Ratner Construction

I hired Ratner Construction to do my kitchen remodel this past May. I love my new kitchen! Steven warned me it would take about 9 weeks and I would be without but he did a wonderful job coordinating the sub-contractors so we weren’t going weeks without anyone working on my kitchen. Some days I had the carpenters, plumbers and electricians all there doing what they needed to do. Steven was always in contact with me and responded quickly if I had concerns. If I wasn’t pleased with something he made sure it was fixed to my satisfaction. I would definitely recommend Ratner Construction.

RATNER CONSTRUCTION The process started with owner of the company, Steven Ratner, coming to give an estimate for the things we wanted done in the house. The price APPEARED fair, so we continued with the company. We needed the kitchen and 2 bathrooms worked on. The bathrooms had cave like soffit above the tubs and that was our main reason for updating. They put a huge trash bin in the middle of the driveway which made it unusable for us to park. This huge bin stayed there for most of the work. The demolition was finished and that is when everything changed. We came in after demo to see that the soffit above the tubs was still there. Ratner stated that wasn’t in the estimate and this is how the entire process of working with Ratner went . The demo took place in MAY AND THE PROJECT WAS NOT COMPLETED UNTIL OCTOBER 11! The final inspection only passed because OUR handy man was there willing to fix the things the inspector found not passable on the 3rd visit…. Ratner construction failed almost every inspection that the city Gainesville had ,sometimes 3 times. At one point the house was not worked on for weeks. It turned out that Ratner only had ONE person on his crew so when the person had a family emergency the house just sat! We were told on numerous occasions that no subcontractor would work with Steven Ratner. The person that did the tile work was a new hire for Ratner and Ratner also had him do the drywall. The tile work was beautiful, but the ceiling and walls were horrible, and we had to pay another company to come in a smooth out the ceiling and walls before a painter would touch them. If you are still reading this yes, painting was not included .What was? Nothing it seems. Our only advice is to find find another contractor. Steven Ratner continually throughout the process would change the price and hand us updated price contracts! If you do use Ratner video every conversation you have with him. You will need it.

We've been in our new home about 2 months. We absolutely love it. Deciding to build a house was a huge decision for us. We interviewed several builders before deciding on Ratner Construction. I'm happy we chose Steve. He built us exactly the home we wanted. I highly recommend Ratner Construction.

Steve Ratner did a GREAT job as contractor for our bathroom remodel. He's very thorough in the planning stage, creating a very clear scope of work and costs. He's very knowledgeable about materials, methods, and techniques. He worked with us to learn about a less familiar insulation we requested, and a new vendor for faux marble panels. I loved that Step 1 in the job was protecting the floors. He insisted that all his subs work neatly and clean up at the end of the day. He was there everyday to make sure the work was well performed (it was) and that the job was completed to our satisfaction, which it was. We enjoyed working with Steve as a contractor and a person. He's very competent, as well as honest and forthright. BTW - he remodeled the bathroom a year ago and we are still very happy with the job.