Everlast Construction

I also had a horrible experience with this contractor a few years ago. He hires the most inexperienced, cheapest individuals he can find who have no idea what they are doing. I wholeheartedly agree with the previous reviewer. BEWARE… do not hire this guy. You will be sorry if you do.

We had our kitchen remodel job done by this contractor and had a very good experience with him. We had a flood and subsequent mold in the walls and cabinets in our condo in Sept. 2012. We had already paid IKEA to design a kitchen, but due to their computer app’s inability to handle curved walls, we didn’t get the design back for another 3 months! We hired EC in the meantime and Bill (the owner) spent a lot of time looking at our design plans, checking on measurements, and advising us. He got back pretty quickly with a detailed bid which we thought to be in the mid-​level of previous bids… not the highest, not the lowest. We thought we got a great kitchen for what we paid, which was somewhere around $ 20K. His work crew ripped out the old kitchen down to the studs, removed and hauled away the old cabinets, and installed really nice shaker-​style cabinets, changed the location of our range, refrigerator, electric, plumbing, etc. We did have a different contractor do the granite counter top, though. I would use this contractor again and recommend him based on our experience.
It’s horrible when you pay a lot of many and things go wrong. But we had learned from previous bad experiences how to avoid most catastrophes. Although we did have a few hiccups in this project, most of them were due to an uncooperative tenant living in the place at that time.
Finally…a word to the wise. Before you hire ANY contractor. Be INFORMED! Here are some guidelines we followed:
1.Have your plans written down, have pictures or diagrams prepared of your vision of the project. List «must have“s and «wants» separately.
2. Have someone be at the project site while workers are there! (this should be #1 on your list, really). Most home owners don’t realize that the project manager (usually the owner of the small business) is not going to be present 100% of the time once the work gets started. Many of the sub-​contractors are unskilled labor and often temporary workers who don’t fully understand what the contractor tells them to do. We run into this problem on every single job we’ve ever had done! Although most contractors will fix mistakes, you can save yourself a lot of headache, time, and expense by having an informed family member or other adult around during work hours. (Our tenant volunteered to do this, but that turned out to be more trouble than it was worth.)
3. Shop around before asking any contractor for a bid. Price items, like fixtures, appliances, etc. Get measurements! Then keep an extra 10% for cost overruns, in case you make any changes to your plan.
4. Be willing to live with a mess and noise during the project. Set up a temporary kitchen elsewhere in the house, or eat out. We did it in the dining room (microwave, toaster oven, hot plate, and fridge, all using 2 different circuits. «Kitchen sink» set up in downstairs shower to wash dishes.
5. Communicate with your contractor regularly. Inspect DAILY! Don’t wait until the project’s done to point out mistakes. If the contractor offers to fix a mistake, work out who will pay for the error.