J.B. General Contracting

I have shopped in their store several times and it’s hard to get service and attention in a timely manner.
My greatest problem with this company is they start loud banging and pounding noises very early in the morning as early as 6:30 am they are located one block from residential homes. I find this to be problematic and rude. If you conduct business next to homes where people are sleeping you should have some consideration for the amount of noise you are creating and the time in which you wake working people up.
Please respect Ozone Park and its families and community.
Thank you

I had JB do some work on my home. Things started out ok, but quickly went downhill. When they began the demo portion of the job, the crew failed to properly cut the electricity at the circuit box going to the portion of the house being taken down. They just pulled out the fixtures, outlets and switches, and at some point the wires crossed and blew the circuit breaker. This wouldn’t have been an issue, except for the fact that the breaker also fed the spare freezer we had in our basement. Due to this being a spare freezer, we don’t use it often, so it was 10 days before we realized that the freezer had no power and about $ 2000 worth of meat was rotting. Then, their concrete truck that had been at the house a few days before, pulled down some overhead wires as it drove down my block. In doing so, the conduit that was attached to a home across the street was pulled about 10″ away from their house. It was a simple repair. All that was needed was to put a couple of screws in to reattach the top of the conduit to the house. When I called to discuss these two issues with JB, I was made to feel like I was trying to scam them. At one point being told «I don’t know it was our concrete truck that pulled the wires down.» And «How do you know it was us that blew the circuit?»
It was a clear sign that the customer is not very important to them. Instead of apologizing and putting two screws in to repair the conduit and admit that their crew made a mistake by not killing the power BEFORE starting demo, they copped an attitude. About a week later, while digging up around the foundation, they dug up the buried conduit with the (live) electric lines going to our garage. They cut the wires and went about their work pouring the foundation. Then they filled in and poured new concrete over the area. Only problem is, they didn’t reconnect the electric lines going to the garage. They just left the lines cut. (I had been taking photos each day to see the progress so I have a picture of the cut lines) When I spoke with the project manager about this, he was completely surprised by this. He was probably surprised because he hadn’t really been at the job site for any significant period of time in a while. He told me that I should get my own electrician to run the wires to the garage and that JB would cut the trench in the concrete so the wires could be buried. This was after he said we should just put them overhead, as it would be easier. After going through all of this, when I gave him the estimate from the electrician that they would be deducting from their price, he said ok. Then, when we were finalizing the amount owed, he tried to tell me that he was only going to pay a certain amount because «your electricians price was inflated».
The next issue had to do with the replacement windows they installed. They had to remove a window from the existing structure and I told them I wanted the new windows to be replaced with the exact like and kind as is in the rest of the house. That is not what I got. I have vinyl windows with a screen that could be pushed up and down. I got wood windows with a screen that is the full size of the frame so it can not be opened. I also had to have them redo the framing around the windows because it looked like someone used several scrap pieces of plywood leaving gaps and openings instead of one piece.
All of these things I could deal with because stuff happens while doing a renovation. What I was completely confused by was the fact that they demolished my teak patio set. Before the work began, my husband put the table in the corner of the yard with the chairs stacked on top and tied a tarp over it and then secured it around the bottom with ratcheting cargo straps. They took all of this apart and broke the table into firewood. Took the legs off, broke the top and broke the chairs. I am on long term disability so I was home every day. If they needed the set moved because it was in their way, they could have asked. Or if there was any question of what was to be done with the set, they could have asked. Nope. They just broke it into pieces. I still haven’t gotten an answer as to why this happened. When I approached JB about reimbursing me for the set, they acted like I was trying to scam a patio set out of them. They offered me $ 500 to replace a teak set with an extending table to seat 6, four chairs and a double bench. I paid $ 1200 for it five years ago, and there is no way it can be replaced for $ 500. It took me several days and many emails fighting with them about the cost. Then, they didn’t even have the courtesy to write an email to me saying, we are sorry, we will deduct the amount you wanted from the final price, they just stopped responding and then sent the final bill showing the deductions. It felt like I was arguing with a stubborn child.
This company needs to work on their communication. Both with themselves and with their clients. You’ve been warned. Look elsewhere for a contractor

This is impossible. They had more reviews than this. They average just under 3 stars. I smell something fishy. Stay away from them. Consider yourself warned.

I have used JB several times everywhere from building a home to smaller projects prices are very competitive and his company is big enough to get any job done… Great job Jb keep it up

so i tried to get some work done for my place where i live and I asked for a written estimate I could not even get one when i was told they will give one
on top of that the cost to do work the price they wanted was outrages I do not know how good they do but to charge $ 5000 for work that clearly cost 2000 is outrages.

JB did my concrete driveway and provided me with a dumpster rental and I must say it was a 5 star experince.