R3BUILD Construction Services, LLC.

Let me start by saying, this review is a long time coming. Unfortunately, we're now entangled in a legal battle with this joke of a contractor, so it's only delayed my mission to make public what this company/individual's business practices are. Ultimately, I don't ever want anyone to experience what we have (even though his documented victim count seems to be rising by the minute), thus my time has come to speak... When we flooded last year, the search for an honest & reputable contractor was daunting. We'd already been screwed over by a couple (see other previous reviews), so the search proved long and tedious. We thought by "waiting out the storm," we'd eventually find one who wasn't just a storm-chaser and would take the care and consideration we required in putting our home back together. Sadly we were wrong. I'd gotten a few estimates for the work needing to be completed and after having discussed it with my husband, we settled on Cory & his company, R3build Construction Services. Initially, all was great! Cory was punctual, professional, and made sure to be on his "p's & q's" when working with me. He was responsive for the most part, even though, now that I think back & further about it, the red flags were definitely there - hindsight is 20/20. What began as a warm experience, quickly turned cold. The changes he made to finishes without my approval, the repetitive no-shows to the job-site & unexplained down time by him & his "crew," the damage to existing materials, the sub-par work being done, the lack of communication & follow-up as commanded when we signed the contract, to his complete disregard for us as the OWNERS he was working for - has left an extremely bitter taste in our mouths going forward. Subsequently, his unprofessionalism has only added to my distrust for contractors in general. I attempted to allow humanism & even confronted Cory on several occasions to address the constant "mishaps" only to be met with excuse after excuse, yet with no rectification. From September until the end of December, not one single room in my house was complete. When I signed the contract we were given an 8-week window as to when our job would be done. Needless to say, that didn't happen. When we put him on notice in the beginning of December, he was given every opportunity AND THEN SOME to redeem himself, our ultimatum apparently fell on deaf ears. As a result we decided to terminate him at the end of December for failing to perform and for breaching his own contract. Amongst all those issues - the icing on the cake: irreparable damage to our plantation shutters, what we feel was a "bait & switch" tactic by charging us for an upgraded ac/furnace system (that we said we wanted initially) only to find out after learning the system wasn't operating correctly that it wasn't what we'd paid for, a crappy tile job, with several installs not up to code, and more.... not to mention - not one room in our house was even remotely close to being finished. Fast forward to now - and we're STILL not done. We've spent double the money repairing his shoddy work, lost time from work (even sleep), and now - we've even been dragged by R3build into a legal battle (along with several other families for the same issues) for "non-payment," "breach of contract," & "quantum merit." Seriously?!?!?! We notified you, gave you ample opportunity to fix the problems, and even served you with said notice. You deliberately ignored it, and have represented as if you never had any contact with us. Bravo Cory, your character speaks volumes!! At the end of the day, be forewarned. There is so much more I can share with regards to this situation, I just don't have time (I'm too busy fixing this guy's mess, so I'll just let some of the photos do the talking for me), as we'd be here for days reading. This guy/company is a joke in my eyes. Anyone that presents itself as a reputable company only to appear to take advantage of someone is indeed one that deserves a lot recognition. In doing so, maybe an end can be put to the destruction they cause.. having said that: steer clear of Cory, R3build, his crew - & subcontractors. Find someone else to do the work or if you can, do it yourself... If you do hire him - do so at your own risk. I only hope that the others that have been screwed over will see this and speak up as well... volume is important!! One star is MORE than generous for this company!