Southern Maine Builders

Mario was great, until after the first meeting and demo job. Mario was sub-contracted through our GC to pick up where our first contractor left off, doing Hardie-board siding and soffits. He convinced us to redo the 40% of the siding that had already been done because.. it would be much better. I asked what that meant, and they talked about the gaps needing to be a little larger. The work was slow, was never finished, and the quality was variable -- four different crews came out, and the gaps were from large to non-existent on the same side of the building. We had to pay a different company to redo the front-facing side at a size-able expense in labor and materials, but it looks much better now. On top of that, he didn't put flashing tape under the corner trim, despite my repeated requests, and apparently lied about having done it. At some point, the fourth crew just stopped showing up. I tried to call him to work it out, but he wouldn't answer the phone. Once I hired a new crew, I had

I have mixed feelings about this company as they completed quite a bit of work on a big project, and most of it was good, but I was told it would be completely finished and it never was. They made me pay for materials and labor that I never received, and gave a timeframe that wasn't met. I had to hire someone else to finish the project when I couldn't get in touch with the company after the last big check was written.

I was so happy when my email inquiry was responded to quickly and someone was at my house a couple days later to look at the space for our intended project. Photos of inside our house were taken, then were told (on a Tuesday) that we’d have an estimate by end of day Friday. I was shocked…and even more so after weeks and weeks went by with zero response. I called multiple times, left voicemails, sent emails and was 100% ignored. I wouldn’t have cared one bit if he’d told me a quote will take 2 months…I’m not in a rush but to just plain ignore me after being in my home is unprofessional. I wouldn’t want to work with them after this experience, I can’t imagine how the actual project would go. So glad I’ve found another company that is being open and honest about timelines, even if it’s going to take a year to accomplish the project.