Dannex Construction

What is wrong they state it's the insurance company fault

Very professional.

First, Dannex worked on our home in Fredericksburg, Virginia. All information is factual and has been shared with Dannex, via email, texts, video, and photos. Dannex broke ground on my project on July 8, 2020, with a contractual agreement to be finished within 120 days (~November 4th) and promised before Thanksgiving. They failed. I was compelled to terminate the contract on December 11, 2020, because of breach of contract in time of completion, quality of work, and the material adverse effect on the use and enjoyment of our home. For the past week, I have been using vacation time, and I have spent $4,900 on other contractors to finish or correct what Dannex was paid to do, so we can have our home ready for Christmas. My project with design costs ~$174,000, of which I have paid about $150,000. Dannex bills and demands payment quickly, so I expected the same in performance, but they did not. My project was not plagued with weather delays, nor the unavailability of materials. Dannex was the delay. They worked ~50 days sporadically, and much of that was only on weekends and holidays as if we were a side job. Dannex was hired to extend the kitchen, add a sunroom, and porch, and a room in the basement. Initially, the material delivery, the concrete work, and the framing went well, and then it came to a screeching halt. The material was on site, but no laborers. We had plans for the kitchen at Thanksgiving when promised. Yet and still, we have not had a working kitchen for more than 5 months. Poor project management has been the Achilles heel of this project. The PM seemed oblivious to project management, and the Dannex president seemed uncaring. Every holiday and some weekends between July 8 and Thanksgiving Day, that is when Dannex mainly worked at my house. Lots of blundering amateur mistakes, but I will only mention the big ones, otherwise I would be writing all day. 1. July 10: Water flowed into my basement because they dug my water softener system and sump pump spouts from the French drain, that I had installed. The water flowed into the house. 2. July 21: Dannex ripped the roof open to connect the addition, and then they left. When I arrived home from work, I could look up and see the sky from my kitchen, until the torrential downpour started. It stormed inside our house. Water flowed from the ceiling, through the recess lights, down the walls through the house intercom system, and flooded the whole second level floor. From 7:PM to after midnight, we mopped, emptied 5-gallon buckets, and pushed out as much water as we could. By the way, that intercom system is costing us $1,672.52 to replace. 3. August 24: Dannex removed the 22-foot external kitchen wall (not scheduled) to connect the buildout. They left the house open to the elements Any flying animal could have come right in, and the mosquitoes ate us up for the next few days. At 4:30 it started raining. Their framers got stuck in the rain and mud in my backyard at 5: PM. I notified the PM, via text. He responded to me and said, "I cannot babysit grown-ass men." 4. September 8, 2020: I informed Dannex that the cooktop hood flue was not centered on the cooktop and the cabinets had to shift right, and their measurements were off because electrical outlets would be over the cooktop. They ignored it, and now that is a major holdup to having a functional kitchen. 5. December 14: County inspector arrived, the kitchen failed inspection due to no flue and exhaust for a gas cooktop. The same day, I took vacation time to rip it up and reinstall the new vinyl kitchen floor that Dannex poorly installed. Two times subcontractors told me they had not been paid at all after months and mentioned a mechanics lien on my property, Dannex told them that I had not paid. Up to that date I had paid Dannex over $130K on time, but Dannex lied putting my home in jeopardy. Obviously, they were ta...

June 2019 I hire Dannex to build out one room in my basement to include adding a single window. This project took almost a year to finish, they have poor quality, workmanship and poor customer service. I went through 4 project managers and one who continually lied about getting my building permits. I ordered a custom door and after 2 orders the door was never delivered either. I would never recommend this company.

