Dowalt Custom Homes Inc.

Loved these builders,very good work and no issues Highly recommend them.

Highly recommend Dowalt for all home building or renovation needs. They have amazing customer service, and deliver an incredibly high quality product from start to finish.

Would never go with any other builder!

Walter and Rachel built us a home in Charleswood Winnipeg. They have done over 400 homes over the last 20 years all across Winnipeg and just outside Winnipeg (La Salle etc.) and the experience while working with them was exceptional. Very easy to work with and amazing attention to detail. Call them and experience it for yourself!

We weren't even in the house for 24 hours before we had water in our basement coming up from the floor drain. It turned out the water softener was draining water that couldn't make it to our holding tank because it was completely full. It was a Saturday so we needed an emergency pump out which is around $460. We informed the owner of the company and he refused to pay for the pump out. He then suggested that we take the sump pump out of our pit and use it to pump the water out of our tank which is illegal. He then informed us that we should have a spare pump in case of emergencies. I guess I was supposed to expect an emergency on the first day of living in my brand new home. It wasn't until we said we were going to our lawyer that he finally agreed to pay for the emergency pump out.

We noticed that some spots were not sanded, some spots had gouges and some spots just didn't get more than one coat of paint. We brought this up they told us that it was not their problem. Then they informed us that they were no longer going to entertain our complaints. After receiving an email from our lawyer they sent someone to come and fix the issues. The only thing is that the gouges are still there, they just got another coat of paint on them. When we informed DoWalt they said the painter regrets that we are not happy with his work. The gouges are still there.

On our first walk through we noticed a major dip in the laminate flooring in our living room. DoWalt ensured us that it was humidity. When we brought it up to the owner at the final walkthrough he said "the floor only moves when you step on it". The owner held on to the Manitoba Home Warranty paper the entire time and refused to write down any of our issues. After speaking with our lawyer once again they sent over someone from the flooring company to address the issue. They came up with a possible solution at which point DoWalt told us that the flooring guy said it was not covered under warranty and that we have to pay for it. It turned out that the flooring guy did not reject the claim, he just came to assess the situation.

We had a water leakage in our basement that was no fault of DoWalt however we noticed that the water on the floor moved away from the floor drain. After taking a level and checking it out we found the floor drain was higher than the surrounding floor rendering it useless. When we brought this to DoWalt's attention they informed us that the floor drain is supposed to be built such that the water pools around it so we can push it into the floor drain which was nonsense. Not only was this not the way a floor drain is supposed to be built, the water moved away from the drain it did not pool around it so they missed the mark if that's what they were going for. When they emailed the concrete company to come fix the issue they stated in their email that the way the floor drain is "meets their standard of quality" even though it did not even work as it was supposed to. To fix the issue they said they were going to send someone over with a wet grinder to minimize dust. They ended up coming with a dry grinder and got dust all over our basement. When we asked the guy who came to fix it if he worked at the concrete company who poured our floor he said no.

One corner of our gutters is leaking. We informed DoWalt and they sent people out to come and fix it. Keep in mind it was the middle of winter. They informed us that the gutter company had come out and the issue was resolved. When we asked when they came to fix it we discovered that it was on a day in which we were at home. We didn't see anyone come by and there was no tracks in the snow. We asked how they were able to test if the gutter was actually fixed and they told us "we have never had to send them out twice" without doing any due diligence. In the spring when it started to rain again we noticed that the gutter was still leaking.

If quality and good customer service is what you are looking for, stay far away from DoWalt.