Eric R Hunter Construction & Home Improvements

Based on a friends recommendation that he was honest and another recommendation given to me by my friend I hired him to do the repairs in my Bradley Beach house after Sandy. The damage was not terrible mostly mold some shingles blown off, window damage and a terrible hole in the side of my house. I could have repaired the hole and replaced the aluminum siding. However, since the house is 65 years old and needed some updating I decided I was going to make everything as energy efficient as possible. I would get a new energy efficient roof, (done by a separate company) new windows and NEW SIDING. I hired Eric for the windows, siding and to take down walls that were moldy. I told Eric THEE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME WAS TO SAVE ENERGY both in heat and cold and I trusted him to guide me (because of our mutual friend)
His demeanor is such that he makes you feel he knows what he’s doing and you can trust him and he will do the BEST JOB for you! I picked out windows from a catalog he showed me and did my research. Seemed really good and the R value was high. When I got the windows they were NOT the windows I picked out but rather a cheap version from an approved 3^rd party that made the EXACT copy (thats the name of the windows btw MI EXACT) that was so poorly made they all had some sort of damage on them from the factory (15 windows to be exact) AND the wind blew right thru them. This btw was right after I had Eric contract out new siding. The old siding was maybe 30 years old and aluminum but had an R value of 3 (I saw the old foam board) the new siding was vinyl and the foam board Eric chose for me was ¼ inch thick with NO R VALUE WHATSOEVER!!! He did not use Tyvec but stole a role from my garage that his co worker said he thought was his. I asked him many times to return it and he did not!
My house is so cold now and I couldn’t figure out why? I had a workman recently come to my home and he checked under the siding and told me what was there. THEY WERE SHOCKED (I WAS DEVASTATED) AND SAID THEY HAD NEVER SEEN SIDING ON A HOUSE THAT DIDN’T HAVE A DECENT FOAM BOARD OR TYVEC AND ALSO TAR PAPER! I did have other bids and a red flag should have been when I showed it to another contractor and he said,” I don’t know how he can do your siding for that price? I can’t possibly match it ” I TRUSTED ERIC HUNTER TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND I GOT SCREWED BIG TIME.
I fired him for putting in 3^rd party windows and doing a bait and switch. Those windows were removed and replaced by a quality company. However, I only just found out about what he did to me with the siding. I am so upset. My house is colder now then it was before. I IMPLORE ANYONE WHO IS CONSIDERING USING HIM, NOT TO!!!
He is NOT a trustworthy man. !! While he says all the right things, he pockets the profit and will give you the worst quality matériel. He is a very bad man and THEE worst contractor I have ever used or interviewed. If it wasn’t for who I thought was my friend recommending him perhaps I wouldn’t have been so blindsided. Live and learn. I write this review to save someone else the $ and agony he put me through.