LineWork Development and Construction, Inc.

Avoid at all costs

Avoid Line Work Development unless you have a lot of patience and a good lawyer. He is currently under investigation with the CA State License board for multiple violations on our kitchen and bath remodel. He walked off our job after billing aggressively for work that later needed to be completely demo'ed and re-done by a more reputable contractor. He has refused to refund any of the money, even for work we later found out was not performed. Here is a short recap of my experience with Eric. 1) Line work development was hired to perform a remodel of our kitchen, guest bathroom and master bathroom. There were numerous issues that came up during the construction process. The final issue before termination of our relationship with Line Work was an amateurish, extremely poor tile installation in the guest bathroom shower. The tile work in the guest bathroom was performed by an unlicensed sub-contractor. The tile work on the shower wall in the guest bathroom was not installed flush, the tiles were jutting out at all angles. The floor tile was installed uneven, at an angle to the shower walls. We had multiple independent people evaluate the installation, including other tile installers and the tile supplier. They all agreed that the wall and floor tile needed to be completely removed and re-installed. Eric declined to do this work. He agreed to replace the tile material and demo the room, but walked off the job after the demo leaving a mess. 2) Line Work Development advised us that permits were not needed for this project and that he would work un-permitted. After Linework walked off the job and we started with a new contractor, we learned this was not the case and got all the required permits for the job. The city inspector found that the bathroom design and construction did not meet California code, the fan was installed to vent into the attic and the new electrical work was not performed to code. This required that we demo the entire project (kitchen+bath) back to the studs, essentially starting over. So everything we paid Eric for went to the landfill. 3) Other issues: Eric installed the wrong size windows in the kitchen, even though he framed for the correct size. He tried to convince us to keep the windows, saying the give the kitchen a "Tuscan look", but after some back and forth, did end up fixing the windows. However, due to all the frame retrofits for the smaller windows, the new windows were installed off center and eventually had to be re-framed by the new contractor.

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