Power Home Remodeling Group is a very unethical company that doesn't truly know what exactly they are doing when it comes to their craft. I recently reached out to them for an estimate on a siding job on my home. It turns out that the exterior walls of my home were actually drywall rather than wood boards. During the estimate visit, the sales rep stated that it wasn't necessary to to replace the exterior drywall with wood boards (although they could for more money). He went on to state that they would simply wrap the existing drywall with their barrier wrap and simply install the foam-backed siding on the walls; never guaranteeing that they would aim for the studs. I have years of experience in performing my own construction both interior/exterior as well as plumbing and electrical. It never made any sense to me that leaving the drywall would be fine but they insisted it was. After it was clear that I wasn't convinced of the proposed job, the sales rep insisted that their lifetime warranty would cover me on any future calls for repair. This clearly was an attempt to sell their job through their warranty rather than quality as if I don't mind having someone constantly come back to fix their own mess. What makes this company even more flaky was the fact that they only give you that first visit to accept their original price. In other words, you HAVE to accept the price the day of the proposal. If not, and you decide to call back after getting some other estimates, they give you a higher price. What ever happened to competition and competing for business?

Here's a couple of factors to consider when dealing with this company. The salesman will be in your house the first time for 3-4 hours. You must accept the price they give you that night and close on the contract. If you decide not to, and want to seek some other estimates to compare (like a smart consumer would have the right to do), then, beware, returning back to them will cost you more. They tend to punish their customers for not accepting the initial offering price. They'll tell you that they spend all of this time in your house because they want to explain everything to you and make sure you are comfortable with making the decision to invest in a major project like this however it is not okay when you would like to take the time to compare prices and proposals. This tactic is in place because Jeff Kaliner and his company know they cannot compete against others. They know they will be under-bid and out-performed. There truly isn't a need for them to lock you in on that first night (although, it is nice for any business to do so). Why would they do that? Your materials aren't ordered. There is still another visit that needs to be made by the job foreman to conduct another final and official measure (and that was scheduled 3-weeks later). So, why the need to lock a customer down on that first night or make the price even higher if they decide not to but come back later? They train these young kids through an assembly line process and get them out in the street to sell their product, never having any type of experience in the construction field. Then, comes the pricing. They're prices are astronomical!! The foam-backed siding they offer carries an R-Value of 4 to 4.3. I recently signed with another contractor (after canceling my contract with PHRG) and will have 5/8 in thick wood boarding installed, green guard wrap and 1 1/2 in thick foam boards installed (R-Value of 5.0), and brand new siding. Price came out to $13K. PHRG was going to charge me over $20K just to wrap the house (over the existing drywall) and install the foam-backed siding. Also, if I wanted wood boarding on the walls of the house (which is what it should be) then that would bring the price over $30K. Oh, and by the way, the contractor I chose to go with allowed me to go and continue comparing prices and proposals. They're price, remained the same weeks later. Finally, their ethics come into question here. They insist that they have financing available (which the APR is over 12.00%) and insist not to take any money up-front. They'll tell you that you have that option or you can finance elsewhere. I chose to go elsewhere and, next thing I know, my credit has been run. I insisted for them to not run it and, Mike, the salesman, had it run after telling me he wouldn't. Now, my credit took a hit for that. The explanation that their VP gave me when he went to my house to work on the cancellation was that they needed to know what type of customers they were dealing with. That, just because the house looked nice from the inside and out didn't necessarily mean that the people living there were in a position to afford a job like this. I truly felt insulted!! I'm still even considering to seek some type of legal consent or advice on this matter as such an action and statement to justify it were totally offensive and inappropriate.

Dealing with Power Home Remodeling Group taught me valuable lessons on what to watch out for when dealing with contractors. I know there are people out there that may have had a good experience. That is because a company cannot survive on rendering the experience that I had with them, to all of their potential customers. So, at some point or another, they have to do a good job in order to sustain their existence. Please, do not go with this company. If there is anyone that is considering it, please feel free to contact me.

I strongly do not recommend this company. Further, they'll try to sell you the idea that their foam-backed siding allows the house to breathe when others don't. This is truly amusing. Try telling that to companies that have been in the insulation/foaming business for decades such as Owens-Corning. If that was the case, the majority of houses in America would be having a serious problem. I strongly do not recommend Power Home Remodeling Group.