Elite Building & Construction

I heard from some other contractors that these guys had a lot of turnover so that must be why the other reviews are good. Mazin actually told me that he can't afford to repair the shoddy work and that I would actually have to pay him to fix crooked drywall.

These guys turned out to be the classic discount contractors that everyone is worried about. It wasn’t the price though maybe it should have been a warning - they came in $20k under the next closest bid. The quality of work just wasn’t there. Mazin and Karl would repeatedly say they would make it right, but the last message from them they were coming back to fix the damage that Mazin himself, but 3 weeks later they won’t answer messages or even acknowledge the damage they did on their last visit (which was actually to repair a tile they broke when they attempted to straighten out some of the crooked framing). I’ve now done the work myself on that part.

The finishing quality is poor, lots of drywall issues, the trim doesn’t line up in the corners (they didn’t even miter it), the floor isn’t level, the door isn’t square, corners aren't square, and walls aren’t plumb. They left my roof open for 2 weeks which allowed water to damage the ceiling on my main floor. Plumbing wasn't to code (they were apparently mistaken that the inspector even signed off, or they mislead me there) and I paid to have it fixed out of my pocket.

Their plumber cut a floor joist and they had to get an engineer to assess the damage and prescribe a correction, and hopefully the fix was done better than the rest of the work done here.

Mazin gave me back $1000 for a pretty poor tile job that was priced into the quote at $5000, so that’s nice, but he wanted me to pay him that back to address any of the other issues. Even after making fun of the tile job himself.

All in all, you should avoid these guys unless your project needs discount work on a house you’re flipping. Definitely no big jobs as they went more than a month over on an already generously allotted 2 months for a 5x10 bathroom.

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To update in response to Mazin's work:

There was no attempt to get this project done on time. There were often weeks without workers here, while they left the place a mess (which Mazin and Karl acknowledge is unacceptable).

You created a dormer out of my roof and left it open for 2 weeks. TWICE I had to climb on my roof to put the tarp back that had blown off. Mazin said he was unavailable to help and Karl showed up in flip flops and smelled like beer.

My framing is literally not square or plumb. There is no exageration. The poor framing work is likely what lead to the issues with the tile.

As you can see from Mazin's responses, nothing is ever their fault. Even though they built an entirely newly framed room and had total control over everything.

The work done by these guys was clearly not to code and not to the specifications in the drawings. My crooked ceiling and sign off that they had to get from an engineer on the structural integrity issues they caused is proof, as is the additional work that I was required to do as part of the main floor bathroom job (that Mazin is bitter he lost out on due to the poor work quality upstairs).

These guys just don't stand behind their work which is unfortunate. They were seemingly nice guys but after the quality of work and refusal to correct issues, the only thing to conclude is that they just tell you want you want to hear and get angry when you question why there is shoddy workmanship.

Complete renovation top to bottom interior. complete gut job and done so professionally and in 9 months! this was no easy task. Elite did it so well. My house was a group home before 4600 sq feet and converted to four and a half executive apartments. you have to hire this team. great people to work with!