Chad J Pessini

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• By John C.

  January 17, 2014

  In short, hiring Chad Pessini / Beaconstreet Builders has been a big mistake and we wish we never crossed paths with him. Scroll down to the bulleted list for the short version.
  We (my wife and I) first came in contact with Chad Pessini of Beaconstreet Builders in July or August of 2012 when I was interviewing contractors for the above named work. At the time, his pricing was average – right in the middle of everyone else. He seemed knowledgeable and had 4 customer reviews on Angie’s List that were glowing, so we hired him. It turns out that Angie’s List was later able to verify that he wrote 3 of them!
  We first hired Chad Pessini/Beaconstreet Builders for the architecture and design work – a process that took 2 months to complete, primarily because Chad was too proud to admit we were right with our preliminary ideas of how the addition would best be laid out. He gave us at least 3 or 4 renderings that didn’t at all reflect what we wanted to do, and had several instances of wasted space. Finally, after about 2 months of going back and forth, Chad revealed what he deemed to be the perfect plan…the exact thing that my wife and I drew with a pen and paper and showed him the first week!
  We told Chad in that first meeting in July that we needed the project to be done by March 1st because we had a baby on the way at the end of March and wanted to have the other two kids settled in their new spaces, house put back together and baby’s room ready before the new baby came. He assured us (on multiple occasions) that this project would not take more than 4 months. The permitting process took about 3.5 weeks, but we finally received the permit and work began during the third week of November in 2012.
  So, in theory, 4 months would have taken us to the third week of March. However, Chad kept assuring us that he could make up time and that we would still be completed by March 1st. Those promises persisted all the way up to the last week in February when it became quite clear that there was no way this project would be done by then. But, he kept insisting that it was just “a couple more weeks away” from completion. We believed him because, at that point, things were moving along nicely, with the exception of 2 structural issues that were not his fault, but that his farmers dealt with quickly.
  I’m writing this review in June of 2013, 7 months after this alleged 4 month project began and there is still at least 2 weeks of work left. Having only 2 weeks of work left might be encouraging, but there are still problems, not the least of which that he can’t get materials here because he isn’t paying his bills…
  At this point, Chad has walked away with over $40,000 of our money and is not paying some of the key subcontractors who are required to finish our project (finish carpenters, painters, lumber yard, etc.)
  Here is a short list of why we would never recommend Chad or hire him again:
  • Keep in mind as you read this that at this point, we are fully paid up with him and owe him only the final 3% punch list payment upon full completion of the project (plus some overages, but our total doesn’t even add up to the amount of the lien – see below)…
  • He likes to “design on the fly,” which means there was no detailed plan from the beginning of how work would proceed. This was not our understanding of how things would proceed, or how his design contract was worded. We understand that there is some aspect of needing to see what you find when you open up walls. However, because of a lack of planning, which is part of what we thought we paid for, this resulted in details being overlooked that would have made the project look nicer (mirrors not lining up with vanities correctly, wrong cabinets being ordered, etc.), despite the fact that all of the materials are nice materials.
  • We also found his allowances to be unrealistic, which caused us to overspend our original budget. Most of the fixtures we went with were brands that he recommended, which we would have thought meant they would fit in his allowances (Kohler fixtures throughout, for example, which he recommended)
  • He didn’t pay the main supplier where he got most of our materials, which forced them to put a lien on our house for $18,500, which remains as if the writing of this revew because he hasn’t paid them yet
  • Multiple long term absences from the job where no work happened:
  o He disappeared for 2 weeks at one point in the project. He came back for a couple of weeks and then disappeared for another 6 weeks or so.
  o He was back for a week or so and now seems to have disappeared again (for a 2 or 3 week stretch this time again)
  • Yes, the points above add up to about 8-10 weeks of no progress
  • He has repeatedly said that he has paid sub-contractors and suppliers when, in fact, I find out from them later that he didn’t (or that he did, but the checks bounced).
  • At this point, he owes suppliers and subs at least another $22,000 before they will come out to finish (in addition to the lien that is mentioned above). For example, we gave him a check specifically for our fireplace early in the process (October or November) and we found out that he still hasn’t paid that company, so they won’t come out to make some adjustments that need to be made for the stonework, which in turn holds up the finish of the fireplace surround.
  • We have found out from his subs (and the unpaid lien and fireplace bills) that he has not been honest with us on many occasions.
  • Time and time again, we have tried to get in touch with him via text, phone and email, but he has not responded to let us know what is going on, or to give us an updated plan. He just ignores all attempts at communication.
  So, obviously, I would not recommend Chad Pessini / Beaconstreet Builders.

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