Sailwind Construction Inc.

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"You can't trust this woman. I made a big mistake getting envolved with her on a project and i would never recomend her to anyone. She do not know what she is doing, she will lie at your face like its nothing. Do yourself a favor and Stay away from Sailwind Construction and Christi Colabianchi."

"I have worked with Sailwind Construction on three renovation projects for the past two and half years. Christi has done a fantastic job over that time and has an impressive knowledge of construction. For every project, she was very thorough in understanding the scope of work and did a great job of budgeting (came in under budget). She takes the time to ensure that she gets the best sub-contractors for a reasonable price. I would highly recommend Sailwind Construction for any construction needs."

"0 accountability when things go wrong! Roughly 2 years ago I was looking for a company to remodel my mother’s home in NE Pensacola. During the bid process I was told by one of the contractors to be wary of choosing the contractor with the lowest bid. According to his logic, while the cheapest contractor might still do good work, the level of micromanagement required to get quality work out of him/her would negate the savings. Unfortunately I chose not to listen to his advice and hired Sailwind. I quickly developed the opinion that Christi Colabianchi has little understanding of the methods involved in performing actual labor. Her main sub James Tice confided in me that she was overwhelmed (he showed zero integrity when I brought this up to her). This, coupled with her lack of time on the job site meant there was little quality control, and just as I had been warned, constant micromanagement was required to get a semi-decent product. Beginning with quality of product, for roughly 2 months I had 2 massive holes in my ceiling from the electricians falling through. I brought this up to her and she had no idea they existed…….2 months later! Why? Because she was rarely there. Additionally, some walls weren’t square, there were several issues with installed lights not working, cracked tiles in the bathroom, malfunctioning plumbing……the list goes on and on. For one 4’ section of unpainted baseboard they used 4 pieced together sections of scrap. In the end she flat out refused to honor her one year warranty and blamed me for the problems. Unfortunately I had already stupidly paid her for the 4th draw, so there was no fixing the mistakes. And then there’s the issue with the subs. During a deployment a neighbor called to tell me that one of the contractors working on the house had “New American Nazi” stickers on his van. On three occasions we were told that the painter would be there on a weekend, and we arranged to board our dogs….surprise surprise, each time they were a no-show. The house would sit idle for weeks, and Christi’s answer was always “we’re working the permitting process”. At one point I even refused payment and started looking for another contractor, but nobody was available to finish it on timeline, so I regretfully rehired her. To prevent others from having a similar experience I recommend that you get everything in writing! Several times during the remodel Christi would make suggestions, but she was so flighty that most of them never came to fruition. When I confronted her she would say that it wasn’t in the contract and it was never discussed. Whenever I'd text her with an issue she'd ignore it if it was past her comfort level. For those of you about to go through this process carry a binder with you and note every change. Have them sign and date it immediately. Also if the contract is over $30K get a lawyer to review it. A lot of these companies use generic contracts with ambiguous language. For instance, the language for my completion date said by XX date it would be “reasonably completed”. There’s really no way to quantify “reasonably complete”, and when the project drags on and you’re SOL."

"We had 2 bathrooms updated with granite countertops, new sinks, a walk-in shower and tiled walls. They did a wonderful job on both bathrooms. It was quality work at a very reasonable price. There was just one miscommunication and they immediately addressed the problem. We selected Sailwind after seeing what a wonderful job they did on a neighbor's house. Since then we found out they had done similar work on a friend's house. Both had the same level of work and satisfaction. We highly recommend Sailwind!"