Homeworks Construction Inc

I agreed with SA and Kathy H! We had an appointment with George and called us to postpone the appointment because he had to go to dentist. The second appointment he didn’t showed up. I saw him and the company booth at Home show. If you wants job why they didn’t take good care of customer?! I can not trust this company!

Don’t waste your time. «Kim» from homeworks couldn’t even put together a meeting, let alone a house. Promised to schedule a meeting when he/​she flew back from somewhere, and that was the last I ever heard from them. And this was a half-​million dollar project, I cant imagine how badly they would handle a request for a small job under $ 20,000. Avoid Homeworks.

I’m disappointed, hoping to use Homeworks for renovations. Made an appointment with Kim to obtain an estimate, but he didn’t show, or call. Guess he really didn’t want the job. Would have been nice if he just turned it down rather than make an appointment, make us wait and not show. Oh well i’m sure I can find another contractor who would like to work on my house.

These guys took 2 yrs to complete a home renovation that was supposed to take 6months! Mismanagement, delays, etc. All across the board very dissappointed in work done.

A little over 4 years ago, Homeworks built our home in Kaimuki. We researched the top 5 residential construction companies on island and met with most of them. We decided to sign with Homeworks because they were able to share detail of the process, quality of work and were very responsive in answering our millions of questions. (Big thanks to Kim Green) They did a demo of the old house and built the new house and worked with us every step of the way. The quality of work was great! We had a couple of issues working with our PM, however, Marshall and Sylvio (owners) were so amazing and exceeded expectations in their follow through. They take pride in their work and understand the importance of customer service!
In the past month, we needed some repairs to be done in our home. Being that Homeworks built our home, we reached out to them. Like family, Sylvio stopped by within a day to do an assessment and the repairs were completed by their team in 2 weeks. Amazing! The thing that makes Homeworks stand out is the customer service by the owners and the relationship that they have with their clients. It can be years later and they still treat you like family, take care of you and make sure you’re happy with the work they did. Great people, great work! We would highly recommend them and would use them again.

We hired Homeworks in 2012 to build a two story, free standing addition on our property. The project went well, particularly in the following areas: on budget, on time, great quality of work. I really appreciated our project manager, Heather’s, abilities, and I also really liked the work of Mario, the firm’s architect. Because our project was design/​build, it felt good knowing we had some degree of cost control. I also felt that Homeworks was really patient with us when we were trying to cut costs/​make the project fit our budget, as their estimator was willing to answer a million questions like, «would we save any money if we decided to???» (which was probably annoying.) The project has been complete for nearly a year now and we are very happy with the outcome.
Some stressors we experienced, and which we told Homeworks, were that the segue between the initial salesperson phase to the project manager/​project commencement phase, did not go well in our opinion. We felt that our salesperson implied things would go a certain way and they didn’t, and we finally realized that few of our communications with him were documented and passed forward to the project manager. (just the contract, which wasn’t representative of everything he had told us) What I would recommend in the future would be to document conversations with the salesperson with notes or emails and ask that that be attached as an exhibit to the contract to make sure you are covered. (I would also ask for a detailed cost breakout of the project from the estimator, not just the per phase breakout that is in the contract.) Regardless of all of this, I am greatful to Homeworks for building our addition. It makes us happy, and they are good people.

Homeworks assisted in the design to build of our fixer upper. They were professional, helpful, and always ready to work with us. They did excellent work and found ways to work within our budget. Above all, I felt assured through the entire process that if something were to ‘change’ or ‘pop up’ on Homeworks behalf, Homeworks would promptly remedy the situation. This peace of mind was helpful through the entire process. I would definitely recommedn Homeworks.

Content with the end result

Used Homeworks for a design/​build project and they worked very well with us. Gave suggestions, comments and very flexible. Project finished on time and they supported us even after completion. The entire project and process was not 100% perfect but who can guarantee that? As long as they support their work and us, what can one ask for? We are all happy with our new home and Homeworks.

I’ve worked with Homeworks on two projects and have a good experience both times. Tim did an excellent job of working with me to understand my vision and developed accurate estimates with appropriate allowances for my needs. At times I went over the allowances and sometimes my choices came in under. When I went over, the Homeworks group made sure that I knew that my choice was more than budgeted and I made my decision with that in mind.
Sean is a great designer and gave me the kitchen of my dreams. Three years later, I still love it and get many compliments from friends and neighbors.
Healther was my project manager and she is a wonderful person with great ideas who goes the extra mile to make her customers happy.
One piece of advice that I can offier: Homeworks is a large firm and during the various phases of your project you will work with various Homeworks employees and also subcontractors. It is important for you to communicate clearly with each person who works on your project. Don’t assume that everyone knows all the details that you discussed with another member of the team.

We have a beautiful new house in place of our ratty 70+ year old beach shack, built in 5 months from the day excavation of old house was done. Design and permits and scheduling took 14 months total. Being in a flood zone we had lots of permitting issues and Homeworks did a great job of getting everything done to comply with code, which is one of the best things about this company, when you need extra work from architects, engineers, etc. they will get it done right. Also all of their sub-​contractors, vendors, etc. are held accountable for their work and when there is a problem having the oversight of Homeworks will get results. All of their Project Co-​ordinators, Managers, Designers, etc. handle a full plate of many ongoing projects, so you do need to be involved, keep consistent notes backed up by e-​mails of your meetings, what was discussed and what was agreed upon. There will always be glitches in this business but Homeworks will do the best they can to fix things and make you happy. We are happy with the price paid, our new house and would definitely hire them again. We know they are worth it because we paid a previous company/​contractor mid –5 figures before we realized how bad they were, leaving us with a gutted house, permitting problems and a high 6 figure price to remodel the old house. Homeworks gave us a brand new house and so much more at a better price for which we are truly grateful and pleased with.

We renovated our 2 bedroom/​2 bath condo and worked well with the project coordinator, design team and construction manager.
Tim walked us through the contract, explaining the process. Sean did a fantastic job in designing and drafting our new kitchen/​dining area and bathrooms (new walk-​in shower). Sarah was great in assisting us in the selection of our materials, lighting, cabinets, flooring & fixtures. Heather kept the project going and any concerns and issues were taken care of promptly. One major «hiccup» was when we discovered about a week before we were scheduled to move back home that our special order carpet wasn’t ordered by the vendor on time and therefore had not been delivered. This was a huge problem as we had made arrangements to move out of our temporary housing and our furnishings were to be delivered from storage. Marshall personally called the company and we made another selection which was delivered/​installed within a few days and we were able to move back home as scheduled.
Homeworks employees and their sub-​contractors (plumbing, electrician, flooring) were great and we are very happy with the outcome and our «new» home. We have and will continue to refer our friends to Homeworks Construction.