C & H Construction

I decided to go with C & H because they offered the lowest quote compared to 2 other companies. I regret that I did, as I learned my lesson of «you get what you paid for.» I explained to them what I wanted in the job, and when it was finished, I noticed it was not how I explained it, so they had to come back to fix it. The quality and materials of their work was very poor, and in fact, 3 months after the job was complete, the material is broken and in need of repair. But I would rather pay someone else to repair it than have them come back for free to fix it. Initially, I had another job for them to do, but decided not to go with them based on how the first job went poorly. Poor customer service – didn’t show up when we had a scheduled meeting. Called them to ask why, but only got a voicemail. They never returned my call. Company really lacks professionalism.

My family just returned to the Bay Area after some years in the wilderness (well, the East Coast). Real estate costs being what they are, rather than trying to get something equivalent in size etc. to what we had out East, we opted to ‘settle’ for a smaller house in Mountain View but to do some remodeling to make it more comfortable.
Our agent suggested Jeff’s outfit. I did see the negative reviews (the ones citing unresponsiveness, another his ill-​fated referral of another firm), but I figured unresponsiveness wouldn’t cost me anything and that I wasn’t obligated to take any referrals he might offer, plus our (very experienced) agent was highly complimentary of his work, so I called him. He met me at the house, listened to my ideas, and offered some good ones of his own. I fancy myself to be pretty savvy about construction and am generally disinclined to take anyone’s expertise on faith, but it was clear to me that Jeff knew his way around. Anyway he sent us an itemized estimate that was very competitive on price, so we signed him on. The work included skylight installation in our kitchen, a complete bathroom remodel, placement of double doors in our living room entryway, and installation of two ceiling fan mounts and a variety of recessed lighting cans throughout the house.
I was impressed quickly when Jeff asked if we wanted the work to be done under a permit. As a naïve, law-​abiding sort (I subsequently learned that just about everyone in the area seems to do remodeling work outside the prying eyes of the law) I said yes. This turned out to be a pain — there were multiple inspections, and each time the inspector turned up something new, not germane to the current job, to pick on — but Jeff handled all of this efficiently and without complaint.
As for the work itself, it was *great*. Our bathroom redesign included slate tile floors and partially tiled walls, and the quality of this work was impeccable. The tile surfaces are perfectly on plane and the grouting is extremely neat. Our skylight tunnel is precisely square, and Jeff’s crew was able to match the stucco-​like texture of the existing sheetrock finish of the ceiling beautifully. Other little details were also really well done — the switch boxes for the lights and fans are level, the recessed lights are aligned properly, the wiring is very neat. I’ve seen enough tilted switch plates to appreciate when these small details are done right.
All of this was done promptly even with the headaches related to the city inspections that didn’t reflect on the work Jeff’s crew did. In fact, the inspector, evidently in a nitpicky mood, required us to replace the breakers in our fuse box, and Jeff not only did this work for us at no charge, he even comped us the cost of the parts.
I can see why some might think Jeff isn’t the best businessman around — he’s not hard-​nosed and he doesn’t seem to be much of a self-​promoter. Still, his crew does top-​notch work and his rates are very, very reasonable. I would not hesitate to have him work on our house again. In fact I expect to give him a call someday when I decide it’s time to open up our kitchen floor plan and update our master bath…

