STK Construction and Development, Inc.

Below is the letter I sent to the owner, it says it all! I cannot begin to express my level of frustration over this entire process. We are FIFTEEN months into this process and we are nowhere. We have spent almost $10,000.00 for plans, permits soil studies and drawings. We have now paid (to date) an extra $14,267.00 in mortgage payments because we refinanced our house to pay for this job. It should not have taken all this time no matter who is doing the project, especially to be told we need to exceed the budget by $70,000.00, not including the monies spent to date. We constantly asked if we were going to be on budget for the project and we were told we would be okay. An experienced contractor should have a VERY good idea of costs and should know if we are in line with our $150,000.00 budget. Well, we are not okay. “Might be a way we could possibly get it done around 170K, but we are cutting it very close and I would definitely need a 10% contingency pad just for unforeseen items”? I do not understand this at all. If it is now obvious that 150K was too little, why wasn’t it just as obvious way back in the process? If at any time a “red flag” was raised, we could have re-evaluated and made decisions to bring it back in line, or scrap it BEFORE we spent monies for printing, permits, plan checks, and soils testing. It was your job to keep us informed, especially since we asked so many times if we were in budget. Where was the warning that we were even approaching “this job should be 220K?” At this point, we are out over $24,000.00 in monies we spent. We have lost fifteen months and we are totally defeated by the whole process. You have completely let us down Shane. Delays, delays, vacations and more delays only to be told even at 220K it did not include the appliances, the fireplace, and stairs. We will send payment for the invoice by months end.

terrific.........

Work looks ok, but I was expecting a little better prep of the area before the pour( such as compacting the ground after making the forms so the bottom of the slab would have a cleaner more uniform look. Used a lot of my dirt for fill material from all over my back yard. Did install drains along one side of my house(at a cost) and put in an extra one on the day of the pour that I thought of last minute(for free, I supplied the materials). I work till evening, so just got to see it in the day time for the first time this afternoon. kind of bummed.. Was expecting better work for $3710. Shane is still a pretty good guy just go over the details!

SHANE IS VERY ATTENTIVE AND HE MAKES SUGGESTIONS WHICH HAVE IMPROVED OUR ORIGINAL PLANS. HIS PEOPLE DO CRAFTSMAN LIKE WORK IN AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER.

I selected S.T.K Construction because, from the outset, Shane K. Was very professional, yet responsive to my contact and needs. He also gave me a very fair price.... Much better than the other estimates I received. The work itself progressed smoothly and on schedule. Shane worked with me when I wanted to make changes to the original plan for the concrete steps. The end result is better than I had expected. I would highly recommend S.T.K. Construction and thank Shane for the excellent concrete work. I look forward to contacting Shane again for my other projects such as retaining wall, patio cover etc. Thank you

The project is not 100% complete. We are waiting for the concrete and overlay to cure, then they will come back and stain and seal it.

Shane was all these things. If you get this, Shane, thank you. It was great to work with someone who does what they say, for once. Hey, have you heard of Arbonne? Entrepreneurs like yourself often are very interested. The market is good for it, as opposed to the housing market right now. It was very nice to meet you. Erin

I do not rate many contractors this high, however, they did a better job than expected. I received the quote on time, had the work done on time, and he was always available by phone to answer questions. Better than I expected on all counts!

Shane was the most professional and trustworthy contractor that we've ever used!!! We very highly recommend him!!!

My concrete is cracking already, should it be????