Utmost Services Inc., Construction Remodeling & Renovations

Erik Larsen

2020-05

Jeff Utke impressed me with his sincerity and capability beginning with our first meeting. He immediately understood the renovation work that we desired on a single-tenant retail building in Casselberry, and directed me to a local engineer for the necessary plans for the project. Jeff's bid was very reasonable compared to the others we received. He began the project promptly after we agreed on the details, and kept me fully informed at all times. He took care of hiccups along the way, and coordinated his work with that of our roofing contractor whose work interfaced with his. He also communicated with the tenant in the building to keep them aware of his progress in order to avoid undue disruption of their retail operation. I highly recommend Jeff Utke and Utmost Services, Inc.

Brandon Thomas

2016-05

It's important to share both the good and bad when it comes to making decisions involving the investment of large sums of money, and I feel this definitely needs to be shared since it relates to losing money to Utmost due to poor time and materials management, and simply a lack of dedication to the job; a harsh reality that my wife and I had to face regarding our unfinished contract with Utmost Services. We initially met with a few contractors, then compared costs and experience to help decide to choose. And in the end we chose Jeff/Utmost Services because he simply told us apparently only what we wanted to hear. Hindsight, I guess. After we chose Utmost and went over everything on our list with Jeff, the contract was written and later signed by all necessary parties. The full process included new living areas for my wife and I, and another for her parents; including tearing down walls, building new ones, new floors, ceilings, tile, carpet, appliances, internal/external painting, electrical...ev-er-y-thing has been updated inside and out. Before we found the house and during/after the closing process, we had been living in an Extended Stay because we decided not to deal with the hassles of early termination contract issues with apartment living after our relocation to Florida, and chose to remain at the hotel until the work was finished, which Jeff originally promised would take approximately six weeks. However, we still gave Jeff some leeway in time due to the size of the project. Well, long story sadly longer, nine months have gone by and the work is still unfinished...by Jeff, that is. We had ended up moving from the hotel and into a construction zone, FOUR months into the project but that didn’t seem to motivate Jeff to work any faster. Sadly, he never seemed motivated to do hardly any work, even in the beginning even when he did show up, which I noticed early on that he typically showed up around mid-morning, yet still ended his day like he started first thing in the morning. This was a constant thing, and I insisted that he start earlier, no matter what disruption it caused to my wife or me. But as time passed, the less we began to see of Jeff, to the point that one day that the work materials he usually kept onsite were noticed gone. That was in September, after we very hesitantly handed him the last payment, as he adamantly promised us that he was going to finish, leaving somewhere in the ballpark of 15%-20% of work left. Sadly, and by this point unsurprisingly, he remained unresponsive to our texts, which had been our primary form of contact, insisted originally by him, which was later backlashed to us both after we finally heard from him, which was done in part by a conversation with our realtor after we advised them of the lack of progress. I found out from my wife, in tears, that Jeff had called her and yelled at her nonstop for 10 minutes because we made our realtor aware of this “situation”. We have since hired help from other sources who have completed the remaining projects in a fraction of the time, and have started new ones, because of their staffs’ timeliness and professionalism. Jeff, however still owes us receipts from the work that was completed, but out of retaliation, he continues to make excuses as to why he doesn't have them, or blatantly tells us that he isn't going to produce them. Too bad there's a character limit, because there's so much more to this nightmare. In other words, don't choose this contractor!

Zoraida Estevez

2020-05

I just had my Condo In Daytona Beach renovated by Utmost Services after looking for someone that was going to be able do the whole thing for 2 years, what I mean by the whole thing is plumming,, electricity, painting construction, and that will have a license to work in the condo because the HOA is very strict .Jeff Qualify on all of all of the above. Wnen I found Jeff, it was like a blessing from god. He did everything in a timely matter not only he finished on time he did everything within the Budge and ddi a great Job Im in New York so when he said he was finished and I went there to see everything I though I had walk into one of the apartmnents that the properity brothers (on HGTV) renovate. He was so neat I was amased when I open my linen closet , he had taken everything out to paint the inside and then organized and fold everything neatly. He is very professional and an honest guy.