Bloor West Construction Inc

Framing
Toronto ON M6S 3T9
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Shellyshouse
Shellyshouse
1 review York, ON
10/10

All your building needs met !

The owner Jeff is so great to work with. I wish I could give this company ten stars. The knowledge, experience, expertise, and honesty are best in class. This is a company that I will highly recommend to my friends and family to work with. Anyone who works with this company will get the finished result they are looking for and more. They are available for any questions you have. I've asked many questions and I always got a knowledgable response from the team. Again I highly recommend this company for all your housing needs !!!

Approximate cost of services:
$300,000.00
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Kingswood Engineers
Kingswood Engineers
8 reviews Burlington, ON
10/10

Great experience with this contractor on several projects

Great contractor with a focus on moving the project along. We have had several interactions with Bloor West Construction and Jeff and the experiences have been very positive. On a particular project where the client was mistreated by the previous contractor, Jeff took extra care to get the project completed under budget. Also, they work well with building inspectors - something that very much helps get projects done. Great company, would recommend.

Approximate cost of services:
$50,000.00
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Private User
Private User
Private User reviews Toronto, ON
10/10

Construction

My husband and myself hired bloor west construction to excavate , install new foundation and frame a new side addition to our home .

The project went great , stayed on budget and in time line .

Great job

Approximate cost of services:
$59,000.00
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Sandy in Toronto
Sandy in Toronto
1 review Toronto, ON
0/10

Framing and sistering of joysts

Jeffs crew were hard working and finished the job on time and on budget.

Jeff did not perform the work. He did not come to site to look at work.

This is really a review of his subcontractors who were great

They all the work and they were great

His quote was the highest of the 3 i had for the job. But he had a team ready to go and his understanding of the scope of work was solid.

Approximate cost of services:
$7,000.00
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Company Response

Great review , I don't perform the work as i am a general contractor and do not perform the work, i was onsite everyday threw out the project and my guys can confirm. the client was never onsite.
sandy ripped us off $4,000,00 out standing balance and still is to pay.

0 star review wow and you owe us $4,000.00.

Also i reffered my plumber Marcus whom commenced work and Sandy ripped off and to present owes him out standing balance of $1,500.00

Pathetic Sandy

A.dhardcoreconstruction
A.dhardcoreconstruction
1 review Mississauga, ON
10/10

Home addition and kitchen renovation

I contacted Jeff to help with and addition to a property we got for investment, he was fast and the work they did outstanding and most of all clean I would definitely used him again in the coming projects, thank bloor west construction!

Approximate cost of services:
$45,000.00
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Thank you very much for taking the time to add a review. We appreciate it.

jessica a.
jessica a.
1 review Toronto, ON
10/10

Demolition and framing

Me and my husband purchased a bungalow and hired Bloor West Construction to remove the existing roof system , demolition the existing interior and frame new 2nd floor addition .

It was a great experience working with Jeff and his guys threw out the project.

Jeff was always available on the phone and onsite too discuss any changes as the project went along .

The project stayed on budget and was complete with city inspections passing on time .

We highly recommend Bloot West Construction and will definitely be using them this up coming spring to finish the back yard Construction .

Approximate cost of services:
$85,000.00
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Thanks for the review and was a pleasure working with you guys

Garnet in Toronto
Garnet in Toronto
2 reviews Toronto, ON

First Review

0/10

Roofing Contract

On October 24, 2018, Jeff and his Architect were instructed to proceed with the submission drawings via email. We did not receive any written response from him or his Architect. On November 12, 2018, after almost 3 weeks, we emailed him and his Architect regarding the above, to inquire about the status. Jeff responded by asking for more money and claiming that this is extra work. On November 13, 2018, we reminded him that these drawings do not constitute extra work as they have to obviously be drawn for submission to the city as original work requested. Jeff responded stating that, "I am to provide drawings and building permits as agreed." On November 14, 2018 we emailed him and his Architect clearly highlighting his contractual agreement and reiterating for him to proceed as instructed, with a deadline as of November 20, 2018. November 21, 2018, we received no written response from him, which is past the November 20, 2018 deadline. Jeff have been paid two deposits totalling $11,300 in August and September 2018. Jeff have been given ample time but he failed to carry out your contractual obligation. As Jeff is always asking for more money even though no works have started at our house, we see ourselves as victims of contractor fraud. Jeff is in full breach of your agreement. We demanded the return of our deposit of $11,300.00 within 7 days, which is November 27, 2018. Jeff totally ignoring all our emails from November 13, 2018 onwards, which clearly confirmation that he is a dishonest person.

