Harlan Custom Contracting

BE AWARE of getting scammed, and do NOT hire this contractor! He is a master at running a bait-and-switch scheme. I would have rated him below 1 star had that been an option.

He misled and defrauded us by more than tripling his plumbing and painting labor costs and overcharging us for his electrical work as a part of what was supposed to a remodeling of two bathrooms. The inconsistency in between the project proposal we agreed to, and what he ended up charging us was flagrant at best. When we questioned this and asked for his subcontractor invoices copies, his sole excuse and answer was that he only provided “budgetary costs”, that we don’t understand how construction works, and that he ultimately wouldn’t finish remodeling of the first bathroom unless we pay him upfront for what turned to be more than triple the original cost. He held us hostage, took advantage of us and verbally abused us on so many occasions. He also failed miserably to install a standard bathtub sliding glass shower door for which we’ve spent over $1,100. He tampered with the door, altered it and damaged it in the process of attempting to install it, and then told us he couldn’t install it, and that we would have to hire a third party contractor for that. Because the shower door has been altered and damaged, we were neither able to use it nor return it to the retailer for a refund. He also damaged our brand new bathtub in the process of attempting to install the shower door. He damaged our brand new vanity, used the wrong door threshold which was intended for the second bathroom and said that he would order us a replacement for it at no charge, but never did after we paid him in full for all the work that has been done. He had also delayed the work throughout the project, and been unresponsive on so many occasions. He would show up one day, and disappear for several other days before resuming work at his leisure and then expected us to always accommodate him with short, little or no advanced notice whatsoever. Sounds like a real pro, right??!

This contractor is untrustworthy, unreliable and phony at best. BE AWARE and DO NOT be lured or fooled into hiring him under any circumstances. You’ll be totally disappointed, taken advantage of and would only end up getting ripped off in the process.