re: Worst Contractors in Louisiana

quote:

---

Who is the worst general contractor in Louisiana and why is it Landis Construction?

---

My take is pretty BR-centric.. But you should specify whether it's residential, commercial or industrial. Big differences.

I don't know much about home builders. I do know there's the shite bulk builders like DSLD and DR Horton, but then you also have Level and Alvarez out there throwing up shite houses at laughable speeds. If I'm building a house, I'm getting a boutique builder. You don't need your soffit falling off the first time the wind blows.

Commercial: You kind of have to be good to last. Everyone complains about MAPP and Lemoine but while they're irritating with safety and all the other look-at-me bullshite, they're not really going anywhere.. especially now that Lemoine has Bernhard money. Everyone else: Buquet & LeBlanc, Cangelosi-Ward, Harvey Honore, Womack, Faulk & Meek, Charles Carter, Lincoln Builders, Stuart & Co, JW Grand, Arkel, Firmin, Guy Hopkins, etc.. Honestly I think they're all decent. Sure, all of them will occasionally have a bad job but that's everybody nowadays.

quote:

---

You should list your company name. Maybe someone on here now or might need help at some point

---

Cgrand. << in the name . Guys like him don’t need Instagram reruns to get work. Focus on the quality and execution, work will come. That’s my one of my philosophies.

Woah.. woah…

And they are dumping staff like a sinking ship.

Mike Polito is a professional at being sued and still getting work.

quote:

---

Mike Polito is a professional at being sued and still getting work

---

and all the subs say they’d never work for MAPP…and yet they still get work. Not work that I’d want but good work nonetheless

there are a half dozen good commercial contractors in BR. The bad ones are the ones you see always bidding public work

Im not sure. This was around 15 years ago.

Not a GC but painting contractor that isn’t just some guy with a small time set up. Worst to deal with has to be Lanehart

quote:

---

don't know much about home builders. I do know there's the shite bulk builders like DSLD and DR Horton, but then you also have Level and Alvarez out there throwing up shite houses at laughable speeds. If I'm building a house, I'm getting a boutique builder. You don't need your soffit falling off the first time the wind blows.

---

DSLD houses are more soundly build than any boutique builder you find in this area... they got the best diggers, framers, carpenters etc. working their slabs... plus every other sub going put you on the back burner or send the 3rd or fourth best guy your way

quote:

---

Unless DSLD has improved dramatically in the past 3 years, they certainly don't have the "best" subs...

---

it’s a crapshoot.
for example, they do have the best roofers. One in particular that I would love to use more often is always bowed up on DSLD. They are outstanding roofers

on the foundations they have top notch guys as well. It’s the framing and finishes where they go cheap