A renovation company that I worked for until last month was renovating some apartments for West End Properties in the South Side of Richmond. Of course any property owners will try to keep their renovation and remodel costs to a minimum but still pay within an average range for a quality rehab. Not these guys. I found out later that they have a take it or leave it policy when it comes to doing work for them and that they were paying the company I was with about 1/5th what the job was worth. On top of that, they intentionally delayed materials deliveries to a job where you had 6 guys just standing around who get paid by the hour. They do this to all of their contractor's from what I've been told and the companies will always come very close to bankrupcy because of it. They will also charge the contractor's for ""taking to long"" to complete a unit (@ $100-$200 per day) when it is obviously West End (Space) properties fault that these apartments aren't ready to be occupied yet. Have you ever heard of anyone that greedy?
Pros: Pretty & shiny cosmetics
Cons: All the unhealthy & dangerous stuff is hidden
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