Shademakers Inc

The builder was very professional, and has wonderful ideas.  If money is no issue, they do nice work.   
We were warned by 4 families that this builder goes way over budget.  We layed out our budget on the table from the start and received a bid of 45000 - 50000 for the downstairs bathroom and garage, and 6 - 7000 for the upstairs bathroom.  We were upfront about reports that others said he goes over budget.  We proceeded without contract (I know).  We gave him full reign to design the downstairs bathroom "within our budget" (tiles, fixtures, layout etc).
The downstairs bathroom is well done.  We "assumed" this was all being done within the budget which was layed out very clearly and re-emphasized in email communications.  The garage is totally unfinished with the exception of electricity.
Once the downstairs bathroom was done and garage shell was built, the builder proceeded to the upstairs bathroom. 
The builder asked us for money as we went.  When we were within $3000 of our top budget, we requested a meeting to see if we would indeed be done with $3000 more.  The builder brought out a bill for $82,000.
We immediately called a halt to all work as we were in over our head with these costs.  The builder stated that he would take "some" labor hours off.  He also stated that we had requested many changes which ran up costs.  This was not true and can be substantiated through documentation.  The few changes (2 premade cabinets from Lowes, 1 window replacement, 1 window in the utility room), did not account for $25,000 over budget.
We have white siding on the garage when we requested specifically that we match the gray on the house. (We were told that he could not get the siding in gray and that they would paint it to match).  This was not done due to budget.  All doors remain unpainted. 
We felt that Shademakers rapidly lost interest and quality of work deminished when the budget was called into play.  We have uneven tile on the floor in the upstairs bathroom.   We have painting and tiling to do (which we said we would do, when we noticed the quality of work was deminishing).  A "quick fix" to the joining of the tile floor and upstairs landing wood floors which is not to our liking ( a wide "gold" metal plate (?)).   We requested NO plastic fixtures and received plastic fixtures in the shower upstairs.  We used our own cabinets, requested a steel tub with porcelain covering, but was told fiberglass was a good way to go.  We trusted and lost.
We settled for $72000 which was WAY MORE than generous on our part. We have a white garage attached to a gray house and an unfinished bathroom.  We did not hold him to the original bid as we were done dealing with him nor to a desire to have work completed.   The builder stated that he realized that we were over budget before he even started upstairs, thus costs needed to be contained.  . 
Would be great if money is NO issue. They love to design and actually do a good job
Would probably finish to the end if money is NO issue.
Does not work with budget.  We were warned by 4 families and thought to lay it out in the beginning would help.  It didn't.
Is quick to say changes were made by the owner, so keep all documentation.
If you choose to go with this company, get a contract for sure and check costs each week.
If a budget is needed...don't even try
We were way too trusting.