Greg Hall Remodeling

I am a realtor and I flip houses. I meet and work with a lot of different contractors. One of my go to guys was busy and I found Greg Hall on Craigslist of all places. When I called Greg he was professional, asked good, qualifying questions about the project and set some expectations before we scheduled to meet at my current project house. He was on time, he assessed the work to be done and we agreed on a price. As he stated during our fist call he asked for a couple of hundred bucks to keep his help paid and agreed that the majority of his payment would be paid after he completed the job to my satisfaction.
Greg showed up on time each day. He let me know during our first call that his work day was sometimes shortened because of his kids school and activity schedule. He told me at least one day in advance what the next day’s schedule would be. Honestly, his schedule didn’t seem any different than most contractors I’ve ever dealt with. His willingness to let me know his schedule in advance and then honor that schedule was a great help to me.
His workmanship was top notch. He used good practices and made conscious decisions to do each step correctly while he worked. How refreshing to find someone who cares about their work. Everything he did was quality work. He told me what he was going to do. He did it. Then he told me what he did.
Greg did not show up in a $ 50,000 monster truck. He was not wearing a gold rolex and $ 500 dollar boots. He did not have a trailer filled with the most expensive tools. He showed up in a reliable truck filled with enough tools to do exactly what I asked him to do. He shared some of his opinions about renovation and I shared some of mine. I deferred to his experience and method on a couple of projects and asked him to do things my way on a few items. It was no big deal for me that Greg had suggestions about how things could be done. I was thankful for a fresh set of eyes to view the same problem and perhaps suggest a new or different method. It was comforting for me to realize that I had a skilled tradesman on my job site.
Judging from what I learned about Greg from talking to him and watching him work, I’d say he’s been around renovation and construction enough years that he knows how to do a lot of different construction activities. I didn’t do a background check on Greg, but I can tell you I left him alone in a house filled with thousands of dollars of my tools and I never once felt like he would steal them. He didn’t. I don’t know if Greg ever had a DUI or not. I don’t care. I’m not the morality police and I don’t see what that would or wouldn’t have to do with anyones ability to do a good job on a construction site. I was with Greg each day for about a week and I can tell you the stiffest drink we had was iced tea.
I will positively use Greg again. I know what good work looks like when it’s finished and his work at my location was good.

We hired Greg Hall as General Contractor (GC) for a major remodel and addition.
Problems began immediately as he did substandard work, was exceptionally difficult to work with, outright lied to everyone on the project and was extremely lazy and rarely worked at all.
He was overheard saying «I only work 2 or 3 hours a day and go home» by me and by our HVAC guy. This was also verified by the fact that the neighbors saw him come and go in short succession daily. The project, as a result fell behind by more than two months. He also asked for lots of money up front and did not complete the work he was paid for. Also he did extremely shoddy work — he installed windows improperly, framed columns incorrectly and in the wrong places, charged to raise the foundation of the existing structure professional but instead bought pneumatic lifts and did it himself so he could pocket the difference, and destroyed vents without paying for them.
He took over $ 6000 and then refused to do the work he was paid for. ultimately we were forced to terminate him officially and he stated that «Your mistake was paying me so much money up front. I won’t be giving it back.»
The man is a criminal (we did a background check on him when hiring him and he’s been in trouble with the law several times for assault and DUI). He is a huge liar — he lies to your face and also about his supposed background in homebuilding. When checking his references only one checked out and the others hadn’t heard of him. We only used him because we were pressured to start the project asap. Don’t make the same mistake! CHECK HIS REFERENCES AND BACKGROUND AND ONLINE REVIEWS AND YOU WILL SEE HE IS A CROOK.
We plan to file a lawsuit against him next month to recover the $ 6000 he was paid but never did anything for — instead, he used it to put money on a new car and go on vacation. He’s a horrible person and not to be trusted. TRUST ME. HE IS A CRIMINAL!