Our kitchen was supposed to be a 3 month maximum project starting in mid-April 2010. The project got off to a late start at the end of May. We began by giving DeRocco a large sum of money for custom cabinets and lumber. Demolition happened quickly without incident. By mid-July our fireplace was 80% done and the new flooring was installed. By the beginning of August the sheet rock was up and then...everything stopped. We called, we emailed, we got no response or very vague answers to what was going on. Another month goes by full of promises that never happen and vague emails. Finally we find out that DeRocco is taking our money (including that large sum we had given him at the beginning of the project) and instead of paying our sub-contractors he is paying all his late overdue bills from other projects. Our cabinetmaker had not been making our cabinets for weeks and DeRocco was lying to us. Every week the cabinets were “almost finished” when they hadn't been touched. We visited the cabinet maker on our own to finally get an honest answer and found our "almost finished" cabinets were mere boxes. None of the time consuming work had even started. We also found out that some of the cabinet details had been changed without our knowledge. Even after confronting DeRocco he did not accept responsibility. Needless to say, it ended badly with lawyers. So that 3 month project turned into a 7 month plus project. The easy summer renovation went into fall then winter...no main kitchen, an unsettling situation for a family of four. He still owes some of our subcontractors money. We know we are not the only ones that DeRocco has been dishonest with. We don't want this to happen to other consumers who are saving their hard earned money to do their dream project. DeRocco is not honest! DeRocco is a contractor to avoid!
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