While he may have been a stand up contractor in the past, he has in the last couple years taken money and not completed the job. we are one of them he's taken money from and never competed the work. research his name. Harold Lee Champion. contact the BBB. He had his license surrendered on June 30 2022. He's been arrested many times for fraud. It is public record. Here's a news article. He was Arrested June 15, 2023 and was in court July 11 to face those charges. https://www.waaytv.com/news/exclusive-athens-man-claims-construction-company-took-money-then-ran/article_3df96c08-1d38-11ee-9040-5bb68c6dbddd.html read more

We initially chose CHRC to build our screened in patio because of their stellar reviews, but we have regretted that decision every day since the project was deemed "complete". While Harold was nice, his crew was completely incompetent and did not deliver the quality we were promised. One wall of our patio was installed so that it was not plumb (ie: crooked) and the screen door does not close. The painted aluminum has so many knicks in it and there are so many holes created by crew mistakes that, for the price that we paid, the patio looks like an untrained DIY-er installed it in a few hours. Since we have a two year labor warranty, we have requested that the crew come back out to fix the damages they made during install. They have been here twice, after us calling and emailing over and over again with constant brushes aside, but our wall and door are still not resolved. It has been over two months, and no one at that company seems to care about helping to resolve their mistakes. For the construction we received, this company is severely over-priced. EDIT: After we posted this poor review, the company finally contacted us. The original contractor came out again to install a new door. Upon installing the brand new door, he once again installed it incorrectly and once again blamed the door itself rather than his work. The screen door arm was installed in the incorrect location, which prevents the door from catching and closing gently, and the handle was not screwed in as per the directions either, causing the handle to bind up with opening and closing. Also, the door was not the only issue, as we still have multiple holes all over our aluminum patio from mis-installed hardware. A lot of the hardware is also stripped out and will not tighten down. We still have visible scratches all over the aluminum from knife marks that were only painted over rather than sanded and painted. Most importantly, our wall is still not plumb and therefore will continue to warp over time, which will make closing the door harder and harder. The company owner is blaming all of this on the contractor's personal issues. If personal issues are affecting performance, it would be responsible of a company to send a different contractor to complete a task rather than having a customer receive poor craftsmanship. We are sympathetic of his situation, but we are customers and not friends. Besides his personal situation, he also blamed his poor performance on bad eye sight after he returned to fix his mistakes the first time. We will not be allowing that contractor back to our home and will not be recommending nor using this company in the future. read more

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Used them 2 years ago and didn't want to say anything about them I was just glad to get rid of them! They didn't start until 3 months after they were paid (my mistake) all the doors they installed broke and came apart. Electrical work they did, wouldn't work. I see now where they have done a lot of people wrong. Just goes to show when you do bad things to people it comes back. Liked all the people that worked but I got a lot of money invested FOR NOTHING! read more

Please read the BBB report on this company! It is important that we always triple check a contractor before using them.

I decided not to go through with an installation with these guys based on their BAD reviews. I gave them 1/3 rd of 2300 dollars which was 760 dollars about two weeks ago. They rescheduled the install for a week later this week because it was the fourth of July week and their employees were off. That made me go out and look at their reviews and brought me to this point. I called and asked if they ordered the parts for the job and of course they said they picked them up today. I said go ahead and keep my deposit then but don't show up based on your reviews I don't want you doing the work. They gave me no argument there. They were more than happy to keep my 760 dollar deposit and I'm sure they will use the parts on some other persons job. I use to run a business and if someone said this to me I would have returned their deposit and apologized for any inconvenience. But that's alright I can't think or act for everyone else in this world but I also can't say that I would recommend Champion home remodeling & construction inc. Owned by Harold Champion. Harold best of luck in your future endeavors. Gary Thompson. read more

Do not even consider using this company. We signed a contract to have them build a detached garage on our property last February. Work began in April and proceeded fitfully until early July when it stopped completely. After weeks of broken promises, lies and BS they are claiming they do not have the capital to continue work. This is particularly galling since I have paid 75% of the total agreed to cost for the garage and electrical work required and estimate that the value of the work done is $10000 - $15000 less than what I have paid. Apparently, Champion home remodeling and construction misappropriated my money for other purposes. In short, these people are unethical, liars and crooks. read more

