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Great company
No complaints ! Builder's company and crew were excellent group of contractors, on time. Cleaned up jobsite daily, polite and very professional!
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Suffolk, Virginia
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Did not protect existing concrete and landscaping; "not in his contract". 2. His new roof leaked. He stated he was not responsible for the subcontractor he hired. I had it fixed by others at additional cost. 3. Damaged our existing adjacent pergola. I had a reputable contractor fix. 4. He insisted on full payment less $1000 when only approximately 50% of the total work was completed. We agreed to go our separate ways and I had a reputable contractor complete our sunroom. I have been working in heavy construction and commercial construction for over 40 years and never has a contractor been paid upfront for work not yet performed. 5. Robert Talley, the owner, was very over bearing and obstinate to work with after the contract was signed. We never had a chance to vet all but 1 of his subcontractors that he hired. They would just show up and work. Your review stars gave him high marks, too bad we didn't read the scathing remarks enclosed, but not shown readily of how incompetent he performed before we hired him. He would never give us a breakdown of his subcontractor costs even though requested numerous times. When it appeared that our costs would far exceed his original estimate, we parted ways.
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Builders Corporation Addition Building Review from Norfolk, Virginia
I hired Mr. Talley/Builders Corporation to build an addition on my home so that I could move my 82 year old mother from Baltimore to Virginia, to avoid having to be put in a nursing home. My sister got a 2nd mortgage on her home to build the addition. Hiring Mr. Talley was the worst decision I ever made. The project was a nightmare from the start. Mr. Talley's cost estimate was a joke. The project was $6,000.00 over budget before he hammered a nail. When he did finally start building, in July (contract and deposit were paid in June), he only had work crews at the property twice a week. His estimate for materials was $3,500.00, which was up to $7,500.00 before we fired him. He refused to give us an estimated work schedule, did not return calls, would not give us a detailed cost breakdown, and tried to charge us extra for work that was supposed to be in the original contract. He repeatedly demanded payments, even though work to be done prior to payments being due was incomplete. We finally fired him after not being able to contact him for ten days. We hired another contractor who had to re-do all of the work Mr. Talley said was complete, as well as rebut building materials. His own employees said that he has been sued several times and that the majority of his customers are unhappy with him. More than one of his workers said that Mr. Talley often shorts his employees on their pay. He also said that they ever know where they will be working and have to wait until Mr. Talley calls them in the morning. He has cost me $30,000.00, and my addition remains incomplete. My elderly mothet still lives alone in Baltimore, and has been diagnosed with bladder cancer, breast cancer, and dementia. I don't know how Mr. Talley lives with himself. I'd burn money before I'd pay him a penny ever again. Shame on you!
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Norfolk, Virginia
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Problems with payment
Builders Corporation Addition Building Review from Norfolk, Virginia
Robert Talley, owner of Builders Corporation is a dishonest, unethical, thief. We hired him to put an addition on our home, and it was a nightmare from the beginning. He refused to give us an estimated work schedule, when we requested an estimate of costs for materials and subcontractors, he gave us a handwritten, incomplete, list written on a page from a yellow legal pad. His estimate of costs was off by $15,000.00. He demanded payment for work that was not done. We have been forced to hire another contractor to finish his shoddy work. We are also paying for an attorney to sue Mr. Talley. He is a ***-man. Nothing is ever his fault. Do yourself a favor and avoid this piece of work at all costs!!!!
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Norfolk, Virginia
****BEWARE OF BUILDERS CORP.****
Builders Corporation, Robert Talley, PLEASE! PLEASE! check the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; and the court system BEFORE contracting with this company. He was hired to perform some construction work on my property. His contract stated the job would be completed in 180 days. 365 days later the project is still incomplete. He puts on a happy face until he gets your money, and after that don't expect to hear from him for at least three months. His catch line is "I can do the job cheaper and better than anyone else". DON'T BE FOOLED! His phone voice mailbox is ALWAYS FULL and he does not return calls timely. If you think I am kidding, just go online under va courts and it will become very clear what type of contractor this is. Combined in all of the cities he has a total of 138 court cases against Builders Corporation/Robert Talley. This contractor was never on site to oversee the project and there were several defects and errors made because of it. Oh, but don't worry, he won't own up to any of them. "It's not my fault" is the second line that you will always hear. He will over order materials needed; and order materials that are not needed. When the materials are delivered they will sit for months before they are installed. I could provide a laundry list of issues with the contractor. Just check the websites and that should be enough. Bottom line, if you want an honest, fair, and reasonable contractor, this is not the one for you. Please keep looking. This is to spare anyone else of the heart ache and pain that I had to endure with the contractor.
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Norfolk, Virginia
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Sometimes people just want to cause problems with companies. They want to upgrade and/or change everything in a contract. They sure don't want to pay the extra costs they cause.
Nice try Talley. We all know this is you.
He did similar things to us
Sometimes homeowners want to complete part of a job themself to save money. At times they don't know how, find out it is too much work for them to deal with, or decide to get a "friend" to help and end up with a big mess.
They may want to hire their neighbor "the unlicensed electrician". When they find out an electrical inspection won't pass they blame it on the contractor even tbough tbe contractor had already told them what would happen.
They also do not like having to pay a licensed guy more money to correct the work. This throws the schedule off too.
Sometimes homeowners upgrade building materials or add extras to the contract and get annoyed when their extras don't come free.
Building Corp and his hires left our landscape in ruins, left cement splatter on our existing concrete, and wanted most of the contract money before 50% done.
We need to find a way to get together to file complaints with the BBB, DPOR and the Virginia Board of Contractors. He is doing the same thing with us-started in July and still nowhere near done. Please respond and we will figure this out together.
He tried to intimidate us into paying for most of the project before it wasn't near finished. Fired his rude ...