Any recent experience with Big Red Construction or Proyecto?
Hi, We are embarking on a remodel/addition to our home and are considering both Big Red Construction and Proyecto at general contractors for the project. Does anyone have any recent experience with either of them? If so, we'd love to hear how your project went, and if the GC met expectations, schedule, etc. Thank you!
Mar 7, 2023
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[Editor Note: this post was removed because Proyecto requested not to be reviewed on BPN per our negative review policy.]
[Editor Note: this post was removed because Proyecto requested not to be reviewed on BPN per our negative review policy.]
We do not have very recent experience with Big Red, but we have used them for several major projects in the last 15 years. Good friends have also used them for several major projects more recently. Big Red is not cheap. But the quality of their work is extraordinary, the communication is very good, and they come in on budget and on time. If problems arise, even some time after the project is finished, they fix it. No questions asked. Their workers and subs have been with them for years -- a measure of both the workers' professionalism and the company's fair treatment.
I did a remodel with BR. At the time we worked with BR, they charged like the top of the market but didn't function like the top of the market design-build firms. We had to do more micromanaging than we wanted to, sometimes solving cosmetic problems that they should have known how to solve themselves. Some of this was on the subcontractors they used. Some of them were solid, but others made mistakes they shouldn't have. At the end, the project turned out beautiful, but we definitely overpaid for it, given how much handholding they needed. They mostly stayed on schedule, but provided a schedule that was padded by two weeks to begin with (a definite factor in it being more expensive than needed). If you don't have some background or intuition for design and construction, I would suggest staying away.
[Editor Note: this post was edited to remove a reference to Proyecto because they requested not to be reviewed on BPN per our negative review policy.]