Anahita Construction

The worst! Did 3 jobs for us and failed in various degrees at all of them. Was supposed to strip and finish our wooden floors. Ali said it was done and we pointed out areas of both missing finish and globbed on finish, which after 3 tries was finally corrected. He charged an additional $ 375 for his efforts to get it right, which is fine we always want it right, but why didn’t he quote the cost to do it right from the beginning? Also, we had him strip and finish our front door. The door is so rough now that it feels like you will get a splinter when you slide your hand across it. Plus he left a quarter size stain on the tile floor. I told him the door was not like this before and he agreed with me and said that it could use another fine sanding and light finish. He said the stain is nothing and he can get it out (he tried briefly and did make progress) but the stain is still there. He wants more money to fix the splintery door! I am starting to see a pattern now– he quotes a low price to get in the door but to do it right costs more and also that you need to micromanage him to get the job to be done correctly. The worst is he said he could fix our stair step where our yellow lab puppy a few years back chewed on the bottom baseboard step on the corner. This whole stairwell was installed as part of a remodel only 10 years ago. Ali was so far out of his league it is hard to describe. He literally removed all 45 balusters, 5 railings, numerous baseboards, etc. and threw them it a pile in our backyard. Over the next few days, as he cut, sawed, sanded, glued, nailed, finished and resembled it piece by piece, we hoped he knew what he was doing, but unfortunately that was not the case. There is no way that after what he did Humpty Dumpty was ever going to be the same. Now, whenever you grab the railing and walk upstairs 90% of the balusters start to rattle. His response is that this was a repair job and not a new stair so that it how it is. This is the same answer Ali gave for the other problems I discussed with him: balusters that are leaning, not flush to baseboard or to the handrails, have new gouges in them, have spacers missing between them, not evenly spaced; also the finish on the handrails, posts, balusters, and baseboards are noticeably different in color, and feel from the original wood. Ali’s response is that «it is a repair job not new construction» is no consolation to me. I miss those dogs marks on the corner of the step, it reminded us of someone we love!
Why didn’t he explain from the beginning that he could remove the chewed baseboard, but from that point forward the whole stairs would be a (crappy) repair job and not like the stairs we had at that time? Because that is his defense now.
The communication with Ali is a problem. When you talk to him he says every thing is ok. So if you are interested in micromanaging your job and having to argue to try to get (some, but probably not all) things right. Ali is your guy. Personally I would not have him sand my kids soapbox derby car.
It is so bad that we have obtained quotes for getting all new railings and steps, which is unfortunately the way will probably have to go!
This is my first negative posting on Unilocal,I feel good at least that I have done my best to make others aware. You have been warned!

They did sanding and refinishing on our hardwood floor and match the color with existing one and did great job
After they install engineered hardwood floor .
We were really pleased with their service and we will hire them for any upcoming projects.