Sawhorse, Inc.

I signed a $ 4K contract in 2014 with Sawhorse for «design» –after Sawhorse’s
president verbally gave me a target of $ 60K for my sunroom. Imagine my
shock when he presented a sketchy $ 100K budget! A smaller room was then
presented for $ 80+K! After 8 months, I gave up on the idea that he would
ever provide a budget for the original $ 60k estimate he had suggested.
His contract was carefully worded: I knew I’d have to pay the labor costs for the team that prepared those outrageous estimates, even though they were never anywhere near the original budget.
Bottom line – I was a victim of ‘bait and switch’: he used my deposit to design a project I couldn’t afford, and I had to pay for that wasted effort (he has better lawyers than he has estimators.)
I also paid for an unnecessary tree survey (confirmed by my city planner) which
he promised to credit me (and didn’t). After talking with other contractors
it became clear that the hours charged to my project were inflated– if not
made up, misappropriated, wasteful, or exaggerated. I tried to negotiate a
fair estimate of hours expended. His token offer was insulting. I lost
respect for him and the company brand. It would have been honest (after the first budget) to admit his pricing style couldn’t meet my price point. I might have gotten a sizeable portion of my deposit back. Instead, he drug it out and spent my money. I could never trust him to bid a job. I made naïve assumptions – be smarter than I was. You may never get a budget for the job you can afford –and you’ll pay dearly to find that out.

Signed design build contact.. $ 2500.00
Designer did a good job on layout …2 months later
After constant delays…3 days before Christmas
They give me a price 100 thousand over budget.
$ 100,000.00 over budget!
Owner tells me that 1 million is the new $ 100,000.00
Sawhorse did not have the correct license. .or expertise. .wasted valuable time… as I am a 100% disabled veteran, dx with ALS.
I’ve contacted with a licensed contractor for my original budget of 120 thousand.
know that you are paying 100% more than market

If I could give them less than one star I would. Cancelled an appointment to come to my house an hour after they were supposed to be there. I had to call them by the way to find out why they hadn’t gotten there yet. They rescheduled for another day and when they didn’t show up on time again I had to call after waiting 45 minutes for them. While at my house they never even measured anything not wrote a single bit of information. I knew I wouldn’t use them anyway after having 3 other contractors out that were on time and very professional. But, this was 2 months ago and I have never received anything from them. No bid, no call, nothing. It doesn’t surprise me, I would never recommend this company.

The Best! We recently had our dream house built by Sawhorse. We love our house more everyday. We are happy we went with a reputable company. They are very honest and trustworthy. We are in love with the quality of work performed. They stick behind everything they build to the end and beyond. Thank you Sawhorse!