas going to and
from your given place of work is an expected expense on the businessman's
side.' It was apparent to my husband and I that Brian Evans was not okay with
certain expenses such as gas to be a part of his chosen profession. Another
thing that bothered us was that he would constantly complain about only having
"$12 in my pocket and I still have to get gas to get home", in turn
expecting us to hand him money whenever he wanted it instead of waiting until
the AGREED upon time frames for him to get money. On top of these irritations-one
more sticks out in my memory, he would get very upset and would argue with us
about how he was "doing all this work for us for free and I am so far
ahead of you in work you will never be able to pay me in full" and how he
claimed to be doing so much work in our house for free. So to try and alleviate
the stress and strain that was occurring we told Brian that we never asked for
ANY free-bees and if he was stressing over doing anything like that then he
needed to stick to the agreed upon things that we were paying him for and leave
it at that. He would then say "I'm a man of my word and I said I would do
things for you and I will do them". Well those were lies that he was
telling us because in that original bid(above), NOTHING was completed, and most
things had not even been touched. We finally got sick and tired of paying him
for not doing the work he had promised to do for us and we asked him to leave.
We met with him the end of September and thought that it would be a good idea
to go with him because he gave us the best quote and we were on a tight budget
because we were depleting most of our savings by purchasing the house. The
house closing got pushed back almost two weeks so we met at the house on Oct
12-he then requested the $2500 deposit-which to me was strange because my
husband and I had told him that the cost of all materials would be our
responsibility....but we agreed to it anyway. That weekend he then called us to
give the excuse that his truck was having issues and he needed to get it
fixed.....good thing he was just given a $2500 check to be able to afford
that!! So time kept going by and he FINALLY started on the house on a
Saturday-Oct 20 to be exact which was EIGHT days after I handed him a $2500
check. So to begin with I personally was not impressed and not happy at the
situation but we tried to be patient and give it a chance. He worked for about
6.5 days and then called us to say he was out sick so when he felt better he
would let us know. We are human and understand things happen so again we were
trying to be patient and ensure this business deal worked out for us. Finally
on that following Wednesday which was Oct 31 he started back to work at the
house. He had a "partner" with him most of the time and there would
even be numerous occasions that I would stop by the house unannounced and Brian
would not be there but his "partner" would be. I would call Brian to
ask of his whereabouts and I would get blunt explanations like "Oh an old
client needed some work on his fence so I'm doing that right now". All I
could think of with things like that was "wow, It must be nice to be
getting DOUBLE the pay yet you're only doing the solo work, wow!" This was
not the only time I had been told that he was working elsewhere other than our
house, he had informed me one time as well that the would be taking time away
from our house to work on a previous clients' bathroom because he promised her
that when she got more money he would go out there to help with things.
Nevertheless, it made my husband and I feel VERY IMPORTANT that our already
paid for business was such a priority for him. As most things go, the house was
becoming a bigger project that Brian and his "partner" could handle.
What I mean by that is when things were exposed during demolitions it was discovered
that there was water damage in multiple areas of the house as well as termite
damage which was a priority to be assessed. On top of that there were certain
things that Brian was not agreeing with in the original bid that I was wanting.
For instance, I wanted new baseboards throughout the entire house and though it
says that on the original bid, he was interpreting that as baseboards only
being replaced in the living room area. I also wanted the downstairs bath to
have some alterations as well as some alterations in the laundry room and those
were not in the original bid either. Brian originally made it appear that he
was an honest and hard worker, but time plus our experience working with him
proved that interpretation to be incorrect. He even told us he would work 6
days a week, 10-12 hours a day until he got the job done but i cannot say I
recall him EVER working more than about 8 hours and that was a very long day
for him compared to when he normally came and went.
We had told him from the beginning that we were on a budget and needed to stay
as close to on track to that as possible and apparently he took that as we
weren?t going to pay him, yet he managed to get almost $7,000.00 out of us in a
little over a 3 week span! We were royally screwed over here. Perhaps this guy
can do small jobs and perhaps he can do them well, but when it comes to a large
project that apparently grows larger, he simply cannot handle the stress of it.