Reply to Jeff January 18, 2019

Jeff of Bloor West Construction was informed by us right at the beginning that our GFA was maxed out during our initial meeting and discussion. Jeff assured us that he sees no issues in doing what we wanted. This is the main reason we engaged Bloor West Construction, Jeff and for him to get an architect to provide drawings and permits for our 3 deck enclosures and a front porch roof with a new concrete pad. He also boasted that he uses the Architect, Simon from HGTV who could help us through this process.

Upon signing his contract for the above stated work totaling $72,263.50, which includes the architect's fee of $5,650.00 for submission drawings of the above requirements. Jeff requested payment for $5,650, which we paid. 5 days later after this cheque was cleared, Jeff requested another $5,650, which I was hesitant to issue, until he told us that we would not pay any more until we get all the permits approved and after the commencement of the physical work. A total of $11,300 was paid, which is more than 10% of the overall project costs.

After getting these 2 cheques cleared, Bloor West Construction hired 6IX Design Inc, Frank, the Architect at 7191 Yinge St UNIT 808, Thornhill, On.and not Simon, the architect from HGTV.

We had a meeting with Frank and Jeff, Frank suggested submitting only the flat roofing for our existing 2 decks on the second floor. He was very confident that this part of the project would be approved. He also mentioned that we should only do a very preliminary zoning submission instead of submitting for a permit, a process which was faster and cost much less before we proceed any further which will save us time and money.

To make the job easier and expedite the process, we gave Frank our own set of drawings from the previous owner of our house, which included a survey drawing, site plan, floor plans and elevations. It would be easy to simply scan our set of drawings to include the 2 flat roofs for the 2 existing decks on the new plan for the preliminary zoning submission.

We agreed to his Architect's proposal and later requested Jeff for a revised contract as the work would now be only for 2 deck roofing with no enclosures.

When the City responded with a Zoning deficiency, we questioned the architect and he told us that it was difficult to interpret it in the same way with the City Examiner. We were disappointed. We found out, on our own, that there was a frontage limit of 12m from the City Zoning bylaw for the City of York on the internet. We questioned Frank that there was an oversight as our lot frontage was more than 12m, so it could not be approved as it is. We also asked Frank for his fees at this point. He told us to consult Jeff. Jeff also ignored this question and never provided us with a revised contract. We estimated Frank's fees for copying our drawings and inserting 2 flat roofs on our second floor decks to be about $1000 and $350 for the meeting as mentioned by Jeff. (This amount estimated is based on Jeff's email about 'extra' costs which we rejected)

We decided to get Jeff to proceed and for his architect to submit all our initial plan to the City. We made this request on October 24, 2018. After 3 weeks, we wrote to Jeff again as he did not reply to our email. On November 12, 2018 we checked on the status of our request, only to get a reply from Jeff asking for more money and claiming that this was extra work. I decided not to give in to Jeff's demand and highlighted his own contract to get things going. He totally ignored all further correspondence. As he was in breach of his own contract, I demanded full return of the $11,300 paid to him. I tried to be diplomatic by working things out with Jeff in our email correspondence, but he was not willing to even negotiate on the money to be returned. Jeff claimed that all $11,300 has been used and refused to refund us a single cent.

Once he had taken our money, Jeff became very impatient, rude and abusive and even threatened us on the phone when we made inquiries about the project. Even up this point, our response have been clear and diplomatic as we will not succumb to his disrespectful and uncivilized manners. We decided to correspond only through email with Jeff as he is also not true to his word. We have received from him, expletive-filled emails in incoherent broken 'sentences', almost indecipherable, that consisted of false accusations and threats. He also arrogantly scoffed and mocked us in his email that he could simply suspend and not get our review published when we sent out our negative review on Trusted Pros.

To make things clear, firstly, the GFA that was maxed out was clearly told to Jeff which he now uses against us.
Secondly, only one set of preliminary drawings which were scanned from our set of drawings was sent for Zoning submission to the City. Jeff's claimed that 3 sets of drawings were submitted to the city. He had again twisted facts. In the beginning, Jeff had informed us that he would use the architect's drawings for the construction which is included in our fees. How could he take $11,300 when only a preliminary Zoning submission was done and he had not touched a dust in our house?

