Conquest Contracting

Conquest Contracting arrived late on the scheduled day of bid. His quote was higher than other fencers, but it was agreed that if he had a larger project, he could in his words «get down and dirty with the numbers.» I was having other bids for my bathroom remodel at the same time, so I showed him my project. He went on to say he was excited about my project because he enjoys what he called «themes» from his time spent in restaurant remodels. He assured me that my bathroom remodel and fence could be completed in two weeks’ time. He said that he does not go over estimated timelines because then it ends up costing him money. He continued to say if he has ever gone over a project it was only a few days not weeks. I received the contract on February 24^th. He was to begin the following Monday with demolition. Monday morning came and went. He arrived at 2pm to begin demolition. He put in three hours work and left. Demolition had to be completed the next day and he had a dumpster delivered to my driveway. He worked six hours that day. Most days he would arrive late or at random times. He would come in, unorganized, with a piece of paper only to make a list of materials that he needed to go purchase. He would say «I need to run to Lowes» and then would not return anywhere from 1 – 3 hours later. There was a two week time period when he did not return at all. He was working to complete another job– he said it was a house addition he was working on and needed to finish that job prior to returning to mine. I emailed and texted him many times. He would not respond for multiple days. He ended up telling me that his crew left him when the ice storm hit and he was working the other job alone. Six weeks into what was supposed to be my two week project, he returned with one young man to assist him on my bathroom. Tiling was supposed to only take a couple of days, but they kept breaking the Travertine tiles and had to go and purchase more pushing my project and budget back even further. The day that they were staining my fence they ran out of stain! My fence sat partially stained for over a week because he said that they were «trying to locate the guy with the stain.» I do not understand how anything quoted or estimated was ever close to accurate. Conquest contracting ended up having to finish my project on a weekend only basis because he took another job as a supervisor for another company after admitting that he realized he wasn’t good with these «hands-​on jobs.» Ten weeks later, I now have a huge brown spot in my grass where they dumped excess stain. I also have stain on my brick walls on the side of my house because they did not cover it when they were spraying stain. I have a huge rust stain that trails down my driveway from where the dumpster sat for 9 weeks. There is an area of travertine pencil moulding tile that runs short around my window because they measured and cut incorrectly. It must be noted that project delays were fully caused by this company and not the homeowner. Tile selections, fixtures, etc were chosen immediately. I even provided him a key to my property in order for the job to be completed even if I was unable to be home. At the end of my miserable experience, my house key was not returned to me in a timely manner. I had to text three times to get it back before they sent it to me in the mail nearly two weeks later. Overall, I am dissatisfied with the job as performed in both time, money, and quality. I cannot in good conscience ever recommend this company for any task.