He stressed my husband and me out so much over NOT completing 90-95% of the
work he promised he would do yet between the two bids it came to a grand total
of $10,600.00 that we would have paid him, and in the 3.5 weeks that he ?worked?
for us we seriously paid him $6,800.00.
On top of his bad first impressions of starting so late then when he did start
work for about 6 days he then got ?sick? for about 5 days-he demanded another
$1,800.00 just to start up working again!!! I could not believe it but my
husband was so confident that he was an honest guy and he wouldn?t do us wrong.
So what my husband agreed to with him, which we assumed would be the best for
both of us was to pay him at the end of each week $1,000.00. We definitely lost
out by thousands of dollars as well as weeks of time, both of which I can?t
imagine we will ever be recouped for. So from October 12th of giving
him the $2500.00 to start to October 20th when he actually began the
work to October 26-31 when he was ?sick? and demanded another $1800.00 to start
back up with work again to getting $1000.00 at the end of every week until we
asked him to leave which was the weekend of November 16th, and the
additional $500.00 that was negotiated outside of the bid, the grand total we
paid him was $6,800.00 with 3.5 weeks of work IF he even put in full hours at
the job which I already know he didn?t and I explained that earlier from my
many conversations I had with him about his whereabouts when I
Response from Evans Construction Svc
"The problem in this situation is this. When I first meet with the homeowners of a Fourclosure they had just bought. they wanted to do just the basics, so they could move in and fix up the house over time. I told them this was a good idea. We agreed on an amount, I told them how much i would need up front, they agreed, we went to work. once we started work, the wife started to add a lot of extras. The cost was going up. Not to mention we found a lot of things wrong with the house, which was unknown to both the homeowners and Evans Construction Services. I was concerned about the prices and called for a meeting with the homeowners. I knew their financial situation so to help them out, I agreed to do some work out of my pocket as long as they purchased the materials. We were both fine with the new agreement. We went back to work, the homeowner tells me he wants to pay us, myself and two men working full time on his house, that he wants to pay us a $1000.00 a week with the remainder at the end of the job. I informed the homeowner that would be okay as long as there was no more extras added. I also tried on numerous occasions that when you add more work to the lit this adds more money and time. The time part, they seemed to have a real problem with. We went back to work, within a day or two, the wife is back out on the job adding even more work. This resulted in a second meeting, this time the husband informs me they do not even have the money to pay for all of the work they agreed to pay us. He said he was trying to sell his wifes used car. If that did not work he said he had someone who would lend him the money, but only if the work was done. I told him I could not take that kind of risk. I was not happy with the arrangement, I went way above and beyond to help them out. now he is asking for me to trust him that we will get paid at the end of this project. I told him I needed to talk this over with my men. He called the next day and told us he no longer wanted us to work on his home. So he fired us. The last check he gave us for $1000.00 was written on an out of state bank. I give the check to one of my men to deposit in his bank, because my bank was going to put a seven day hold on it. I forgot to sign the check. This resulted in a big problem. His bank paid out for the check before it was cashed. Now that the check has not cashed. The homeowners refuse to make good on the check, even though we did do all of the work ahead of them, and their payment schedule. Not only that, but they put a stop payment on the check. I will now have to take them to court. This whole thing is very simple, they wanted way to much work done, they did not have the money to do this work. Nor could they understand the fact that when you add more work, this adds to the overall cost and means it is going to take more time. They find it easier to blame me, rather than trying to understand the whole process.This job could have been saved if they would have just stuck to the original plan."
Susan F.
Aug 2012
He was very friendly and business-like. I was impressed with his service and how quickly he was able to complete the work.
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FAQ
Evans Construction Svc is currently rated 3.8 overall out of 5.
No, Evans Construction Svc does not offer free project estimates.
No, Evans Construction Svc does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.
No, Evans Construction Svc does not offer a senior discount.
Yes, Evans Construction Svc offers emergency services.
No, Evans Construction Svc does not offer warranties.