Meadowlarkbuilders reviews

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Doug Wyatt

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1) Start date May 14, scheduled end date July 27 (74 days). Date they asked for final payment was 10/25/18 (164 days). So 90 days late, 222% beyond time budgeted. Minus 1 star for taking all damn Summer. 2) Initial demo of bathroom tile on second floor shook loose a connection in the copper piping in the floor, flooding first floor and basement. Took months to get everything cleaned-up to near-original condition, required constant hounding to get their attention. Minus ½ star for the poor attention to a problem they created. 3) They asked for a progress payment when only 1 milestone associated with the payment was finished, a walk-through with a subcontractor. Minus ½ star for requesting money for nothing. 4) Remodel included repair to water-damaged ceiling in laundry room. The work was not on the original schedule, kept asking when the work would be done, they responded with, What work?. Had to break out the contract and quote them back their scope-of-work. The project managers response? Wow, I didnt realize that, sorry. Paraphrasing. Minus ½ star for Read Your Own Damn Contract. 5) Had a gas fireplace insert installed. Three times. Installed before the wall behind was insulated and finished so it was removed for that, then re-framed and re-installed in the wrong place, had to be re-re-framed and re-re-installed. Minus ½ star making something simple so complicated. 6) Had portable storage pod in driveway. Had some landscaping scheduled for after the original finish date which required the pod to be gone. Project manager guaranteed work would be done before landscapers started, which wasnt true. Had to schlub everything back into the house where it sat piled-up and in-the-way for a month, then had to get another pod and put it all back. Minus ½ star for that bogus guarantee. 7) When the project was almost 60 days overdue, it took a negative post on their Facebook page to get some additional resources and oversite from the owners. Minus ½ star for making me complain. 8) We kept having morning meetings, sometimes changes were discussed. Id come home to find work was done without the changes. We kept having meeting, I kept bringing up the same issues, time and time again. Minus ½ star for not taking notes. 9) Its the 4th of July, were on vacation in Chicago, our neighbors call and say there are 2 unmarked cargo vans at our house is everything OK?. I call the project manager, who says there are no workers at the house, so I call the police and start scrambling - what is the best way to ruin our vacation so I can get back home fast? But Oops! Its some painters, theyre in the house, false alarm. Minus ½ star. 10) Had a hardwood floor put into an office space room. On a Monday, the project manager e-mailed me to say the wood would be delivered that day and installed on Wednesday. I get it, its called acclimating. I get home that night and the floor is down. Then it sat there for maybe a month before it being top-coated. Minus ½ star for what was the rush to ruin the wood? 11) The bathroom remodel is at plumbing final inspection has passed. My wife takes a bath in her long-awaited, life-long-dream of a soaking tub. I hear it raining in the house. Something came loose, water is poring through a light fixture into the room below. The next day, the project manager who I havent seen in a month comes in, doesnt say a word to me. Not, Hey sorry this happened, glad your wife didnt get electrocuted, well get this fixed, none of that. Not a word. I ask for Meadowlark to come up with a plan in writing to put GFIs on the circuits that could get flooded if this happens again. Their response displays a genuine lack of concern for my familys safety. Minus 1 star for making me so angry that I post a video of the water pouring through my ceiling to their Facebook page. 12) Lots of other issues I didnt even cover (e.g., the 4-star painters). In their defense everything looks pretty good, finally. So plus 2 stars for that. So, unless my math is poor, that means 5 stars minus 6 stars plus 2 star = 1 star.

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Michelle King

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Finished Basement Project schedule quoted 14-16 weeks, actual 52 weeks. Due to improper cabinets ordered, then poor quality cabinets, and NO RECOVERY plan from the Program Manager along with other things. We went with Meadowlark to reduce the burden on ourselves to manage the project, but had to manage all the details just to get it done when if finally was.

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Roland Hwang

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Very happy with every aspect of Meadowlark's work -- from design concepts, to fixture selection, to finish work, to warranty follow up. The Hwangs

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Julia Claire Blough

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We worked with Meadowlark to design a major addition to our 1941 house. Jen was a joy to work with and really took the time to understand what we needed. The plans she drew up were beautiful and creative. Unfortunately we had to put the project on hold, but based on the initial planning steps I would definitely recommend them.

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Melanie Welch

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Unfortunately, all those glowing reviews about Meadowlark do not give the true experiences of many of their ripped-off former customers. When Meadowlark does a project, they require custotmers to sign contracts that say any problem must go to arbitration, not public courts. Then, when they settle in arbitration (or without it), Meadowlark requires confidentiality clauses. In this way they prevent customers who were defrauded, as we were, from warning others. Douglas Selby is a liar and a crook. We paid with a large deposit that overpaid for the work that they claim they did. However, the man doing the electric rewiring had no electrician's license. Also, the insulation installtion was fraudulent: only one room's exterior wall insulated out of 10 rooms for a charge of $25,000, as proven by a thermal imaging inspection which resulted in DTE removing them from the "authorized" companies for weatherization rebates. They walked out leaving the house uninhabitable with no working electricity, wires hanging from ceilings and walls and extorted us for over $27,000 more. We found out that there are actually many victims of Meadowlark's crookery, but people have to sign confidentiality agreements to get settlements with them and are afraid to speak out because Selby threatens to sue for defamation.