Tristate Home Renovation and Construction Inc

We recently had Tristate build an addition on our home and the job turned out better than we could have imagined. Tristate also remodeled our kitchen about a year ago and did a great job. All of the workers were very respectful and courteous. Mike Sciubba was professional and a pleasure to deal with. It was important to us that the job was completed on time and Mike did everything possible to make that happen for us. We couldn’t be happier with this company and will continue to use them for any work we need in the future. We would definitely recommend Tristate.

We signed an agreement for an extension with a covered porch with Tri-​State Home Renovation and his representative Mike Sciubba in February 2015. The contract stipulated the work would be completed on July 31, 2015. A deposit of 10% was paid. Work commenced on June 10, 2015 and another 10k was paid. We had a bad feeling from the beginning when weeks after weeks nobody came to do any work. The deadline of July 31^st came and went and we had nothing more than a foundation. We also had about 14 yards of hazardous construction debris in my backyard because they never rented a dumpster and they just threw the waste all over my yard.
Throughout the first 3 months they came to work less than 10 days with a crew of only 2 people and Mike kept telling us he needed more money for material. Given the history of the first 3 months where money was given and no work was done, we started to refuse to give him more money. He then became enraged and threatened to walk off the job, put a lien on us and cause physical harm if we did not give him more money. We backed down and gave him more money because we feared he would run with the money he already had which was over 15k and hardly any work had been performed. After we gave him the money he once again disappeared for 6 weeks. We would call and call to find out what was going on. He would never return our calls and all communication with this guy was done thru texts. When material was delivered, there was never enough of it to finish what they were working on. This led to them cutting corners in workmanship and safety issues related to framing. By the end of August we had already given him over 50% of the contracted amount and only had the foundation with floorboards and nothing else. We hired an attorney who wrote him a letter requesting that he return to work and provide a timeline for completion and to keep in mind that he was already in default of the contract. The letter also stated that the debris needed to be removed from the yard since it was a hazard to our family. Mike then requested to our attorney that we give him an extension to September 15^th to complete the job. The attorney generously gave him until September 30^th to complete the job in its entirety. During this time Mike requested an additional $ 5000. We gave him the money and again didn’t show up for weeks to do work. Off course, the deadline of September 30^th came and went and we weren’t even 40% finished. The attorney then sent him another letter stating he would no longer be paid until work was performed first. This made Tri-​State send workers for a period of about 10 days to move along the project. During this period, one night they showed up at 7:00pm and were hammering until 10:00pm until the cops were called on them.
After 4 months from the beginning of this project, we only had about 50% of it completed. Mike then requested an additional $ 8000 to ‘speed up the process’ he said, for Trex decking material, sheet rock, siding, heating and A/​C vents and dumpster to clean the yard. Out of all those items only sheet rock and some siding was delivered. The siding was only partially completed and the sheetrock was put up. However the sheetrock work was so horrible that we finally fired them. So we hired a contractor to fix the sheetrock, and in the process many other issues were found by the new contractor that needed to be corrected. Not only did we have to hire a contractor to finish the job but also other contractors to go back and correct work that was already performed by Tri-​State. There were structural and cosmetic issues along with unsafe, not up to code and unethical issues. There are so many issues that we have documented that we would like to report here, but Unilocal doesn’t give you the space to type them.
Everything that we stated in this review is factual and backed by pictures, video, text messages between us and Mike Sciubba and signed affidavits by the contractors who performed the corrected work stating in detail the poor and unsafe quality of workmanship performed by TriState Renovations. We have spent as much money fixing issues that were supposed to be ‘done’ by Tri-​State as we have bringing the project to completion. It is now the end of December and we are still working on this project to get it completed. Our intent here is to make people aware of the lack of professionalism, poor workmanship and dishonest ways this company does business. Mike is very good at selling you promises and lies and will tell you whatever you want to hear as long as you give him money. Once he has your money be ready to be SOL because he knows he has the upper hand. We were told by every contractor that came to fix the issues and finish the project that Tri-​State operates under the old saying «robbing Peter to pay Paul». Our advice is to first do a search online for this business and Mike Sciubba (you will be amazed by what you find). If you chose to do business with this company be VERY aware!!.