Debi H.
Beware! Lake Havasu City Community
J. Damon LaBlue & Mike Mamelli Jr Based on our personal experience, we would not recommend Mike Mamelli of Mamelli Custom Luxury Homes (aka All Service Industrial) or architect J. Damon LaBlue of JDL Designs. We were required to pay approximately half of the total cost of our home addition, along with an additional deposit, before work began. We were told excavation for the footers would begin the following week, but our project experienced significant delays. JDL Designs directed the subcontractor to remove approximately 20 feet of our front-room and kitchen interior wall to prepare for the installation of glass sliding doors. The work was abruptly halted after it was discovered that the project could result in the county issuing a red tag on our home due to permitting or code compliance concerns. As a result, the large opening in the wall was only temporarily covered with rough drywall and tape, leaving the area unfinished. In addition, the power to our electrical outlets was cut off along the entire length of the front-room and kitchen walls leaving us without usable electrical service on that side of our home. In our view, this work was not performed in good faith or with proper planning. Despite the significant disruption and damage caused to our home, JDL Design has still not accepted responsibility or restored the affected area. From our perspective, the architectural portion of the project took nearly a year to complete. During that time, communication was extremely difficult. Our phone calls often went unanswered, and we struggled to get updates on the status of our plans. When the plans were finally submitted for approval, they were rejected because of numerous errors that had to be corrected. As a result, we hired a new architect and engineer to completely redraw the plans, resulting in additional expense and delays. After requesting a refund for work we believed was not completed satisfactorily, the situation became contentious. During one interaction, a disagreement with John Damon LaBlue escalated into a hostile situation. We experienced John Damon LaBlue unwilling to work with us in a professional manner to collaboratively resolve the conflict in effort to bring the matter to a close which further complicated an already difficult situation. As a result, we were unable to recover all our funds and starting over has caused us a substantial financial burden. Overall, we found the experience to be frustrating and disappointing. In our opinion, the communication, professionalism, and handling of our project did not meet our expectations. Based on our experience, we would not choose to work with these individuals again.




