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• By Emily R.

  November 15, 2016

  addition

  $37,000

  90 days

  We hired Clodo and crew to add a 2nd story room on top of our sun room. We already had plans, and had gone through an architect, and variance process. Clodo was prompt to come look at the project and get us a quote. He gave a good first impression and had a good (cheap) price. We decided to go with him. The project started great, they showed up and started working quickly. His crew worked hard and had the room framed within a week. Around this time Clodo informed us he would be taking a vacation to Brazil for 4 weeks, but not to worry his son would be in charge! He gave us his number in Brazil. Based on the progress they were making we had no reason to worry. Oh, how wrong we were. Once he left, work ground to a halt and his son seemed to have no authority to do anything. Soon, we were told they would need an advance to continue work and get the room water tight. We had no choice but to advance them money to get roofing and siding on the room. After that they stopped all work for 4-6 weeks. My husband had to remove all of the trash and debris from our yard, which they never bothered to come back to clean up. Every time we tried to contact his son to see what was going on we were told he needed to talk to his dad. We tried reaching Clodo but the number he gave us was unavailable. When we finally reached Clodo he informed us he was staying in Brazil for another 2 weeks, but assured us when he returned the job would be done quickly. That was a lie, once he returned things continued to drag on. We ended up going over his head and hiring our own electrician, this really pissed him off but if we waited for him to return from Brazil it would have added even more time to the project. Also, we trusted our electrician and got the electrical done for a lot cheaper than what Clodo quoted. At that point he admitted to us that he just adds $1000 onto the estimate for the electrician for himself. He seemed to have no clue how to get an inspection from the city. My husband literally had to contact the inspection office, schedule appointments, and correspond with the inspector. Once the inspection was complete work went slowly and very poorly. Another of his sons did the finish work. He is obviously not a carpenter and the trim work looks horrible, not level, trim falling off the wall, large messy globs of putty covering 1/4” gaps. Clodo himself worked on installing a pocket door and that is by far the worst part of the room. He did not make anything plumb, and as a result the door rubs against the frame. As another review said, he blamed us for many of their mistakes (including accusing us of outright lying), he claimed our old house was not square and that was the problem, but he built the room so it is as square as they made it. In the end we left several things half complete just to get rid of him, although he offered to fix it. We will eventually have to pay to have someone come and fix the finish work and the pocket door. Besides his poor finish work he is cheap. You will get whatever is in stock and cheapest from home depot. If you want anything else you will need to buy it yourself. I think his sub-contractors are the cheapest he can find. The plasterers told me he kept trying to drive down their price. And most of the sub-contractors had never worked with him before so we were not benefiting from his previous experience or connections. Also, if it is not explicitly on the contract he will try to charge you more for it. Finally, his communication skills are horrible. The language barrier is part of it but he also does not listen to what you say and talks down to you trying to explain obvious things. In the end a 4-6 week project took 3 months and came out poorly.

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