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Experiences with sunrooms?
My husband and I are considering adding a sunroom to our house, and
have looked at Four Seasons as well as Betterliving Sunrooms. I was wondering what people's experiences, good or bad, have been with these 2 companies. Thanks. |
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Hello, I've not built one or used those companies but have some friends
who looked into this and are considering building this spring. My caveat is that there's a lot of variability in price, and quality, and that some of the companies that do work like this are very hard-sell. The pricing seemed very high compared to what you actually get. I would get more than one quote and also get references and check the BBB (though the BBB is mostly just a shill for businesses). Also buy an hour of time from a lawyer and have him/hre read the contract for problems. Here's a review of the company called Four Seasons in the city nearest me, from Angie's List, this is an example of how bad things can go: EACH PHASE WAS DONE BY A DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR. WE WERE NEVER TOLD WHEN ONE PHASE WOULD END AND ANOTHER WOULD BEGIN. WE HAD PARTICULARLY HUGE PROBLEMS WITH SUBCONTRACTOR HIRED TO REMOVE EXISTING SCREENED IN PORCH AND CONCRETE AND INSTALL NEW CONCRETE. HE WAS FREQUENTLY LATE, DIDN'T SHOW UP WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD AND WOULDN'T CALL TO LET US KNOW. IT TOOK SO LONG WE HAD THREE NEIGHBORS SPONTANEOUSLY OFFER US REFERRALS FOR OTHER CONTRACTORS. WE HAD WATER IN THE BASEMENT SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE THE CONCRETE SLAB WAS MISSING SO LONG. HE ALSO REMOVED THE EXISTING SIDEWALK AND FENCE AND THEN REFUSED TO REPLACE IT. FOUR SEASONS EVENTUALLY BROUGHT IN ANOTHER CONTRACTOR TO FINISH THIS WORK. BEFORE AGREEING TO THE WORK THE ORIGINAL COMPUTER GENERATED PLANS SHOWED A HIGHER CEILING THAN WHAT WAS EVENTUALLY INSTALLED BY NEARLY A FOOT. EVERY TIME IT RAINS AND THEN FREEZES, THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR STILL FREEZES SHUT. WATER FREEZES IN THE GUTTER AND DRIPS OVER THE DOOR AND FREEZES THERE AS WELL. |
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Forgot to mention, sunrooms are typically 20-25K in the midwest.
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Thanks for this info, it was helpful. I think we are so far leaning a
little more towards Betterliving than Four Seasons - I have one other reference wherein the person had contractor problems w/Four Seasons. |
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