He started out well at first - and then all hell broke loose. The sub plumber became ill, and sent his son to do the work, which resulted in hot water being piped to toilets, a sewage-flooded basement and leaks all over the place. The only sub who worked well was the electrician, Howard Wong.) The roofer, the plumber, the painters, the prohect managers were all pretty hopeless. He didn't hold to the bid, told the crew I had refused to pay him (not true - he was paid as agreed and on time), called me at night begging for more money , tried to hold up my certificate of completion, ignored regulations and generally made the project a misery. Thanks to the good offices of San Francisco building inspectors and contractor friends, I was able to have the project certified complete, despite his best efforts to prevent that. Finally I took him to arbitration, where the judgement was given in my favor - and then he refused to pay (via his attorney). We surmounted that obstacle, and, with the help of Simmons Home Repair and various contractors I hired to repair the mistakes, shoddy workmanship and inept installations, as well as the help of a wonderful construction attorney named Barbara Massey, all was finally completed as it should have been. But what a nightmare experience. I can honestly say that this is one of those contractors you dread running into. So if you do run into him, keep running.