THE BIGGEST SCAMMER OUT THERE! BEWARE!
So exactly 1 year ago our house got on fire and we needed to find a contractor to rebuild the house. I found Jeff and his company, C & H construction, on Unilocal and based on his review we gave him a call. He came, did the estimate, made a contract, and suddenly said he could not take the job and referred us to one of his other «best» contractor AN DANG. After hours of researching we finally decided to go with Jeff but since he can’t take the case we decided to trust him to go along with his referred contractor. One year later, our house is left unfinished and the contractor decided that he doesn’t want to continue with the project after taking almost 95% of all the fee. To top it all off, he is not even a licensed contractor and his so call company is non-​existent. To take advantage of people when they are at their worst is the lowest act one can do. I will seek legal action so that dishonest men like him can go out of business and appropriate legal actions will be taken. We invested our life-​saving to repair the house and now it’s furious to know we are in a bigger disaster after working with this contractor to «rebuild» our home. We are losing money and currently still homeless thanks to this wonderful contractor. We are just really disappointing that Jeff referred us to someone who is unethical and irresponsible like him. Jeff got commission for referring the unlicensed contractor. what the hell? that should tell you what kind of work ethnic he has if he knowingly refer you to an unlicensed contractor. Also, Jeff DOES NOT HAVE ACTIVE LICENSE AS IT IS EXPIRED on the Contractor State License Board! BEWARE CONSUMERS! DO NOT SPEND A PENNY FOR HIS WORK!
ONE ADVICE FOR PEOPLE LOOKING FOR AN CONTRACTOR! AVOID THE NAME AN DANG. DO YOUR RESEARCH AND ONLY WORK WITH CONTRACTOR WITH LEGITIMATE LICENSE.

I don’t understand how a business can stay in business when they don’t return phone calls or emails. I picked this business because of the very picky lady on this site.
I called Jeff. He used his GPS to find my house and ended up one street over. That’s a conversion for another day. He finally decided to go old school and look at the street signs. He found my house. Looked at my project. We chatted a little bit about future projects then he left. So far so good. 3 days later I received an estimate with just the price. Awesome price compared to the other 11 contractors I contacted.
Nothing was itemized. So I decided to send him an itemized version of what we talked about. No response for a 1 week. I called him again. He apologized and said he owes me one and he will get back to me. Well… it’s been 3 weeks. I agree with ‘KELLY Q” I don’t get it. Nice guy. Bad at business. I guess it’s better to be stood up with no money exchanging hands then to have a big hole in my wall waiting for someone to come and fix it. Look elsewhere for another contractor. Don’t waste your time.

I call C&H construction to give me an estimate on remodeling my kitchen and bathrooms. They came and do the measurements and said that they will email me the estimate in 2 – 3 days. I called on the third day to get an update on the estimate and they said that they would have it ready by 5PM. The day went by and no estimate received and no phone call. Very poor service.

Jeff and his crew (Jeff and Lee) not the same Jeff as the owner but a crew member did a complete remodel of my master bathroom.
Jeff gave me a great estimate and completed on time in one week. The quality of work was nothing but fantastic. And as he will tell you Me and My wife are pretty picky to please but he did it.
My bathroom was built in 1956 the only thing that was done to it was in 1982 when we moved into it. The shower tile was taken off and new was put up. But the shower pan and the size of the shower stayed the same. And the floor went from vinyl tile to one piece vinyl floor and it stayed like that since 1982. The sink in the bathroom was the original from 1956. Just to let you know I hated the bathroom and it took me a long time to get it fixed the way I wanted it. That being said I am glad it did because Angieslist help me find Jeff and C & H construction.
I had one other person give me a price on doing some work on the bathroom. That was a long time friend of mine that has his own construction company. His price just to do the shower and floor was $ 5200. Jeff Did the job for $ 4000 labor only.
But he did anything I wanted for that price. I had a 1 foot false wall that needed to be taken down to make room for my new shower so it would be bigger in size.
He did that no problem. He also moved the electric outlet over, so my new mirror would fit. And put in recessed lighting above the new shower and the toilet. With a new switch for each one of them. They basically tore out the whole bathroom and put in anything I wanted back in New. And painted the whole room.
The shower is now 3.5 by 3.5 instead of 2.5 by 2.5.
The crew did a great job of cleaning up everyday before leaving for the day.
Jeff, Jeff and Lee were very nice to work with.
I could not have had a better remodel experience. The work was high-​quality, and was completed on time, and for a reasonable price.

