Over the years I have hired Carl Forestieri for everything that needs to be done in our home -- from major repairs, reconstruction, and painting to my little vanity projects . He accurately assesses each project, assembles the right team for each job, and keeps me apprised as it progresses. I trust and value his work.
May 2021
In 2015, I hired Carl Forestieri to replace my roof. There were no online reviews available to read, and I had a limited budget to work with, so I went with his low-ish bid. The job seemed okay at the time, though the copper flashing that we had paid extra for blew off the roof in pieces over the next few months. He came out to take a look and said they were "extra pieces" that he had left up there. However, a year or so later, we started noticing that waterfalls occurred over the gutters at two places on the outside of the house whenever it rained. This year, we called in a gutter company. They told us that the problem was not the gutters but the roof itself;... read full review
February 2020
Working with Carl Forestieri (a.k.a. the CF Group, CFCM and First Call Home Repair) was by far the worst experience I have had as a homeowner. I hired him for a kitchen renovation. He proved to be totally incompetent, unreliable, unprofessional, abusive, and duplicitous. I have had several contractors in to look at the disaster he left behind in my kitchen, all of whom described his work as "shameful." I am now in the position, after having spent my budget paying Carl for his grossly inadequate work, of having to pay other contractors to fix his mess. I am now out almost $10,000 to repair the damage he caused to my home. I expect to incur many more thousands... read full review
Over the years I have hired Carl Forestieri for everything that needs to be done in our home -- from major repairs, reconstruction, and painting to my little vanity projects . He accurately assesses each project, assembles the right team for each job, and keeps me apprised as it progresses. I trust and value his work.
In 2015, I hired Carl Forestieri to replace my roof. There were no online reviews available to read, and I had a limited budget to work with, so I went with his low-ish bid. The job seemed okay at the time, though the copper flashing that we had paid extra for blew off the roof in pieces over the next few months. He came out to take a look and said they were "extra pieces" that he had left up there. However, a year or so later, we started noticing that waterfalls occurred over the gutters at two places on the outside of the house whenever it rained. This year, we called in a gutter company. They told us that the problem was not the gutters but the roof itself;... read full review
Working with Carl Forestieri (a.k.a. the CF Group, CFCM and First Call Home Repair) was by far the worst experience I have had as a homeowner. I hired him for a kitchen renovation. He proved to be totally incompetent, unreliable, unprofessional, abusive, and duplicitous. I have had several contractors in to look at the disaster he left behind in my kitchen, all of whom described his work as "shameful." I am now in the position, after having spent my budget paying Carl for his grossly inadequate work, of having to pay other contractors to fix his mess. I am now out almost $10,000 to repair the damage he caused to my home. I expect to incur many more thousands... read full review