Maui Design Contractors

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• By Jon A.

  October 26, 2022

  Pour concrete walk, stairs, porch, driveway

  $13,000

  Avoid this contractor at all costs so you do not have to go through a similar experience as I did. I saw the reviews and the pictures. Victor gave us a quote. We paid him half down to get started. Excavation happened and concrete forms were set. Day of pour Victor shows up and immediately asks about getting the other half of payment. I told him once he completed the contract in full, he would be paid in full. Contract did not state terms of final payment. He threatened to cancel the concrete, told me I could trust him, and I caved to pressure. I shook his hand hoping he would be good on his word. Rain came and delayed pour. I knew Victor would ask for the final payment again, so I outlined in an email what needed to be completed, according to the contract he wrote, and we signed, before he received final payment. I asked if he was tying the rebar together and was told no, so I tied the rebar and mesh myself so when they lifted it, it would stay together. Almost two weeks pass before new pour date with no one showing up to work on the items in the contract. Victor once again asks if he is getting paid in full. I told him no because there are items from the contract that were not complete. He said I am changing the contract and accuses me of being bias because of the color of his skin. I only asked him to fulfill the contact before he gets paid. We came to an understanding of the scope of work. As the pour started, I reminded him that he said his crew would lift the rebar into the center of the slab. I saw them do this a couple of times and then walk over the area pushing the rebar back to the ground. During the pour, Victor’s sub busted my only hose bib attached to sprinkler pipe. I had to turn off the water and fix the break. I handed a check for the other half of the work to Victor when it was time for me to go to work. The concrete hardened and we were able to walk on it. I noticed areas not properly agitated or finished revealing voids in the concrete and finish. I sent pictures to Victor of the issues with the concrete and the broken hose bib. He told me that it was not a structural issue and that he had completed the contract. This is why I was adamant about not paying until the job was done. I was left with holes where the forms were screwed into my new stucco, splattered concrete on white stucco, no hose bib, scrapped garage door from the finish tools, voids in the concrete, concrete debris in the street, and discarded wood from the forms. Get every detail of the project in writing to protect yourself, no matter who is your contractor.

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