BUYER BEWARE!! We hired this company in November to build 2 retaining walls. It is now February. We do not have a completed project and we are out thousands of dollars. We gave Pete Tillema a large amount of money to start for "mobility". The red flags and excuses began quickly. "I need more money; I am in a bind; I have no money; I will be done in a week; give me two more days". He said he ordered rock for a french drain saying it will be delivered on Jan 20. The rock was never delivered even though we had given him an additional $5,000 for material and "to bring out his guys from Dallas" to finish. Then he had the audacity to ask us for even more money and whined about being broke again. This constant behavior of stringing us along and asking for more money beyond what was discussed when we hired him. We have had a stressful few months and sleepless nights because of this "masonry business". We gave Pete Tillema many substantial payments that would cover ALL of the materials and labor. We have had months of great weather with ample time and money for the project to be completed. It was truly painful to listen to his excuses and the comical pace of work when he actually showed up. He says he's broke all the time. Now we are in a position of having to possibly spend more money on legal proceedings to see if we can recoup any of our money. Do your research and don't get scammed by unscrupulous contractors. Tillema and sons lacks integrity and a rip off. We have had contractors look at it and they all shake their head. Took them 3 months to "not" finish the project. The only thing they do well and fast is the cashing of our checks. They took their website down after we fired them. See photos that show hollow and chunks of brick. They did not fill concrete all the way so the wall is most hollow from top to bottom. read more

I got a 5 star P.O.S, unfinished wall built by Tillema and Son masonry. This masonry company is the cutting edge of ripping people off. The wall they built for me is hollow. Pete and his "crew" jammed broken pieces of block in the wall then filled the top making it look like they filled the whole wall with concrete. Just one of the many "cutting edge" rip off techniques Tillema and Son Masonry uses in their wall building. Don't get ripped off like I did...stay away from these people. 5 stars again for the stupid response to my review. You people are so immoral and full of BS. I had 2 companies look at the POS retaining wall Pete Tillema built; one was a real mason and the other a structural engineer. Both informed me the wall was hollow and not structurally sound to be used as a retaining wall. Oh and another thing, the footings should have been 16 inches thick for the size of the wall; the footings Tillema Masonry made did not come anywhere near that thickness. I have pictures and more evidence of the short cuts you took too. This is just the beginning. You people milked me for thousands of dollars and left me a giant piece of crap for a retaining wall. I can't wait to see the next stupid thing you write. read more