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Buyer Beware I rarely write reviews like this, but after our experience with Construction Corps, I believe prospective customers should understand what our project involved before signing a contract. Our biggest frustrations were project management, communication, scheduling and material coordination. My first recommendation is to have an experienced Florida construction attorney review the Construction Corps contract before signing. In my opinion, many provisions strongly favor Construction Corps, particularly regarding payment timing, schedules, delays, change orders and completion. We learned how important these provisions were only after disagreements arose. Second, review every material allowance and specification line by line. Get the manufacturer, product, quantity and specifications in writing. We repeatedly requested information regarding the materials used to develop our proposal and what would ultimately be installed. Obtaining this information was unnecessarily difficult and later contributed to disagreements involving siding quantities, railings and other project details. Project management was our biggest disappointment. There were repeated schedule changes, delays, material/coordination issues and numerous occasions when we had to ask when crews would return or what the schedule was. In June, we were given a schedule calling for final inspection and project close June 25–26. The project continued into September. Communication also became increasingly difficult and adversarial. Routine homeowner/contractor discussions developed into lengthy, formal exchanges requiring us to document virtually everything in writing. The physical construction work was ultimately completed and we paid the contract in full. However, we would not hire Construction Corps again. For project accuracy, our written acknowledgment was that the contracted physical construction work had been completed and that we were electing not to request additional corrective or cosmetic work. That should not be interpreted as satisfaction with the workmanship, project management, communication, or overall experience. We specifically chose to handle remaining items ourselves because, after the delays and difficulties we had already experienced, we did not want to extend the project further. We paid the contractual balance after receiving the required final-payment documentation in order to fulfill our obligation and bring the relationship to a close. My review describes our firsthand experience and is supported by the extensive written project record (over 260 correspondences in 6 months) we retained. Readers are free to consider both perspectives and draw their own conclusions.