McVan Development General Contractor

Hmm… Hired McVan to build a 32 ft. garage-​type addition to be used as a dog play area, with cost over 50k. I did pressure them to start during the winter in order to finish on time. In retrospect, this was a bad idea, but he said it could be started. So for months, it was just outside walls sitting there, as construction could not continue during bad weather. I don’t know if this has anything to do with the issues I have though. I also got flack from my neighbors when they put construction materials on their property.
So two issues:
My main problem is that every time it rains the room floods with water. It comes in from both doors (including the door facing the yard on the other side), the ceiling leaks, and water comes in from under the garage door. I contacted Sean of McVan about this issue, and it was not resolved. I have had to use mold-​stop cleaner on the walls several times from all the moisture in the room after it rains.
Secondly, I do not like the quality of how things were finished. For example, some of the ceiling boards look like someone went nuts with a nail gun, things are crooked, some of the beams don’t fit exactly. I don’t like seeing a gap between the boards and tons of nails sticking out sideways like someone has bad aim. It’s just sloppy. The cement floor was supposed to be ready to go, all I wanted to do was seal it, so I had them do a colored cement. However, it was not even, making the puddles even worse. It did not look good at all. I hired another company (Hard Rock Terazzo) to polish the concrete and sand it down more evenly for $ 2,800, they did a good job, but it only helped a little in making it more even with less puddles. I’ve also hired other contractor to drywall it, build closet, more finishing, and thousands more put into this one room to get it use-​able and decent looking. I would say this company is better to use for concrete work than for building things, as their finishing skills are not good, no attention to detail.
I guess the floor should have been built higher.

We bought our condo from McVan in 2008 when it was one year old and had never been lived in. Within weeks of moving in, we discovered that the windows POURED water when it rained. We contacted them immediately, and they shifted the responsibility to their general contractor, who then shifted it back to McVan. For a FULL YEAR, we received endless blame-​shifting and zero repairs. During this time, we also found out that they had been in our unit mopping up after a big rain the week before we signed the contract, and were well aware of the problems from other unit owners in the building.
What’s more, they never completed our punchlist items, didn’t even remove their construction supplies from the unit and building, and left their combo padlock (which we didn’t have the combo for) on the front gate.
They were dismissive and refused to take responsibility for any of the issues. We feel trapped in the house; we can’t sell it or rent it in the condition it’s in, and we can’t fix it without considerable expense. We bought a new place specifically to avoid this, and it’s been a nightmare.
I STRONGLY advise against any relationship with McVan or their affiliates.