When we were looking to build a pool and a cabana we asked for referrals from our friends and our real estate agent. Ultimately we went with the recommendation from our agent. I must say, we otherwise really like our real estate agent who found us our home in Sands Point and sold our home in Port Washington. We normally trust her judgement and recommendations implicitly. She connected us with Bill Griffiths to do home renovations when we first purchased our home. We chose not to work with him at the time. We did however go back to him when we had a major project that required a general contractor and builder.
Hiring Bill Griffiths for new construction was a mistake we will regret for a long time
When you hire a contractor you want someone who is qualified, reliable, licensed and insured, and has a track record and great referrals. The biggest mistake we made was not checking multiple references. If we had tried to do so we would have easily found some red flags and avoided this fate. The sad irony is that friends of ours used him for a project that seemed to have went pretty well, with some minor issues. I only hope for their sake that there are no ticking time bombs that will cause undue costs, and even worse — safety issues — over time.
Here we are now over a year into the project, it is not completed, we have $96,000 of damage to fix, and we don’t have a finished product to enjoy. Hopefully we will have the construction fixed before the summer and my family can finally enjoy what we set out to build.
Buyer beware of incapable, subpar contractors! Wish we did more homework on this guy!
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