I would rate them a ZERO if it would let me! After renegotiating my deal, (was going to get a sunroom but absolutely outrageous prices!) all I wanted was a cover over my patio with electricity ran through it. Very simple, around 15' by 15'. This project has so many levels of incompetence that I have a hard time knowing where to start. Guess first with the price, way over priced for the material they used and the poor quality of work they performed. Second, they did not even finish the project, no electricity and the cover was based 10' by 10' not the originally agreed coverage. The subcontractor tore down half of my chimney and stated that Champion told him to. When I called Champion he stated that that was the subcontractors fault, he didn't tell him to take it down so I would have to pay more to have him fix it, 1500$ more. The subcontractor and Champion kept blaming all of the problems on each other and used the old excuse of miscommunication. I think I read that in an above complaint from someone. It took eight months to get the project started! If I didn't call their office everyday it would have taken even longer. PLEASE note if you do decide to go with this company for insane reasons DO NOT use the Greensky that they talked me into using for a loan, I wanted to use my bank but Champion stated that the people they use (Greensky) has great interest rates, absolutely FALSE! There was a lot of blaming back in forth between those two entities as well. I contacted the BBB and that wasn't much help, Champions reply to the BBB was that he would be willing to talk to me on any issues. After a couple emails to him and his company they failed to reply back. Being a veteran I was willing to help out another veteran owned business, after the way Champion and his workers treated me and my situation all of the Veteran Services in town will know not to use this company and to get the work out to other veterans. read more

*** Update 11/25/2019 I had another plumber come to install all the fixtures in the shower, and we discovered that the previous plumber, who was provided by Harold Champion did not plumber the shower diverter correctly. The shower tiling is complete, so we have to cut a hole in the back of the wall to have the NEW plumber rework the diverter. This has been the absolute worst experience, and again I cannot say how much I regret dealing with Harold Champion and Champion Home Remodeling and Construction. **This company also does business as Champion Roofing** I would give this "business" NO stars if possible. We contracted with Champion Home Remodeling in March 2019 to begin a master bath remodel and retiling and fixture change in a hall bathroom, and I regret it. Work was to begin in May 1, 2019. It is now 11/20/2019, and my bathroom is still not finished. Things began well, but there were delays of weeks at a time while waiting on a plumber to do a part of the job, so that the next stage of the job could begin. We contacted Champion several times, and he would not return our calls or communicate with us about the delays. I paid for half the job upfront, and at the end of 6.5 months, all I had to show was 1 demolished master bath and about 50 sq feet of tile done in the other bath. We sent a certified letter to Champion stating that if he did not communicate with us in writing by a certain date, that we would consider the contract abandoned. Date came and went and no communication. My "4 weeks of work done in about 6 weeks," as Champion stated, is now in month 7, and I am out $18,000 so far, plus I am now having to pay someone else to complete the work. Champion Home Remodeling now has a D- rating with the Better Business Bureau, and their accreditation of this business has been revoked, even though they still claim an A on their website. https://www.bbb.org/us/al/madison/profile/home-improvement/champion-home-remodeling-construction-inc-0513-21000213 read more

After reading the reviews here and on other websites as well as the BBB I will be cancelling my free estimate appointment immediately. Thank you to all the people that have taken the time to review this company. read more

Had a covered back porch enclosed and made part of the house. It took over 4 months when it should have taken 6-8 weeks. Didn't have a specified finish date (make sure you get one) so they took full advantage. Communication was poor except for when it came time for a payment. The workmanship was at best average. Had to have them back numerous times to fix the drywall and we had to finish it ourselves as they were not going to attend to the details. Supervision of the work was minimal. read more

We originally contracted work for our porch to be changed from screened in to a glass enclosure. What should have been a simple job turned out to be a near disaster. Because of incorrect measurements the door was not placed above the existing stairs and a dog door was placed so that there is no access to the outside. Additionally we were quoted two days of work time and it took a solid month. I am convinced based on subcontractor comments that it would have taken many months longer if I had not called almost every day to make sure work was being done on this project. The contractor and company owner only wanted to come two times to the project: once to give me a quote, and once to pick up the check. I had to insist that he come to check the quality of work by his subcontractors; otherwise he would have left all solutions to major problems to his subs. Basically we received the equivalent of DIY work that we are now paying to have redone or fixed by competent contractors. We had to insist that at least one dangerous problem be fixed which resulted in a different floor which we did not want. The company owner has now argued that we wanted free work when this was his proposed solution to a major liability problem. Buyer beware. Read reviews online and at the BBB. Take heed. read more