Swett Construction

Oct 5th, 2021

Feb 24th, 2021

Nice guy, but: (1) Framing was supposed to start 3 wks from verbal agreement and completed before Christmas, before he fell off his own roof, but framing was 3 months late. Framing was level and vertical, but did not follow framing plans for stairs & doors. Did not use screws for floor that developed some squeaks. Exterior door installation was poor & had to fix following year. Interior door openings were only 82 inches instead of 83, so later I had to get bottom of doors cut off to fit over carpet. (2) Insulation job was terrible. Attempted to use R30 in walls that was supposed to go back to Lowes, per email, verbal, & written instructions on top of bags. Didnt put insulation around exterior doors nor behind downstairs tub, which I fixed later in unfinished areas. Put unfaced R19 somewhere (?) which I bought for behind the fireplace. R19 insulation not stapled in place. (3) Redwood deck job was level and straight, except it took too long to finish resulting in weathered boards that I had to sand down; and I had to replace a bad board myself that he refused to replace. (4) Pre-finished siding was treated like framing, resulting in lots of nicks that were not completely fixed. (5) Drywall texture was the worst job Ive paid for and very messy tile contractor was paid an extra $300 to clean up their mess. (6) Messes not fully cleaned up nails all over the place including on garage roof when I discovered at least a dozen exposed nails going thru the middle of shingles. Ive never seen a roofing job with exposed nails. Billed extra $2558.69 for manlift not in estimate. (7) Workers took a $50 bucket of my nails, screws, square, and 2x4s did not try to return them. Most of these problems were discovered in July/August after he was nearly done, and he was not hired to do any further work. Move-in delayed to 2020. With regard to the roofing nails, HomeAdvisor also has a complaint where over 30 nails were exposed on shingles. As I started finishing some of the downstairs rooms in 2021, I cut off a lower board for a closet, so I don't have to saw the bottom off of closet doors. See framing pics. Although this is a non-loading bearing wall, it was held on with only finishing nails. Then, to my surprise, the remaining 2x4 was only held on by a single toe-nailed nail thru each cripple stud (on one side only), instead of having two #16 nails going thru the board into the cripple studs. I fixed this myself, as it still needs to support a bifold closet door. I also had to saw off boards for the other interior doors downstairs, so I can put a temporary 1/2 or 3/4 inch shim under the jams of prehung interior doors, so again I won't have to cut the bottom off of finished doors like I had to do upstairs to clear carpet. Having a rough opening of only 82 inches is not the way to frame interior doors, and results in extra unnecessary work. Service: Drywall installation
Apr 21st, 2021

Contacted on three different occasions. Jesse (I believe was his name) was the last person I spoke to trying to arrange an estimate. I believe three requests over a period of 4 months was being patient. He never returned a single call. I would have even appreciated a ....hey, Im so busy I dont have time for your work.
Apr 25th, 2020

Dec 4th, 2019