Nexuss Custom Interiors

Thanks for posting the warnings. A neighbor used him for a kitchen rehab on a house she flipped and gave him a good recommendation. I called once and made an appointment but he never showed up. Of course that was a big warning sign but I thought of giving him another try to get a 4^th bid on our kitchen. Now I won’t bother. If anyone has a solid contractor in Brooklyn for a kitchen reno job please post.

My gosh; I thought I was the only one.
I don’t have a single nice thing to say about this JERK, Jay.
We were forced to use him because of Traemand. They told us they could not guarantee successful and on time results for our kitchen to be installed otherwise. Traemand is the Exclusive installer for Ikea Brooklyn, and Nexuss is the Exclusive contractor for Traemand.
Jay arrived and gave us a great first impression. He listened to our ideas, reviewed my drawings/​design; and made several helpful suggestions.
But it was a short honeymoon.
He did not sent the building mgmnt his license. We found out later that he did not get a permit, of C of I (cert. of insurance) as required. He did not cover the hallways or apartment floors. We had to do this ourselves after discovering he ruined them. It cost us over 3,000.00 to repair/​redo our floors and the hallway carpet. We ended up doing most (7/8ths)of the demo ourselves (me and my 60 year-​old husband!).
His employees are not professionally trained in contracting. They had no clue whatsoever of what they were doing.
I am from a family of trades persons. I know most areas of construction and finishing. I am telling you… these guys knew nothing. One of them left 22 caliber cartridges from misfiring a ramset– all over the job site. This actually could have cause injury or death if hit by a hammer or heavy item. They disconnected the gas line without shutting it off. They worked on the electric without shutting off the main power. These guys could have died from stupidity any number of times.
But what is worse, is that they were off on the new construction by slightly 4 inches. This caused us to have to change the entire kitchen design. We changed the upper and lower cabinets, losing a full set to 2 small shelves and we changed the range to a smaller one. We had already bought and opened the first stove and cabinets… so we had to eat the cost on everything. I guesstimate that this was about another 3700.00.
Long story short … when we had to call the owner of Traemand to get Jay to respond. He said that we had changed our design after the fact… which was BS. So, I proved that had already ordered the cabinets before he started the project. Luckily I had videoed the entire experience, and showed him this. But instead of offering to fix it, he demanded several thousand (additional) dollars to make «the changes». We fired him on the spot. And we also cancelled Traemand. We had about 75% of the drywall installed, no floor, no plumbing, no cabinets. I ended up taking over 4 ½ months to build/​finish the kitchen myself.
But I have to tell you on important thing. The Ikea kitchens are actually quite easy to install. I think anyone can do this. What was difficult was redesigning on a shoestring budget. I ended up making a lot of things by using parts of shelves and broken furniture bought at Ikea’s As-​Is section so it would all match. I taught myself to drywall from DIY TV and the internet. I also made the a parquet patterned from scrap floor planks someone threw out and floor adhesive.
I hope you never consider using this guy, even if pressured by Traemand. Just don’t do it! He is definitely a crook. We found out the positive reviews we saw online about him were written by the same person (a girl).