Best General Contractors in United States

I chose Gurr Bros. because of their great reviews, so I think I owe it to the community to explain the single star.

1. It took them 7 months to do a relatively small job.
2. They often didn't show up when they said or had workers show up without notice.
3. They never cleaned up a thing and left a huge mess.
4. The work was not great.
5. They included over $1,000 worth of charges for work they did not do.  

Surprisingly, the single star is not because they took 7 months to replace a couple of cabinets and a countertop in my kitchen (yes, 7 long months, mostly without a kitchen). Nor is it because part of the same job involved some plumbing work done so poorly that I had to hire Kendall Plumbing to come out 2x to fix Gurr Bros. work. (Thank you, Fernando at Kendall Plumbing, you're the best)

The reason they get 1 star (I would actually go with zero), is because after over 7 months of them promising they would come out and not showing up time and again, their final invoice was full of stuff they didn't do. I pushed back with a detailed list of all the disputed charges, but somehow, even after removing all those charges, the total I owe them is almost the same. (This is based on the outstanding balance one person from Gurr told me over the phone before I received the final invoice.)

I get that a lot of people have had great experiences with Gurr, and you're probably thinking I was a total b word, but I wasn't. Honest. My family was experiencing a super scary medical emergency at the time and I simply didn't  have the bandwidth to be bitchy or watch Gurr like a hawk. I'm guessing they took advantage of my weakness. I hope not. They really have made me much less trusting of workmen, though, and it makes me incredibly sad.

Anyway, I wish I had done more due diligence before I chose them. I'll leave an update after the final invoice is settled and post some pics of their workmanship when I can. Good luck, everybody.

UPDATE:
So I had a conversation with Topaz (general mgr?) today and she took more charges off for work that wasn't done, but I still owe more than insurance is paying, even over my deductible. And I still have to pay for someone else to do the work they didn't finish. Plus, I'm out $300 for the plumber who fixed Gurr's mistakes. Overall, I still feel like I'm getting screwed although I find the invoices difficult to understand, so maybe I'm not. I'm finding it hard to trust them. I may just pay them so I can stop worrying constantly. It's no fun. I have a knot in my stomach all the time over this.

I'm guessing my poor decision not to interview more contractors is going to cost me over $1000 plus 7 months of misery. I'll update this when I decide what to do. :(

We decided to update our kitchen countertops so we started the process of finding the right company for us. After 3 or 4 estimates/sales pitches we decided to go with ARG. Veny was the man for us. He got us with his knowledge and how easy he was to work with. He had great ideas to expand our countertop space and helped us find the right granite. When the day came for install they were right on time n promptly changed our kitchen. We love it! Do yourself a favor and call and talk with Veny. This place rocks!!

Bryce at HBO Construction was great! He was responsive, on time, and did great work on our bathroom shower.

After several estimates, we knew Bryce was the guy for the job. He was fair and knowledgeable without giving us a crazy dollar amount to do the job.

10/10 will be recommending him to our friends and family!

Derren did a beautiful job at tiling the walls of our living/kitchen. The pricing was fair and we would definitely hire him again to do other tiling work!

We had a roof leak into a very small space behind our water heater. There was small water damage and a bit of mold. Other companies quoted us $1700-2700 because they wanted to remove the water heater. Elias was able to do it for a third of the price without removing the water heater! He was a great contractor to work with- let me know when he was on the way and was very understanding of our wanting to keep costs down. He did a great repair job and we plan to ask him to help us with other projects in the house. Thanks Elias!

As a Veteran myself I love to do business with other Veterans. Great customer service. I highly recommend VanDahl Homecare services to anyone in need of having a better quality of life again.

I used Aldana Renovations to do some repairs to my subfloor that had water damage. Andoni came out and did an awesome job of repairing the flooring as reinstalling the laminate above it. His prices were more than fair, he was on time, and worked quickly. I would definitely recommend him.

I have known Keith for years...found them on a site years back and asked if they could help my old boss paint some rooms in our office.  They did great!  Later, I hired them to paint some rooms in my home and install a super cool rock mailbox as my old one was falling apart.  They also painted my old bosses exterior of his home, did lots of electrical, installed some pigeon proof material, and he was super happy with them.  The company is super fast at communicating, estimates, and just  all around great people.  Ask for Keith...he will help get any/all projects taken care of. Amazing company folks...don't look anywhere else!!!

We wanted to remodel our kitchen, with way too many ideas in our heads. Lyra really honed in on what we were talking about and her design was came out better than we could of imagined. Ryan and his crew were prompt and his communication was great.

We used PHX Floors to redo the flooring and baseboards in our entire house. Mario and Victor were very responsive and did quality work. They showed up after hours and on the weekend to ensure the job was done correctly. We are very happy with the final result and everyone who walks in our home compliments our floors. They work with quality vendors and suppliers to get all their product.

Manny was awesome to work with.  He helped me fixed a nasty leak on my roof and did full drywall work on my Garage ceiling.  VERY FAIR Prices and super honest kinda guy.  Hit him up!

I personally got to interact with Jacquie when she was remodeling/redecorating D'Carlos Restaurant. She is a true professional with great vision. She takes your ideas, wants and makes your dream become a reality. All this is done while respecting your time and budget constraints.  A true professional!

Ray Ouellette was a referral from the realtor I hired to sell a house in poor condition.  It needed a lot of remodeling to be presentable and ready for sale.  Ray and Tatum diligently prepared a scope of work and a budget, got all the work done promptly, and within the budget.  They did some odds and ends I had overlooked without charging extra.  The work was done beautifully.  I did not have to give them a punch list because everything was done right the first time.  I am in the commercial development business, for almost 40 years.  These guys are as good as it gets.  I would not hesitate to refer them.

Awesome job, awesome customer service. I would recommend and hire again. I'm very happy with work and price!

Unreliable and unprofessional. Everado delivers false promise after false promise and cannot be trusted. Avoid this company.

I contacted Red Ram about some major exterior remodeling work I'm having done. It includes building a large attached patio cover, re-siding my house, and installing a new roof.

Daniel came out to see the project space. He mentioned some alternative siding options I hadn't considered. I appreciated this because I believe the contractor is the materials expert, can make good recommendations, and it's important to me to find someone experienced in using/installing the products I ultimately decide to go with. He left me with a very positive impression. He said it would take a week or so to get me an estimate for the work and some estimates for the different siding options so I can make an informed cost/value determination on which product to go with.

It's been 3 weeks now and I haven't heard anything from Daniel or Red Ram. I tried calling to follow up but there was no answer and no call-back response to my voicemail. I understand this ultimately means he probably doesn't want my business but ghosting is inherently rude and ultimately unprofessional. A simple message saying this isn't a project we want to take on would be sufficient. This seems to be a common issue in the contracting world. To each her/his own, but based on my experience, I feel this company lacks integrity.

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