I needed help finding a water leak in my line from meter to house. John came, looked at a few things including my toilets, which can often be the source of water leaks. That wasn't the problem. So he got out his "leak finder" and spent about 10 minutes poking a handful of spots in my yard, and basically gave up. And then he proceeded to charge me his full price for his work, $400. I'm outraged and caution anyone not to trust John with your work. There are far better resources out there with a little research read more

We are very dissatisfied with the service. First, no one showed up at the appointment time. When we finally got hold of someone they said they'd be here in the afternoon. No one showed up. That should have raised a flag right there. We hired this company to install a kitchen faucet, a shower head, a waterline for the refrigerator and a gas stovetop. Mike installed the faucet and shower head incorrectly. The faucet was hooked up with the hot and cold water reversed. The shower head has been leaking since installed and may be leaking into the wall. Mike would leave to get supplies and would be gone for hours. A four hour job ended up taking seven hours. Mike said he'd be back to install the other items. We didn't see or hear from him for days. We contacted John, the owner, regarding the situation. He came out and installed the refrigerator line and corrected the hot/cold water. He asked to take the instructions for the gas stove home to read them over. We hadn't heard from them for two weeks after that. Mike came by unannouced this morning and left his card in our door. When my husband called him to let him know we would not be using their service going forward and asked for the stovetop instructions back, he was told we'd get them back after we paid the bill. The whole thing was very unprofessional and John threatened to put a lien against our property. There was no signed contract and with the shoddy work that was done we do not recommend using this company. The following email conversation took place as seen in the attached photos. Read less Details: Oven / stove * Gas (natural) Ready Remodeling LLC's reply: I have never seen someone work so hard to try to keep from paying what they owe, and in speaking with other local professionals, we find that these folks do this all the time. John Madden is a liar. We've worked with other contractors in Sequim, and the surrounding areas and never had any issues. This guy is so unprofessional. Here is an email exchange between him and my husband earlier today. John: Lying, thieving Customers get liens placed against them. John: I don't appreciate the misrepresentation, the lying, the avoidance of paying what you owe. I will be sending a bill, and if you don't know what to do with that, then you will find out what other legal ramifications that you will get. End of story. John: Cheapskate. My husband: You are hilarious...you do realize I have video cameras all over my house...including my front door...everything is recorded...so go ahead with your hammer story...I'll laugh all the way to court...when you tell lies, Karma happens. John: We have recordings of our own loser. John: An honorable man pays his debts. John: Go ahead. Take me to court, so you can prove that I worked for you. John: All for $200. Wow. My husband: An honest man doesn't lie about hammers...I'm sure glad you responded the way you did...Thumbtack is aware of this conversation...now return the instructions to my stovetop. John: I don't appreciate the misrepresentation, the lying, the avoidance of paying what you owe. I will be sending a bill, and if you don't know what to do with that, then you will find out what other legal ramifications that you will get. End of story. read more

Update on our 5/1/2015 post is that we have had to hire another contractor to come in and reinstall the shower plumbing and tile due to faulty installation. Thanks John for not doing a correct installation the first time. Beware of the sales pitch. read more

I called John and asked him to make a few minor repairs to my home in Sunland, these are the repairs I asked John to do; 1. Half bath(utility room) - toilet lever broken 2. Hallway bath - toilet lever needs adjusting & caulking where sheet rock meets shower 3. Ceiling trim - threshold between dining room and living room, dining room side trim has separated slightly, needs secured and caulked. 4. Insulation under home - several areas where insulation has fallen and needs to be re-secured. 5. Under home just behind access door- remove straw, saw signs of rat droppings. Can you place rat poison? 6. Check that garage door goes up and down with button by door into home. 7. Remove all cardboard/boxes debris in garage. If John was moving slow and even took a lunch break it should have been no more than 2 hours worth of work. Instead John sent me an invoice for 10 man hours. Apparently it took two men 5 hours to complete the list. John was asked to replace the key under the mat but after 3 separate visits by my Property Manager no key was ever found. I texted John asking him where the key was, he said his men would have left it and that he was not a thief. I never accused John of being a thief so not sure why he made that comment. After my text he called the my Property Manager, well known in Sunland, and berated her over the phone. John is very unprofessional, I do not recommend him, stay clear. There are better people to call on. Check out all the 1 star reviews on Yelp, don't make the same mistake we did. read more

John Madden is lazy, he will do anything to get out of actually working. I asked him if he was A licensed contractor and he looked me right in the face and said yes, he couldn't produce the license number then finally came up with one. Allowed me to go sit at city hall for 4 hours to find out the number has been inactive for years. The work he did was horrible, and he only showed up half the time. He was always coming up with an excuse to leave the job. He hired street laborers to help him do the work. But then would drop them off at my business and leave. Most of them were so scary and had no idea what they were doing. Worse experience ever. Beware beware beware read more

I am a local small electrical company and I'm just starting out. I was asked to do some work by referral for Jeff Simpson(foreman?) who worked for ready remodeling. He recently quit and said it was because the company wasn't paying. I have contacted the owners via phone and email and they wont return my calls and have not paid me. The first job was finished about 3 months ago and no money has been sent and no communication. I feel its very unprofessional and to do this to a small business that relies on this money is just wrong. I contacted the owners of the property that I worked on and they said they paid ready remodeling in full so he is just pocketing that and leaving me with the bills! read more

Do not use!!!! Do not give deposit!!! Scam artist that will run a way with the money. Never started the job! Just like what others posted, John is a big talker, if he can blame someone else he will do it, just not to do the job. All prospective customers must beware, do not use, do not consider! read more

John has done work for me from small (fixing a frozen outdoor faucet geyser) to large (installing a tile entry and oak stairway). He responds quickly if it's an emergency (like the plumbing problem) or sets up a schedule for projects with no urgency. He respects my limited budget, often offering solutions that save a little money. While fixing one thing, he will note a problem elsewhere that could lead to a worse, more expensive dilemma later. As a widow, I need someone who is knowledgeable and honest about maintaining my home. John is that man--and he's really pleasant, too! read more

Terrible work. John starts the job quick, then takes his time to finish, if he ever does. The quality of his work is very poor. He came to my home just to remove some columns and a wall. Didn't want to finish removing the wall because he didn't want to move the ducts. So John patched the wall back up and left it a god awful mess. He left the drywall so terribly patched that my painters couldn't paint because you would be able to see every imperfection that John left in the wall. When he removed my columns he was hitting it like a football player with his shoulder. I could've done that! He came on a Monday. I had to call him Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to see if he was coming back to finish. When I finally got ahold of him, he tells me to let my painters fix it and finish it. So I did just that and had to pay them extra. Thanks John for costing me more money than you're were worth. I definitely WOULD NOT recommend ready remodeling for any project. Very unprofessional. I didn't even want to give him the one star. read more

Quick to start slow to finish. If there is a shortcut to take John will take it. If John can blame someone else John Madden will. Work is low quality, clean up is non existent. John requires constant managing and reminding of what work is remaining to be done or it wont get done. Buyer beware, big talker, huge ego, bad results. read more