I'm working on a case to go after Sonny for what I paid him. he redid my shower and the work is terrible, has to be entirely redone and I now have water damage. he tried to hit on me and the stopped coming to finish the work after I didn't accept his creepy come on. The grout or whatever he used has been disintegrating leaving holes in the floor, cracks everywhere and the step is sloped backwards. He said he's licensed but a search shows he's not. anyone else want to get their money back? Do NOT hire this man, terrible quality of work, lots of lies, ripped open the shower and wouldn't go further until we paid 4,00$ more for him to replace a few 2x4. read more

Design Building Florida - The water damage from a shower he did under two years ago and this is a shower I rarely even use! - Carpenters Near Me

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Very bad experience with him redoing my bathroom. He wouldn't show up when he said he would. Had a terrible attitude toward my husband and toward the end I felt like I was being bullied. I did give him the balance before finished, which was a mistake. I felt sorry for the fellow working for him and, of course, the job was not properly finished. The lady that gave him the five stars must be related to him. I now am having someone in to look at the plumbing under the sink that he did. To be honest as a 75 year old woman, I was afraid of him and not happy with finished progress. read more

Would give this 1 man show with one worker an F... everything after the first meeting was nothing but a huge headache. Know it all arrogant demeaning man.... A bully. He has no idea how to do a renovation. My counter tops to short , were installed crooked and poor quality. They are all scratched after he continually placed all his heavy equipment on the new counters wth no protective coverage. He also repeatedly rinsed his paint brushes in my new stainless sink instead of my slop sink in the laundry room I even placed a sign that said do not use this sink ... had absolute no regard that our home was a home not a construction site ... do not use him Juan Sonny Guarderas unless you want to give him your money with a very sloppy, subpar job.gave one star because zero stars was not an opti read more

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They are responsive to our messages about a bathroom renovation and scheduled an appointment to come by for a look. They changed the appointment to two days later. Then we received a message asking if we were getting other estimates, quoted sight unseen our "kitchen" renovation, and oh and by the way, we charge a cash fee to come out. The fee was never mentioned until I responded yes to the getting other estimates question. We don't care for assumption that this is an insurance claim, which it is not. We find it unethical to add on a fee after finding out we are getting a few quotes. Finally, we don't trust a company that quotes for the wrong renovation. They may be a great company, but we will not find out. read more

Buyer Beware and Beware and Beware ! This pompous, arrogant, lying, incompetent "builder" that goes by Sonny, and also D & G Building Design has been a nightmare for our family. Our kitchen reno was supposed to be 2-3 weeks and after 17 weeks he "forced " us to give him final payment for undone work, just so that he would return our cabinet doors that he kept for 14 weeks. He destroyed more than he fixed, and good luck trying to track his company and "insurance " down. The man is an incompetent fraud, but very smooth at making you believe his BS. We have had 5 different reputable builders come in to help us restore order to our kitchen and their number 1 comment was " I'M so sorry this has happened to you". People like him should be in jail. Shame on us for not finding these other reviews sooner . We so wish we had never met this man , and are posting this in hopes that no other people will get trapped into dealing with this creepy, moody, shady, and totally incompetent man. read more

I emailed this "company" and someone claiming to be the owner contacted me. His name is Sonny. This guy is an absolute jerk. He is sexist and disrespectful. He talks over you and doesn't let you get a word in. After getting a quote for our bathroom and floors he gave us a quote almost 7.5k more than other quote we had gotten. I told him we would review the quote and get back to him by the end of the business day. He would not stop texting me, harassing me. When I finally told him that we were going to go with someone else he wrote to me that we were being cheap and we are going to "get what we pay for" and other sarcastic, nasty comments. I was shocked. We have gotten quotes from numerous contractors and this was the first time I had someone retaliate because of a denial. He is a sexist man baby in the words of my husband. Absolutely pathetic behavior and no one he is trying to charge more -- probably doesn't get much business because of his poor attitude! read more