I apologize in advance that this is a long review, and am in fact having to truncate it a lot to get it to fit in this form, my original form for this review was a full four pages If you are looking for a company that can do a broad strokes remodel, but may be a bit iffy on the details... and you are not too particular about the schedule, then this is probably the company for you. To provide a bit more detail - I started on a remodel job with them that should not have been very complicated. A 700 sq. foot basement, adding a few new walls and such, but the most complicated was adding two heated floors. When it came time to start the project is when we ran into problems. They told me the start date, and they wanted me to be there to walk around with the contractor. We did the walkthrough, everything seemed acceptable, then the next day I got an email that the contractor was sick (or something) so they were changing contractors, and we would do another walkthrough the next day. It has been a little bit so I cannot remember the details but I think that second contractor canceled, and it was not until the following Monday that we get another walkthrough, and he agreed to start later that week. The biggest issue was the heated floors. The two rooms I wanted were a master bedroom (~100 sq. feet) and the study (~64 sq. feet). When they first ordered the system, they purchased these pre-wired mats (a heating coil in an orange mesh you can lay out with self-adhesive). They purchased two mats for the master bedroom and one for the study. The study mat was 6'x2', and the master bedroom was an 8'x2' and a 6'x2'. I brought this up to the PM, and he assured me it would be fine, I did not agree and asked them to change the plan. They then ordered a new system for the master bedroom that was a spool of wire, rather than a mesh, but they went ahead with the installation of the 8'x2' mat (moved from the master bedroom) in the center of the study, and tiled over it while waiting for the new system. The new system arrived, their electrician laid it out, and they tiled over it, and then almost a week later the electrician came back out to finalize hookup of the two floors. We tested them out and there was no heat in the master, but they assured me it just needed time to warm up... and the one in the study covered a tiny patch in the dead center of the room with warmth... it did not spread to the corners at all. I checked the floors again later and the study was still cold outside the center, and the master had not heated at all. I did a bit of research on my own on how to install these things, and saw most kits came with a continuity alarm that starts shrieking if the continuity is broken (no continuity = no heat). When I saw the pictures, I realized there was one of those lying around in the basement unused... so I read the instructions, cut off power to the floor in the master bedroom and hooked up the tester, which immediately started alarming. As I investigated further, I found the remnants of the spool of wire outside (with a bit of the wire, including the terminator) still on it... The spool systems like this one essentially have to use the ENTIRE spool, because if you cut it there is no terminator to cause the resistance and heat. Long story short: they had to redo the tile in that room, and then do it again a third time when it mysteriously broke again. Overall, this project took a lot longer than expected... the contract stated 60 days, and I think we were closer to 80 by the end, but to make matters worse the PM gave me a lot of false hope regarding the schedule. I was told multiple times **we are making good progress and should be done this week** when we were really months away from completion. There are still minor detail but given how long it had taken so far I did not want to wait months for these fixes.

Know what you are paying for, work was not done as specified and inferior. THEY WANTED A LOCK BOX, better watch as paint covers whether done or not.

They were professional and gave additional advice on other issues I had.

No comment.

World of Color totally transformed the look of my home. We went from being the most embarrassing looking house on the street to looking fresh, polished, and beautiful. The crew was prompt, they worked hard, and did a great job cleaning and painting the house. I enjoyed working with Daniel to select the colors and was relieved not to have to worry about anything more stressful than that. Daniel also offered to include our shutters in the estimate and give us a discount for ordering the shutters and paint together. We let WOC do both projects at a significant savings to us. Would work with them again, no doubt!

Everyone who worked on the project was a professional. Excellent work by all.

great job

work performed in a timely manner

they were professional and curteous, and extremely neat...but mostly they did an excellent job on our ceiling..so thank you Daniel

I selected World of Color because they said I would get a 25 year warranty on my flooring. I never received the warranty or a receipt. At this time it has been 3 months and already the flooring has started to chip. The times I have attempted to call the number listed for the service, no one has answered the phone. Also, no one has returned my phone calls although I have left several messages. I feel like I have been ripped off considering I would have gotten this same service for HALF the price somewhere else. With World of Color I was paying for a warranty that I never received.

The repairs were made quickly with excellent results. There was literally no disruption of our activities and the clean up was complete.

Very professional. The paint was absolutely flawless. I also had 2 bathroom mirrors installed and 2 light fixtures. They did an outstanding job!! They do spectacular work!! I would definately recommend this company to others.

They were able to start on my drywall immediately, and they finished within their estimated time frame. They worked diligently straight through the day, and their hard work shows. They gave my great advice on the remaining work that I will be doing. Mr. Mihoc is very knowledgable and friendly. I will definitely use them again on my next project.

Dealing with World of Color was great. They were pleasant to work with. They accomplished the job quickly and left everything in excellent condition. I was very pleased with their work and have already mentioned them to my friends. When I have additional work that needs to be completed they will be the first to call.

The work was well done, the contractors were prompt and helpful. The price was reasonable

World of Color is a world class business! Daniel, the owner, is more than just a contractor. He is a painting consultant. My wife and I had just bought a foreclosure that needed painting throughout. He spent way more time than any contractor would have dreamed helping us pick colors, giving expert tips of advice (not sales pitches), and just making us feel comfortable before ever starting work. His crew worked throughout a holiday weekend by choice and we lived almost without knowing they were here for 12 hrs per day. The house looks great! We love it and our guests all have raved about it. I'm VERY pleased we chose World of Color.

The job was done well with no mess left for me to clean up afterwards.

Daniel and his crew installed the floor tile in a new bathroom in my basement. Daniel came to the house and offered suggestions on different installations patterns to set off the tile because we were using a tile border in our design. His suggestions were excellent and really gave us a ways to achieve our goal. He promptly sent a proposal outlining the work and provided a fair price for the job. We were also working on a short timeline and he was able to do the work within our schedule. His crew was very professional and friendly and cheerfully made any adjustments we requested. Overall, I couldn�t be happier with Daniel, his crew and the final product. Outstanding! I will not hesitate to World of Color on another project in my home.

The entire painting crew was on-time for all schedules and very professional. All steps in the job were communicated and completed as requested. Very good service and would use them again.

great job ! will do biz with again and will refer my friends to them

I was completely satisfied with the work performed by world of color. They were prompt and very efficient in getting the job done.