Worst contractor we have ever worked with. If you are considering working with Fabiano, DO NOT pay for any work until AFTER its done. There was a major feature of our contract that he later claimed was not in the contact, even though its there in black and white. So we are now suing him.
In addition to not honouring the contract that he himself wrote, here are other issues with him:
-every other contractor weve ever worked with has set up their saws outside; these guys set up their saws inside - cutting tiles and drywall inside the house - so the entire house was a nasty mess
-he said he would cover up our treadmill to protect it but he didnt, so the motor got so filled with construction debris that our $2000 treadmill had to go to the garbage
-for no reason, they took the door off a closet that wasnt part of the project - since it wasnt part of the project, we hadnt emptied it, so everything got so covered in grime, we had to throw everything away that was in there, like our Christmas tree and all our luggage
-communication was so bad, his guys were making design decisions without our input, and they were terrible
-every time we questioned a weird thing they did, he said its code but he clearly has no idea that anyone with access to Google can look up Ontario building codes and none of his nonsense was actually code
-we wasted over $1000 in flooring costs because he so badly miscalculated the area for flooring and tiles that we ended up buying more than double what we actually needed
-his team was so inept that we lost track of the number of times something had to be completely redone, while other things we had to hire someone else to finish
-they did a lot work the first week, but after that, days would by when no one showed up and he didnt contact us to let us know whats going on, or someone would come for only an hour that day, so the project took over double the time he indicated on the contract, and in the end he didnt even finish the job although we paid him for the work.
We tried to work something out with him, but he has gone silent on us, and now were going to court to recover the thousands of dollars it cost us for someone else to finish the work that we paid him for but he didnt do.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $30,000.00
- Company Response
It sounds like there may have been a miscommunication regarding the scope of work and additional costs for the cabinets in the hallway. It's unfortunate that this discrepancy has led to dissatisfaction and the need for legal action. Hopefully, the court proceedings will provide clarity and resolution for both parties. In the meantime, I'm glad to hear that the basement was completed with excellent quality and according to code. Also since 2009 we've been doing renovations having always positive reviews and hundred of satisfied home owners, always delivering quality and exceeding the expectations of the customers with high quality of the work. How we had according on our contract, "signed and according by you", we don't have "cabinets storage", and how we have email confirming about that, all docs are available on the file provided to the court