SZ you are spot on. Use Sonny if you want a condescending, know it all, customer is always wrong contractor. I ordered floor tiles from Floor and decor, which he recommended, and then he states they are cheap and they'll crack if he installs them. So, I tell him then be careful (he goes off). He asks me for drawing of shower details and measurements which I give him, then he complains I'm too particular and the tiles might crack so according to him where I put them "that's what it is." I ordered a new bath tub based on old bathroom and tiles and figured it was standard 60 Inch ( which it was), but he told me to order 58 inch one because that was distance over tub between finished and tiled walls of old bathroom and said 60 inch would not fit because there is poured cement in the walls. Of course there were standard studs and no cement. I ordered acrylic one and he complained he'll scratch in when installing it. Asked him to remove a soffit in bathroom and said he might not be able to. He wants to do as little tile cutting and minimal work and then when I ask for installing different tiles he calls me cheap, and nickle and diming (exact words). I paid for half the work and he never even completed the demo which amounts to less than 25% of work. Then tells me he is not coming unless I pay him full upfront. He is lucky I paid him 50% up front only because I live out of state and my relative unfortunately recommended that I do that to lock him into doing my job. He did not, it's 2 months later. I did pay him fully to install high hats there were supposed to be ten of them , he installed 6 and sent me a picture as if he was done. Then when I was in Floride I saw them and one of the 6 was amateurishly cut with large gap around the fixture. He insulted lady at Flood & Decor. He is obnoxious and wants things done his way, not the customer's way. I have been trying to check, but have unable to find contractor license for him in Florida under his name Sonny Juan Guarderas, though he told me that he was. Stay far away, a total nightmare! read more

WOW. The seemed a little off but I figured maybe I was being too quick to judge, maybe he was just a little gruff. He was able to do it quickly and Thanksgiving was coming up so I gave it a try. He was at the house one day from approximately 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. He had someone else doing the tile while he watch. That day, He did half the job and I gave him 3/4 of the money in cash ($800). The next day he had said he was going to come at 5:30 a.m. At 9:19 that day he sent an angry text, claiming he had just come to my house and knocked on the door and not gotten a response, so he went away; we knew that was not true because we were home and we have 5 dogs. The dogs go crazy when anyone comes to the house. After thinking about the situation and talking to my older brothers, I realized there was just something off and I sent him a text. He had told me he was going to come the next day at 9 and finish the job and get his tools and the remaining $400, and that he did not want to do another spare bedroom for which I had asked for a quote. I texted him that the time was not convenient for us, that we would get someone else to finish the job, and that he could come get his tools in the afternoon or the next day in the afternoon, or I could meet him in a public place off I-95. He showed up anyway, banging on the door, yelling "give me my tools!!". He opened the garage door to get what tools were in there, and then kept banging on our door and honking his horn and yelling. I asked him to get off my property and he refused. He was yelling that he wanted his tools at the top of his lungs for like a full ten minutes until the police came. There was no way I was opening the door to that. The one day he did do work he showed up and watched the tile guy do the work while he stood there. No written estimate, no contract, left the door open so one of the dogs got out, left the window wide open so my cats could get out. Also felt the need to tell me his political views, kept pressing to know the value of my house, which was concerning. When he gave the quote, I told him I had the tile. He told me to get the grout, which I did. However, he then tried to charge and extra $100 on top of the $1200 he had quoted; he had seen the job and knew exactly what I had and had given the quote, then after he was 1/2 done wanted to tack on an extra $100. The day that he showed up, when I had asked him not to, he yelled out that he had a federal criminal record but had done his time. He yelled at me that he was going to put a lien on my house. (He had quoted me $1200 for a finished job, I had paid him $800 cash for half the job (no receipt, no contract, shame on me) , and he was threatening to put a lien on my house!!! This guy is just a little off. My bad for hiring a guy without checking for a criminal record or getting a contract - it's just SO hard to get people to show up in south florida. But with this guy, when you tell him NOT to show up, he comes to your house and practically breaks down your door. REALLY BAD BE CAREFUL. read more