New Republic Design House

We hired Ahren of New Republic Design in Feb 2017 to be our General Contractor and oversee trades and design. It was already a tough build and when we hired Ahren he gave us some good stories of his Vollyball career (that should of been our first clue) and his time working with builders. We fell for the story and pics and website only to realize half way through he was not at the house like the contract said, acting as GC, he failed to deliver on the design, (he overestimated in sq ft in flooring and stairs were measured wrong. The list goes on and on, and he also is working without a design designation and GC licence from Toronto. DO NOT hire this imposter as he will charm you and tell you everything you want to hear. We did our due diligence but still that made no difference.

We have no choice but to take him to small claims for the damage he did to us.

Update Sept 20/18:

Well my husband and I wrote the first review, and we are following up as we mentioned we were thinking of taking him to court. First, I want to say, we tried to put this all behind us and let him pay us the money he owed us for the damages. But he said no and wanted to go to court. Take us through the mud some more as if he hadn't done enough to us. Well the good news is the judge awarded us a settlement, and he owes us some money. It still doesn't take away from the hardship he left us with. He left our construction, no one on site daily, poor design and trade management, and went to build his own house abandoning ours. We also found the same tile and flooring in his new home which he flipped. This was all about money for Ahren, and now with a judgement against him, his reputation. Buyer beware with this so called award winning builder" He has no clue.