Thirdly, when we questioned Jeff as to why his written estimate is much higher than his verbal quote for the project, he added that it was to cater for other things and on top of that, there is also a $5000 contingency should anything come up.

Fourthly, because we are both aware that the GFA was maxed out, he assured us that he would give us a new estimate and our money back if some of the things cannot be done based on the architects advice.

Fifthly, we informed him and the architect during the only meeting we had that should we need to proceed with the Committee of Adjustment, we will represent ourselves as we had experienced it before when converting our garage.

The above are facts.

Beware of Jeff. He is unprofessional. He wants to profit with very little or no work - just preliminary work and he abandons the project and has no integrity to complete it when he has taken your money. He twists facts, make false accusations and threatens clients. He uses the worst profanities in his emails to clients who wants their money returned, which speaks volumes of the kind of character he is, most unsuitable for serving clients in any sector.

Clients - would you keep on paying to a contractor that bullies and demands payment when it is not due?

Contractors - how would you react to another that tarnishes the contractors' profession?

Without Prejudice, I now make a last appeal for Jeff to refund us $10,000. This offer stands for 7 days or by January 31, 2019.

Approximate cost of services:
$72,263.50
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Company Response

Garnet hired Bloor west construction to provide drawings and permits to commence 3 deck enclosures and a front porch roof with a new concrete pad.

Bloor west construction hired architect and engineering services to provide 3 sets of drawings and all city application fee's, review fee's, submission fee's, taxes fully paid the parties involved.

The client had 1% lot coverage left and 1% GFA left which in turn the permits where declined by the city and the next step was to go to the committee of adjustments which extra fee's where required to be paid by the client.

The client declined the unforeseen extra costs and then demands all his money back and tells us he will goto to committee him self and very obtain the permit with all the back end work commenced and inn his hand.

Contractors beware and stay far away from this guy is pathetic , running a illegal church for income out off his garage no permit and his tear down house so outta code he could never afford too catch up .

Sept 11: site visit and informing the client of the conditions of the house
and the fact that project will potential trigger CofA. We recommended to
apply for a zoning certificate rather than a full permit in order to save
them some money in case they had to go to CofA and they wanted to halt the
project there.

Sept 13: project details were finalized through email communications with
Jeff, Garnet and Nila

Sept 21: zoning set was issued for review

Sept 25: client reminded on two occasions that their application will most
likely require CofA and we are trying to minimize their risk of going to
CofA by  changing the proposal to two roofs and that the risk of CofA is
still there

Sept 26: project submitted
Oct 15: zoning comments came back and due to the existing conditions of the
building setbacks and the way examiner has interpreted their setbacks for
the new added roofs they will have to go to committee of adjustment. Client
requested our fees for the adjustments if they had to go forward with them
and we informed them that our contract is with Jeff and he can contact you
directly with regards to that.

Oct24-29: Garner sent out an impolite email trying to question our work.
Client requested that now that we have to go to CofA to change the proposal
and create and cover a main floor deck and create an enclosed front porch.
As per our contract:

   Scope of Work: replacing second floor balconies and propose flat
roof. Garage concrete pad
   ***Following services are not part of the scope of this contract and
are available upon client
   request/requirement: HVAC Design, Floor plans, 3D Modelling,
Renders, Committee of adjustment
   planner/prep, shop drawing, tender drawing, Interior design***
   ***Following quote is subject to approval for zoning. ***
   ***Construction stage consultation, reviews and inspections outside
the scope outlined below are outside the
   scope of this contract and will be quoted separately. ***

This required extra work which we quoted you for as following on Oct 29:

 
Also client requested the drawings and we informed them that we can either
try to drop them off on our way or he can pick them up during business
hours. He said there is no rush and we can drop them off at our convenience.

Nov 5: we did a follow up to see how things are coming along and you
informed us that you haven't heard back anything from the client yet.

Nov 12: you asked for the quote again and we forwarded the previous email
from Oct 29

Nov 13-21: Client got involved with you with regards to application
demanding that they had already instructed you to move forward.  He also
tried to hold us guilty for not returning his drawings which is not our
responsibility by any means however we had one of our staff return them to
him by Nov 14

stay very far away from this GUY

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