Bolen Construction

Clay advised on the suitability of the location and base material as well as permitting. He constructed the garden shed according to our plans and specific details. The shed is similar to a small garage with 2" x 4" walls, 2" x 6" rafters and roll up door. It was important to us that the quality of material and the appearance of the shed matched our house. He very successfully achieved this goal.

He pricing was reasonable and there were no surprise charges upon final billing. We really appreciated that.

I’ve used Bolen Construction to renovate my basement (added a bathroom and a bedroom). Clay is amazing to work with! As a single mom I had many questions and concerns, Clay was always very informative and professional. The quality of the work was far above what I expected. Customer service and quality of work are the reason I will be calling Bolen construction if I ever need more work done on this house or any future house I own.

Clay gave us just what we asked for - a finished entry/laundry room, a fireplace and TV surround, as well as other small changes and improvements. He is easy to communicate with, both in terms of being accessible, and as a listener who “gets” what the customer is after while making helpful suggestions. We are more than satisfied with his work.

Clay provided me with a quote by email to pick up and replace 2 exterior doors and 2 storm doors. He never came out to take any measurements or look at the job. He showed up to install the doors without bringing any other supplies including brick mould that I told him I needed and flashing. They realized the doors they told me to order were too big. They proceeded with the job instead of going back to the store to get the 4” doors with additional molding. I offered to go to the store, but Clay said he would go. He brought back what I think is baseboards and wainscoting turned inwards to try and look like molding. They then told me my storm doors would not fit back on, as they were too wide and tall (even though they were the same size as the old and new doors).

After their sub par job was complete, Clay sent me an invoice for the full amount. I asked if he was coming back to finish and he said he billed me the full amount because he went over and above by picking up the doors and the trip to pick up trim, and he said the storm doors didn’t fit the doors purchased so there was no way to install them. He also told me to add some boards around the frame he installed around the doors to close up the massive gaps he left, or cut the siding back and re trim the doors.

I told Clay that he could come back out and finish the job I hired him to do or take more than half off the invoice, as I needed to hire someone else to fix his work and put on the storm doors. He wasn’t willing to come back and sent me a new invoice. I had to hire a new contractor (who said I shouldn’t have paid Clay at all and wanted to completely redo one of the doors) who replaced all of the “trim” with brick molding, installed those same storm doors, and filled in all of the gaps that were left from Clay’s install job. And I ended up paying this contractor even more than what Clay took off his bill.

The trim on the exterior doors was installed incorrectly; there were massive gaps on the sides of the door; there is a nail sticking out of the new door jam; one door is on a lean and was installed too far outside of the property; stickers were left on the trim and nail holes were not filled in; the new gaps by the flooring transition strip were so large that I had to paint the floor black to somewhat disguise the gaps (although dirt accumulates in them now); they didn’t cover the gap at the bottom of the doors on the interior or exterior; they used an old piece of rotten pink wood to fill in the bottom width under one and another piece that didn’t even span the entire width of the door so the metal sill bends when stepped on; there was a sticker at the top of the door and instead of removing it they installed the trim partially over it so I had to take a knife to it to remove it; there was a massive gap under one of the doors on the outside that they tried to caulk; however, that doesn’t work with gaps that large and water will get in there as well; they used unpaintable caulking outside when they know I am painting; they used black caulking on the inside and got it on my new white door; there was a gap underneath the inside of one of the doors and they proceeded to leave it as is; they didn’t caulk around the tops and sides of the doors; they didn’t install any flashing; both strike plates were reused from my old doors and were not appropriate for this job and were installed crooked; there were nicks out of the door jam; they didn’t clean up properly and left a ton of nails on my deck, porch and in the grass; they removed my old vintage doors without asking, including one that had an antique knob on it; they removed the old trim but forgot to take off and leave me the latch needed for my storm door (old latch that isn’t made anymore).

Clay completed a basement development where he finished two rooms. One is for an office and the other for a home gym. Excellent craftsmanship!! The quality is excellent! Great guy to deal with.

I would highly recommend Bolen Construction - especially if you are looking for quality craftsmanship and working with a super great guy. Clay is awesome - I reached out to the Facebook hive for help with a built in bookshelf for our basement. I had an idea in mind but two other contractors I reached out to quoted me absolutely unbelievable figures for this job. Clay reached out to see if he could help with our project. He came over and saw the space and we had a super great and clear conversation about what we wanted done. Clay sent pictures and updates on the progress of the bookshelf and it was finished within a reasonable timeframe. We are super happy with the finished piece and it adds so much beauty and character to our basement, not to mention holding a small library of books. Thank you so much, Clay, for all of your hard work and we will definitely work together again in the future.

We worked with Clay to renovate our back deck when we decided to install a hot tub. Clay helped us design the layout to maximize space and functionality, and took care of all the details of install from the electricity and fitting of the tub. We are so happy with the job he did and how personable and friendly Clay is. Nothing rattles him and he is a joy to have around the home. We are looking into doing more renovations and look forward to having Clay back!

Working with Clay was easy and straightforward. We were very happy with the finished product and his professional manner. Everything was finished to perfection.