Craftsmen Concrete & Contractors

Jim fixed my basement in the summer of 2017. He found me a good value solution. My basement is a series of dirt floor crawl spaces with a stone foundation. I had no idea what to do with it. I called Jim and badger basements for quotes. Badger Basements said they could come give me an estimate in a month, Jim came over within days. He gave me a quote that was close to what I expected. I wanted to wait for badger basements to come take a look but I ended up giving Jim the job. I did feel a little rushed but I assumed that I couldn't afford Badger basements. After all, I could barely afford Jim's quote. Jim's solution was to put down a thick vapor barrier (22mm) that covered the floor and went up the walls in each crawlspace. He also patched my stone walls that needed various repairs. The scope of the work was vague in the contract. It left me confused . I thought he was going to tuck point all of my walls. I spoke to Jim about it and we clear up the confusion. He tuck-pointed the wall that really needed it and He also removed and filled in a broken window. He did this at no charge and it left me feeling better. After the job was done, I did end up in the crawlspaces re-taping parts of the vapor barrier to make a better seal. Then I bought a large foam pack and sprayed the barrier to the wall so it made a tight seal. I was annoyed at first but the more I look back I realize that I do the same thing to everyone that works for me. I am more picky than some expect. I looked up material costs and did the math. I figured I could have saved some money by doing it myself but it would have taken me many dozens of hours and I would have been miserable. Theres a good chance I wouldn't have finished. My house is SO much cleaner now and I feel better knowing that my foundation is fixed. I didn't know it but my HVAC ducts were sucking up the dirt from the crawlspaces and blowing it everywhere. The dust was horrible, now my house is normal. Contractors that have been in my basement have commented that they like what I did with my crawlspaces. There aren't many solutions for a basement with dirt crawlspaces, short of spending many tens of thousands of dollars. Jim found me a solution that was reasonably priced and that worked. It did take him longer than he expected, but the same thing happens with everyone i've hired or worked for, so I wasn't surprised. What I really liked is that I could trust Jim to work at my house unattended. My suggestion to everyone is to always have a crystal clear scope of work in a contract. Thank you for your work Jim
4 9 years ago (14-02-2018)

Very Poor Ethics. This Man will Rip You Off! Does poor work and can not make his appointments. Can not even pay his help so they keep quitting on him. Would not recommend to anyone! Don't waste your time or money. Want to know more feel free to message me about my personal experience.
1 9 years ago (02-08-2017)

Reading the review below I'm actually glad now that this guy strung me along for 2 weeks then promised he would come today- and was a complete no- show. Extremely unprofessional, and sleezy- I can't even imagine what our experience would have been like.
1 9 years ago (22-04-2017)

Definitely NOT recommended! 1 star is too high - but required to complete this post. Beware of: - cheap bids with ovlerly short time estimates to make the sale. - rushed into making a quick decision (thus circumventing time to do proper research) - extremely brief contract detail with no mention of completion time & only the briefest of detail of what was verbally agreed to (to minimize lawsuits). - most agreed to yet undocumented on the contract items not done - some of the detail of the documented work was also not done (eg attaching the wall liner to the wall) - supposedly due to the hardware not being available. Yet when provided with available access despite promises to the contrary, again never showed up to complete the job. - No written warranty - because there is none - despite verbal ball-face lies that there is. If you do hire them make sure not to pay in full before every last detail is done or you'll be finishing it yourself. Jim Mullen at first comes off very nice, competent & willing to please. As time wears on that quickly disapates - along with him or any of the temp workers he hires to do the actual labor. Over time they come less frequently & continually shorter intervals, thus the week estimate remains incomplete 3+ months later after a slew of excuses, broken promises, hang-up & unanswered phone calls & emails (for me $ the BBB). Ditto for warranty issues. His latest excuse to the BBB was that there was never any completion date agreement - which is a complete lie. Initially it was a week (which would've been mid May 2016), then again on July 4, 2016. It's now 8/28/2016 & it's still not done. His workers used my tools - without even asking in most instances & ruined some. The plumber & electrition he said he'd hire never showed - so to expedite the work I did all that work with no reduction in the invoice. The workers wrecked my furnace fuel line - but as they are not licensed to that work Mr Mullen wouldn't fix it - nor reimburse me for the costs to fix it. And though promising to do so, he never showed up to re-bury the line in the cement floor. The absolute worst contractor experience I've ever had...
1 10 years ago (28-08-2016)