J.D.Y DesignBuild

DO NOT book anything with Minard Home Services. Their subcontractor Yves Gauthier is a con man who takes your money, performs terrible work if he even finishes the job at all. He does not pay his sub-contractors resulting in liens being place on your home. Don't bother reaching out to Minard as they do not answer their phone nor do they return your calls. Total and complete scam!

I have to say the happiest day in the last several months with this company was cashing the last reimbursement cheque. Commitments were given, dates were made, but not kept. It was a nightmare to get answers to emails or texts. In the 4-6 weeks leading up to the final rescheduled start date, I asked several times for a waiver signed that my condo needed, I needed the start date confirmed, and I needed to know the time of day they would start to confirm the service elevators. It was hair-tearingly frustrating never getting answers. Finally I got through by phone at the 11th hour on a Thursday evening before a Monday proposed start, and learned Yves wanted to reschedule as he had scheduled a vacation for part of the week he was to work for me, without telling me. He tried to wiggle out of another start date that would meet my deadline limitations and I just told him if he couldn't do it he had to reimburse me. It took two more months and many sleepless nights to get my money back. I also watched him spend five months not finishing a friend's project during this time and saw the writing on my wall. What parts he did for her I found very sloppy. When he couldn't fulfill his start date or any other start date that would meet my drop dead and deadlines that he had known about for some time if he had ever read the emails I wrote him, he de facto cancelled the contract though had the nerve to write on his reimbursement cheques that "client canceled contract." He is a subcontractor to Minard Home Services and while a principal all of that company could sometimes get Yves at least to return phone calls, they didn't seem to be very effective either. I would Google building skills and tackle plumbing myself before I would hire these people again - and I know nothing about either.

Overall, disappointing and unreliable.

Yves' workers rebuilt my front and back porch. The work lacked precision with areas that looked unprofessional. I had to have a number of spots redone where it seemed measurements may not have been done properly. A staircase had to be adjusted to make it more structurally sound. It was never clear when the workers would be there or would finish - this despite knowledge that I have a small child's schedule to work around. The final price was somewhat inflated, especially given the questionable workmanship. Yves also wanted me to pay before the work was complete, which I found odd and unprofessional.

Yves is supposed to be building a huge deck on another house. Plans have been almost a year in the making. No work done. Nothing to show for a substantial deposit. Now he is not returning phone calls.

Do not recommend.

Yves Gauthier is a crook who stole our money and did a terrible job, which he didn't finish. He didn't pay his sub-contractors who put a lien on our house and had our bank account frozen. Hire at your own detriment.

I hired them to install my kitchen cabinets but I was left with a two inch gap where the bottom of the kitchen cabinets meets the kick plate and they never return to do the finishing touches like calking and sealing.