Krause Family Homes

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• By Patrick

  August 9, 2024

  Steve and his crew were friendly & communicative throughout our dealings and eased a great deal of our potential stress. They were prompt, tidy and considerate every step of the way. KFH will be my first choice in all my future projects!

• By David S.

  July 17, 2022

  Complete second floor remodel of 1840 farm home

  Krause after about 7 estimates on a 2nd floor remodel of our 1830’s home which happened to belong to the first mayor of PortWashington. Krause price was not the highest but far from the lowest. As the house is being worked threw paper work to earn its Historic property title we decided to even the square footage between 4 rooms and a bath this way we could get the kiddos settled in. while we plan the lower lvl remodel. met with Steve and after talking with him me and my fiancé sat down to go over all the quotes . Krause quote was on the more expensive side 72k . We liked there attitude they looked very clean and healthy there website images show pristine work we liked everything we seen so we were willing to pay a premium to have him run the whole project ,we were givin a 6 week completion estimate. So we signed the contract “super exciting at this point”. we got the space ready and started sharing space with our 4 children in the living room . Here’s where it starts the project start day got delayed , ok no big deal crap happens . We finally get started demo took two days and the electrician , plumber , hvac , flooring and drywall guys all came in the first 2 weeks . Mind you I hired Steve to run the whole project while the other contractors were comming to my home there was maybe 1 or 2 days that Steve came so I was the guy micro managing this remodel I spoke to each contractor about price so I know what they were charging there was even an instance during the hvac where I was quoted 300 dollars an hour to clean out a chimney that was filled with debris left from the Krause’s removal of the second floor chimney stack. I told the guys I would do the labor myself and also let them know I had a 1900 dollar budget for hvac which he told me we would be fine . Work got finished by the hvac guys .Steve upcharged me 4500 2500 more dollars and Me doing labor !! This is where all the problems start. Electrician came and put in outlet boxes were at week four 2 weeks till deadline . He disappeared for awile I guess to a shoulder injury sighhh. The whole time no electricity on the second floor while contractors are working how can you possibly get quality work if you can’t see ?! At this point we barelly hear from Steve he never checks the contractors work he send to our home. This is when we realize something is wrong . Steve sends dry wallers to my home after inspector clears my property to close The walls, still no Steve the employees from the dry wall company spilled chili sauce from there lunch threw my home and smeared it into the floor. flooring guy came directly after and informed me that I would have to level the floor for them to put floor down that’s going to last. Steve got ahold of me told me it will cost 2500 more dollars to do the subfloor that put our flooring price to almost 10k . comes in and lays the subflooring and I don’t see him or hear from him in 10 days roughly . I notice the floor is unlevel and there is big dips and drops all over so I wait for Steve to contact me to let him know if we’re spending 10 thousand dollars on this it has to be correct . Steve sends me a message saying flooring guy is comming to lay floor and drywall guys are comming to spray primer . The walls were horrible brand new walls not plum or flush the drywall guy who finished the dry wall came alone and he worked 3 or 4 hours a day we were at a stand still work quality was very low the guys comming to my home were casual workers Who skiped over work constantly . Bath tub came broken x2, tiling is very uneven, floor just sinks where u step because they put nothing under . Not one paint line is straight on the whole floor all the new baseboard is uneven with its joining piece some trim is under drywall how ! If your looking for quality work stay away from this company . 80k and such horrible craftsmanship on such a beautiful old property . The Krause’s ruined our exsperience ,robbed us, and broke our hearts. Tore apart our home and just glued it back together with no care in the world

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• By Brian F.

  February 7, 2021

  Kitchen, Bedroom, Bathroom, Closet remodel

  $70,000

  KFH came highly recommended to us by my sister, as they had done work at her house. We could not possibly be more pleased with the recommendation, as our experience with KFH has been awesome. We initially hired Steve to do a complete kitchen remodel, to include knocking down a wall, custom cabinets, flooring, etc. When we realized how good KFH is, we added a basement bedroom, bathroom and front closet remodel to our project. Steve was extremely patient with the overall process, putting up with our last minute add-ons and wishes. KFH has tremendous attention to detail and professionalism - - and it shows in their work. We found Steve to be very trustworthy, which is not a trait shared by all contractors. KFH is a family business that we absolutely plan to use again in the future. Complete 10/10. We couldn't be happier with KFH - - EXCELLENT.