DGH Services

Dec 2023

I wish I could give Dan Hudspeth, the contractor and owner of this company, NEGATIVE stars. My husband, and I had the WORST experience! WOULD NOT RECOMMEND FOR ANYTHING, even the smallest of projects. What should have been a 3-4 month project (at best) still isn’t finished. We started this project in the beginning of March, and it’s mid-December now. We could have renovated a whole house in this time. It was not a very big project. We gutted a mudroom and old laundry room. We made a new mudroom and then a small storage/pantry room off the kitchen. We re-did a very small powder room off the kitchen. We then took part of an unfinished area in our basement, and made it into a laundry room. We then re-did a bathroom next to the laundry room. First off, his work is not great. He does not know how to paint. And neither do his subs he brought in. My painter is coming after the holidays to re-paint everything!! There were areas of trim work not even painted at all. Also, do not let him or his wallpaper hanger he uses hang wallpaper. I had to have a highly recommended wallpaper hanger come out and look at things. And of course, it’s not done right. Our grout on one of our areas of backsplash is done terribly. Same with some grout on the floor by our door out to our garage. I am sure there are other things I am missing. If you ask him, he would deny all this. But we have pictures for proof. Also, he brought out a cabinet maker in the beginning - Brian Perkins to assess our project. And he ended up making all of our cabinetry. Well way back in May, we found out Brian’s wife was in very poor health and being out in hospice. We were VERY understanding and patient with the delays. Since May, we have gotten excuse, after excuse, after excuse about his wife and her health as to why things are not getting finished. As a contractor, Dan needed to step in, take the reins, and figure out a plan B for us. Not just keep saying to us “I have never had something like this happen in all my years of doing this” He just kept putting all the blame on Brian. We hired a CONTRACTOR to deal with all the moving parts for us. So, great, this has never happened. When it’s September, and we aren’t really making any progress time to figure out a different game plan to get things finished. In fact, something should have been figured out way before September! Also, we have been begging Dan to come to an in-person final walkthrough with us for months. He certainly could have come out and done that, and have done all his touch ups that were needed. So, our project isn’t finished. Final walkthrough never happened. My husband and I ended up having to hire our painter and another individual to come finish the project. In regards to cabinets, still working with Brian praying he can produce and get the rest of our cabinetry and materials to us. I WOULD NEVER EVER USE this company, EVER!!!!