Restless Development 11 South High Street, Tuckahoe, NY 10707

"Sheldon Pearce, owner of Restless Renovations (General Contractor, “GC”), is a pleasant person, and was always available to discuss issues and move the project along. The result turned out very nice. However, the path to this result traveled through two failed inspections, lack of attention to the clear contractual specifications and obligations, disputes with the plumbing contractor over who was responsible for what, thereby resulting in flared tempers, months of delay, and additional costs. When selecting a General Contractor, one expects such to be completely familiar with contractual obligations and specifications of the project, in complete harmony with all other contractors on the job, and masterful in handling all aspects of City of Miami permitting processes. The owner having designed the entire project, should be able to hand over the project to the GC, sit back and watch the project unfold to completion. Not the case with Restless as the GC, where we had to accelerate the permit process by keeping tabs on the bureaucratic permit review status, research the code issues for preparing and annotating the drawings, digitally sign the permit drawings, hire the subcontracting plumber, file the condo documents, purchase all the major materials, schedule the service elevator access, remind the GC of the contract specifications and responsibilities, and mediate disputes between the GC and plumber. For a city of Miami project where you provide project drawings signed and sealed by an architect or engineer, your path will be smoother. However, if you are contemplating a small project that does not require architectural “signed and sealed” drawings, and you chose Restless as the GC, you must be willing to be a proactive supervising project manager. In any case, make sure your contract specifically assigns to Restless all GC responsibilities expected of a GC, in the absence of which you may find yourself performing these responsibilities yourself, and assuming the associated additional costs (for example, specify that Restless be responsible for hiring a qualified plumber immediately upon filing the permit application, and digitally signing your project drawings. NB: Restless did reimburse our digital signing subscription fee). Further, be sure to clarify the project specifications by going over the specs with the GC immediately before the specific work is started and inspect yourself afterward. And lastly, make sure all contractors on the job have come to assignment responsibility agreement with the GC before work commences. In this case, Restless’s view of the plumber’s job responsibilities differed significantly from the plumber’s understanding, which caused issues before, during and after the project was completed."

"This company is run by Sheldon. Contact him directly for amazing quality work. He knows everything about upscale remodeling."