Business ProfileforHestia Construction & Design, LLC

On January 3, Hestia presents proposal with total estimated costs of $197,622.00. A lengthy discussion ensued about timeline – construction needed to be concluded well before October. Hestia indicated that this would not be a problem and that this was a “simple job.” On January 12, the contract was executed. On January 13, I paid a deposit of fifty percent of total estimated costs. Over the next several months, I had to repeatedly ask Hestia for updates. There was often no response. When I did receive a response, the blame was placed elsewhere. The permitting vendor caused unexpected delays. The engineer was unavailable for several weeks. And so on. In early May, Hestia indicated that an engineer would visit the following week and engineering drawings would be returned two weeks later. In the meantime, all applications necessary for permitting were to be completed. In late May, an architect visited the property. Hestia described this individual as an engineer several times. I was misled, if not lied to, about who would be visiting the property. On June 23, I asked Hestia for an update. Hestia provided “engineers notes,” which were recommendations from Hestia's architect to my architect. The notes did not advance this project - we needed the engineering drawings. On June 28, I told Jesse that I intended to cancel the contract due to nonperformance. Jesse told me that he was not sure what happened with this project but that the lack of progress was “unusual” and “disappointing.” I requested cancellation via email, with a request for Hestia to propose next steps for returning the deposit by COB June 29. On June 29, Hestia confirmed receipt of my email. On July 3, I attempted to call Hestia . I told Hestia, via email, that a plan for returning the deposit needs to be in place by COB July 6. I send a text message to Jesse to the same effect. Hestia simply refuses to engage. Though the next payment deadline is approaching, so perhaps I’ll hear from them soon…