PLANiT Builders staff were very accommodating from the estimator (Michael), to completion of the draftings/drawings (Jeremy), site supervisor (Johnny) and construction supervisor (Beau). Everyone at PLANiT was great to deal with. The problem was with some of their tradespeople and outside support staff.
The interior designer (not PLANiT) who came to the house only has a limited number of flooring options with her. So once I found out the original flooring wouldn't work with our subfloor we had to go to where they pick the flooring and pay the difference which weren't happy with. Some construction messes were left, oil on the driveway from their vehicles, trim nails not filled in where sometimes Johnny or Beau had to come back once or twice to remedy the fixes was a little annoying. My personal gripe was the toilet I said I wanted from the beginning was not installed, then told it was in the warehouse, then told it'd take a month to get in, so do you want this other one instead.... At that point I just wanted the job to be done so I could just use the basement, so I conceded.
A few extras I got on top of the standard stuff were the subfloor, pot lights, flat ceiling, hot tub plugin, sound insulation in the ceiling of the media room, solid doors for the offices all turned out fine. Now do I think 516 feet of living space should cost this much? Not really, but I got what I wanted for the most part, PLANiT staff were as accommodating and as nice as they could be, and I don't have friends in construction. So I knew I wouldn't be able to get a better deal anywhere else without sacrificing workmanship or possibly being screwed over by some fly-by-night. In that respect having Beau was a godsend as many times he personally called contractors back to fix work that I would have never noticed was wrong. And for that I'd like to thank him and Johnny who also helped him out. I should also note that communication was excellent with Johnny and Beau and they told me why things were happening and the timeframe in a very expedient manner.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $42,000.00