Let me start by noting that I finally signed up for Unilocal specifically to post this review, although I’ve been using Unilocal passively for quite a while.
I had Jeff and his crew do a fairly major remodel of my master bathroom. The quick summary is that Jeff gave me a very reasonable estimate, and in the end, the work was completed on time (exactly 7 days) and on budget, and the quality of the work met my high standards. I would definitely hire Jeff and his crew again.
The complete review:
My vintage 1981 master bathroom was in sore need of a remodel. There was a white fiberglass shower pan whose surface was pitted and covered in black mold. Every couple of weeks, I’d bleach the shower pan just to make it look less nasty. The walls of the shower were 80s-​fabulous cultured marble, the bathroom floor was vinyl, and the vanity countertop had dozens of visible, deep scratches from my condo’s previous owner. I ended up getting 4 estimates for various amounts of work. Jeff’s estimate was for a near-​complete remodel: remove old shower, old toilet, old vanity counter, and old vinyl flooring; install new tiled shower stall with custom concrete shower pan, install new shower fixtures and shower door, install tiled floor, install new toilet, install new vanity countertop, and paint the walls and ceiling. Jeff’s estimate was for labor only; I provided all of the tile and shower hardware and whatnot. Because Jeff was very personable and friendly, and because his estimate was very reasonable, I decided to hire Jeff.
Jeff’s crew showed up on time every day and cleaned up every day before leaving. The work was completed exactly as promised, and the shower tiles were installed exactly according to an admittedly complicated design that I provided. Perhaps every few hours, I’d check in on the crew and the work, and whenever I saw something that wasn’t quite the way I wanted it, the crew made the changes I asked for. The crew was really friendly and likable too, which is something you might take for granted. But given that the crew is in your home all day for a whole week, it’s really important that you be comfortable with the crew. I was very comfortable with Jeff’s crew. I really have nothing to criticize in this department. The crew communicated well with me, telling me the schedule and what work would be done each day. Also, the crew also bought all of the materials that I didn’t purchase (grout, caulk, cementboard, sheetrock, paint, etc etc) and then at the end, they gave me the receipts and let me inspect every purchase before I reimbursed them.
Basically, I couldn’t have asked for a better remodel experience. There weren’t any major unforeseen problems. The work was high-​quality, was completed on time, and for a reasonable price. As I wrote above, I’d definitely hire Jeff again.

I was going to have Jeff do my shower stand remodel but I didn’t get a chance to see Jeff’s work because we decided to hold off because it was over the budget we intended even though Jeff’s price is very reasonable.
However, I’m impressed with Jeff’s professionalism in answering my questions and letting me know the work will be done in details. I will definitely get him to do future works on my house when we’re more ready for it.
Lastly, I’m giving him 4 stars until I see his actual works though he probably deserves a 5. And for the specifics, he quoted me $ 1800 for the whole shower and to confirmed previous reviewer, his CA LIC is 893 365

I had to do a bathroom remodel as well as fix a leak problem with my stack washer/​dryer in my condo unit. So first thing I did was to come to Unilocal and search for a contractor. Surprisingly, not too many listings showed up on Unilocal and I found a few (T&S, Joe’s handyman, Tileandgroutking) but despite their good ratings, they either quoted high or were unresponsive — see my other reviews. I tried to use the diamondcertified businesses but my project was too small for them and they didn’t want to take on the job. I was getting very frustrated till I found C&H. I am very pleased and would like to share this find with fellow Unilocalers.
The bathroom job was relatively straightforward (replace shower valve to bring it up to city code and retile the bathtub surrounds). They were knowledgeable and recommended the right way of doing the work (used cement board — not greenboard) at very good prices. Plus they did it quick. Also, I had to delay the project midway for 2 days and they didn’t charge me extra — my HOA manager didn’t know how to turn off the hot water to my unit and we had to postpone the work and shut off the whole building. The santa clara city inspector was very impressed with their work when he came in, saying that the tiles were laid out very well compared to others that he has seen.
For the washer leak, they pulled out the stack, fixed the leak, repainted the surrounds, and didn’t charge me for it!
They only charged $ 1200 for labor, and I was responsible for paying for all the building materials (which they bought and I reimbursed based on the receipts — got some nice porcelain tiles). So the total came up to $ 1600 and I would definitely work with them again when I have other projects. Oh and did I mention, they are licensed (#893 365) and bonded (much better than some of the other contractors who weren’t and had lied to me about their status).