Sonoran Desert Ridge Development

I was referred to Sonoran Desert Ridge by a friend in the business. At first, I thought Tom was a little scatter brained working out of a school notebook, but some folks are still old school. Tom began the project and promptly went on a hunting trip for 5 days. The subs were unclear about the scope of their work and one was a no show with no call. The problems started when Tom returned from his trip and ordered the wrong tile for the shower. His sub proceeded with the shower pan install, but that was as far as he could go. Then Tom accused me of changing the tile design even though it had been the same for all three bids. This is where his trusty notebook failed him. See, he forces you to use Heritage Interiors where his wife works. She designed the shower and he obviously missed that communication. Tom is so arrogant that he could not own his tile order mistake and blamed me for his error. The same day as the tile mistake, his pricing came in for the cabinet and was 50% higher than his estimate. Tom has been in the industry long enough that he should be able to give an estimate with a 10% margin of error. When I questioned him about the pricing he quit and abandoned the project. The real party started the next day when he threatened a mechanical lien. Tom sent me a final invoice with arbitrary numbers. He would not discuss the invoice. He refused. His response was «proceeding with lien». Tom is like a five year old. The problem with Tom is that he over values himself as a contractor. His breadth of industry knowledge and his time are valuable on a project, but he is charging far more than what that’s worth. In the end, we had to hire an attorney. Tom had no grounds for a lien. While he went off to hunt, he didn’t get the contract signed. His contract is worthless anyway, it’s just a signed bid. Tom is a bully who’s standard operating procedure when he doesn’t get his way is to file a lien. Beware.

We stand by our review Tom. Completely honest and you know it. Your subs were treated with the utmost respect… and given a complete household of new furniture as well as other perks. Good luck. Thank you for supplying our phone number without our permission, but we think it will be a great opportunity to speak to others who may be considering using your services. Buyer Beware!

We have worked with Tom at Sonoran Desert Ridge Dev.

I have had the pleasure of working with Tom at SDR for years. I first hired him as the GC for a mid-​sized commercial remodel back in 2008. I was ever impressed by his fair pricing, reliability and timeliness. Let’s face it, a lot can go wrong and contractors don’t have the greatest reputation for staying on time and budget. But, with Tom I’ve always been super pleased on every front.
Since I first found him online I’ve worked with him for a second remodel as well as a handful of other projects (various repairs, etc). I can confidently say that I highly recommend Tom as a general contractor.