Barocco Design

Stay clear from this company (which is dissolved) and the guy will take you money and do no work with continued excuses and his actions should be criminal! Cant believe a reputable Chicago store could refer this guy.

I can ditto the only other review of Mr. Barocco’s services. He walked on an $ 18,000 deposit for a «beautiful deck «he was going to give me. Fool that I am, I gave him a check on Christmas eve and he proceeded to play me for months until we cut our losses and moved on. He and his partner declared bankruptcy and slithered away. He’s a criminal. Don’t go near this pig.

Same thing happened to us as above review. Gave rocky half down-​$ 10,000, which he cashed the check and did about $ 2000 worth of work. This was for steel work, which he never finished.

This business also does construction and steel work. For that I need to give it 0 – 1 stars.
I hired this guy with him promising a 2 – 3 week job; it’s 4 months later, the structure is a disaster. He has $ 18,000 of a $ 25,000 job, is building the structure –not following– my architect’s plans (beams in wrong places, using damaged materials he installs damaged, not repairing before installation, etc) — he is a nightmare. I’ve been to court about this, and the inspector noted that what I have currently is worth 66% of what I’ve paid him. Can’t say that I feel great.
I requested material samples 3 – 4 months ago, Rocky Barocco Alicea told me I could call around and get my own.
Steer clear of trusting this guy for steel construction work. He cashes your checks, but refuses to:
— show up on warm/​sunny days even if you say that –you’ll– pay the guys (apparently can’t manage his own cash-​flow),
— get the job done in the amount of time he promised,
— give you receipts for what you’ve paid him (saying, «I’ll give you receipts when I’m ready.» Nice, huh?), or
— work NEATLY; has been promising for weeks he’d get rid of trash, yet my yard is trashed instead, including several valuable trees.
Overall, this guy, Rocky Barocco Alicea, is unprofessional and stressful to deal with.
I can’t recommending hiring Barocco Design, unfortunately. Rocky plays nice before you give him a deposit, then it’s all lies, all the time. He delivers standard construction disrespect and mismanagement (messes, ruining things at the property, not showing up).