All Around Contracting

WORST HOME RENO EXPERIENCE EVER If we could give no stars we would. However we give 5 stars for bullshit •On October 25/2015 we hired All Around Contracting (owned by Clayton Fast) to do some renovations on our home. •The time line we were given for this project was one to three months •We have paid $31,899.45 to date (half of the budget) •In three months they haven’t even finished one room •Clayton (the owner of All Around Contracting) required more money from us •We weren’t comfortable handing over more money due to the lack of progress made at this point •There were weeks where workers were only here once in a week and when they did show up they were only here for a couple of hours. We were given constant excuses as to why no one was here •Clayton has not met one deadline or fulfilled any promises he has made •The lack of communication throughout this process has been incredibly frustrating and on many occasions our calls were completely ignored •We have been extremely unhappy with the quality of work performed by All Around Contracting. MANY mistakes have had to be corrected and still need to be corrected •The speed at which things have been carried out has been very frustrating. Our Mother was told she would be in her room the beginning of December. This date had been revised on at least three separate occasions and she still cannot move in •Part of the exterior of our house has been left unfinished and exposed to weather •We were told that areas of the house being used would be protected with poly and zippers, this did not happen. There is dirt and dust EVERYWHERE •Demolition material has been left in our driveway instead of being put in the half empty bin that was removed from our property without any notice. We will now have to pay to have it removed •Two ceramic heaters that were lent to All Around Contracting now need to be replaced because one went missing and the other was returned with paint and mud all over it •During the month of December Clayton experienced some health issues and lost his Father. We understood this was a difficult time for him and we were sympathetic to this. We suggested he take time to heal but he declared he was ok and insisted he would maintain the work schedule. This did not happen •On Boxing Day we realized that a previous visit by the electrician had cut power to our Washing Machine as well as our Fridge/Freezer. As a result we lost all the contents in the Fridge/ Freezer. Clayton was notified of this immediately but the issue has never been resolved and these appliances are still being powered by an extension cord We wanted to share our experience with others to make people aware of what we just went through with All Around Contracting and owner Clayton Fast. We feel like we have been held hostage because we’ve been so afraid of losing our savings but enough is enough. We suspect that Clayton spent our money on other jobs then couldn’t complete ours. We offered what we felt would have been a fair settlement where we could end this amicably and all walk away from an incredibly stressful situation but the only response from Clayton was to threaten to put a Lien on our Property and charge us with defamation and slander if we released a bad review. We don’t feel that the work completed warrants the amount of money that we have paid out so we are in the process of having a professional assessment done in order to proceed with legal action.

Clayton was great to work with. He was helpful with ideas, and he and his guys did amazing work. He laid baseboards throughout our home and milled and installed custom sills throughout. He also installed door casings and architraves, including one tricky custom built wood architrave over our front door. As our house is a very old farmhouse with several additions, none of the walls are square, but it didn't faze him, and the finished product is beautiful. We're already talking about getting him in again to do some of our other projects