10-12-2018, 06:01 AM
I want to share my experience in the hopes of saving others, especially in Puna, from sharing our fate. We hired a person we thought was a friend, whom we thought we could trust, to build our new house. He wanted to be paid hourly. The result? He milked us for all he could. A small house which should have been built in 3 months is still not finished. 7 months later and we are scrambling to finish the work with the little money we have left. DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU. ALWAYS GET A BID. We have hired many subs since we dumped the thief/builder/former friend we hired originally and have many references of honest tradespeople doing good work. Please feel free to contact me if I can help. Mahalo and good luck.