I hired Genesis for the complete renovation of my 3 bedroom flat in 2014 - including rewiring throughout, 2 new bathrooms and a new kitchen. I'm finally writing a review!
On the plus side:
- everyone was very friendly and trustworthy
- the job was finished on time
- Hector had some good ideas
- they were flexible and accommodated changes to the schedule
On the negative side:
- communication wasn't good. I was far more involved in managing the project than I expected to be, which was incredibly stressful as I was heavily pregnant and working full-time.
- I had to do a lot of my own research and advise them - for example, about how to install the IKEA kitchen correctly or install a balustrade in line with the building regs. I expected them to know this!
- the quality of workmanship wasn't great. A few examples: (1) I've recently had to get an electrician in as the lights went out in my kitchen, hall and landing. He commented that the light switches had been wired very strangely and the dimmers that weren't compatible with LED bulbs, so had to redo them all, (2) the towel rail in the bathroom is wonky, (3) the grout on the bathroom floor tiles wasn't sealed, so now it's brown and dirty, (4) there is a 5mm gap between the bath and the tiles -they filled it with putty which has now gone brown & dirty, (5) the tiles were left with splatters of paint which I've never been able to remove, (6) a couple of door handles have fallen off