Do yourself a favor and do NOT hire Juan and JC Granite Design GC! For one thing he's working without a license that he allowed to lapse. So he has no L&I contractor license! I discovered that he'd let it lapse the month after we signed my contract. My $38,600 remodel for which Juan took my money in advance is STILL unfinished after a year! Three other contractors said it would have taken them 2-3 months max. And he had me prepay him then abandoned the job with my walls and ceilings unpainted. And refused to do the very FAIRLY offered compromise of painting my tiny 1100 square foot house when he arbitrarily (without consulting me first) installed cheap T-111 (basically shed siding) instead of the quality Hardie siding, soffits, fascia, metal flashings, OSB, and moisture barrier called for in the contract. He FAILED to install a moisture barrier at all! As disappointed as I was--I still offered to work with him and offered house painting exchange / trade-off for the expensive and quality Hardie siding that the contract delineated. Instead, he's ABANDONED the JOB! I also kindly offered him a reasonable trade for the kitchen cabinets that he did not paint. But this guy is so dishonest that even when presented a gift he takes your money and runs! He had SO many emergencies (van stolen, tools stolen, truck stolen, truck breakdown) for which I as a very KIND human being ADVANCED him payment. For my reward, he stopped doing the work! And only came once or twice a month on Sundays IF I begged and begged him! That is how cruel and dishonest he is. And that's AFTER I was SO kind to him--paying him in advance due to all of his emergencies. Further, the quality of work is horrendous! So much more to document, but as a beginning...He haphazardly installed all of the outlets and faceplates that were originally straight--on angles. Some he installed 2/3 up the wall and forced me to insist that they be moved back to original placement so that elders, children, and disabled would be able to reach them. This should be a given! then, the sheetrock patches to the holes he created are ugly! And he and his crew sheet-rocked over one of my primary wall outlets. When I asked him to put it back, he made a huge ugly hole in the wall that bugs and rodents can enter through. After he took my last checks for $1,000 and $3,000 in February he stopped work, then would only come on an occasional Sunday when I begged him to return to work. Then, he would come and say he forgot the tools needed--every time! My home is a wreck! And to give you an idea about his character--I'm a 73-year-old Elder woman alone and he doesn't care that I prepaid and helped him out when he had all of his various emergencies. He took my money that I had carefully saved for years and years for my dream remodel, and then failed to complete the job, and ran. I even offered him to settle by refunding $8,500 of my $38,600 but he refused. So sad. Don't hire this unlicensed ripoff contractor. read more