Weinstein Construction

I am a LA-​based realtor that represented a seller of a 4plex property in Hancock Park. Weinstein had completed a foundation retrofit in 2005. During the 2015 sale, the buyers inspected the property and determined some additional foundation work was needed. Given Weinstein was familiar with the property, the seller thought it was logical to bring them back out for the job. The work was completed (though it took me calling to confirm this because we received no follow up correspondence) and we later received an invoice. The seller ran into an issue as the final bill was not itemized, subsequently preventing the new buyers from securing property insurance. We are now two and a half months after the close of escrow, and Weinstein has yet to produce the required document. At first, they ignored a month’s worth of inbound calls from myself, the buyer’s agent and the buyer. I had to contact the seller, who now lives in Thailand, to request that he reach out. Prior to moving out of the country, the seller had reached out to Weinstein and identified me as the point of contact. Weinstein had no issue with me authorizing work, scheduling work, etc., but they cited the seller’s lack of correspondence as one of the reasons they’d ignored all of the other correspondence. Why they didn’t respond to any of us asking for a request from the seller is beyond me.
After receiving the seller’s request, Weinstein refused to prepare the itemized invoice without going back to the property to check which work had been completed. This seemed a little suspicious given that they’d been at the property a few months back and then billed the owner for completed work. Anyway, they went to the property. We’re now a week out from that visit and again have no itemized document. We’ve been promised by employees (Angela was the main point of contact) on an almost daily basis that we’d receive the itemized final invoice confirming work completed. Nothing yet. The seller failing to produce this document to the buyer could land him with a lawsuit.
Weinstein’s actions, or lack thereof, have severely damaged my relationship with the buyer’s brokerage as the agent’s frustration and anger at Weinstein’s failure to cooperate was deemed a reflection of my professional conduct. The buyer’s agent is one of the top 3 in Los Angeles; this negative experience will undoubtedly be a problem the next time I work with them.
I would not work with Weinstein again.
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Update 12÷8÷15: The itemized invoice was finally received after months of requests. Too little too late in my opinion. This avoidable incident has seriously jeopardized my relationship with the buyer’s agent, their brokerage, and my client.

I called Weinstein Construction about a potential job and ended up not needing the the work done after all. These guys really took the time to explain everything involve in this type of job. If I ever do need repairs I’d love to work with these guys. Great customer service! They answered all my questions in detail.

very good customer service i needed a lot of work done at my house and they did it efficiently will use again highly recomended!!!

The best Construction company ever!!! Very professional. Great job repairing my foundation. Thanks Weinstein Construction! Big thumbs up.

I was referred to this company by my neighbor, I just bought my first home and I found out a few months later that the foundation were damaged by a previous earthquake! Not a nice news after all the money I had just spent, luckily my neighbors had the same problem and they had called this contractor to fix it.
I was a lil skeptical but I called them for a free inspection and they seemed nice and professional, the quote they gave me was much lower than I thought so I decided to have them fix the problem right away.
It was an easy process, a little annoying but not as bad as I though, they cleaned up the mess before they left, nice and efficient. Hopefully I won’t need the again for a while, it is not too bad but I should have had my house checked before buying it, damn…