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I purchased a home from Randy Dostal in 2008 and was pleased. When I decided to have him build me another home I expected to be pleased. I have turned out to be VERY displeased.
It was all going okay until after the build was completed and I closed on the loan. THEN, I found out there were multiple bills that were never sent to me after OVER 90 days later! Needless to say this put me in a very bad position. The contractors still have to be paid but the loan is closed. I got confirmation in writing that there were no more bills at completion and prior to closing on the loan. He misinformed me and one of the bills he NEVER sent to me, I had to get it from the contractor... After all this happened Randy Dostal refused to take responsibility for the mistakes or give any type of refund for the fee paid for building the house. Randy Dostal flat out made mistakes and does not care about correcting them.
BEWARE: If you are looking to use Thomas Dostal Developers to build anything this could happen to you! Mistakes were made and there is no regard for correcting them or for the satisfaction of the client! It has been very disappointing! this whole thing put me in a really bad situation! I would recommend ANY other builders over Thomas Dostal Developers.
Interesting. I have only had 3 of these in 30 years. There is ALWAYS another side. I did not want to pay $500 so I get trashed on this site? I felt extorted. I did not need a "Story Daniels" event concerning this.
The rest of the story:
Eric was the General Contractor. I was the CONSULTANT. I paid no bills, wrote no checks and simply filled in a budget ledger. It is ERIC'S house - he was the GENERAL CONTRACTOR. For "both" these reasons you would think a rational person would do a full accounting. Eric received his binder with all bills that were sent to me. No other builder wanted to travel to Elberon, Iowa. No other builder could/would meet Eric's budget of $165, 000 for a NEW house to be built. Eric had the freedom to use ANY subs and suppliers. He received the "luxury" of getting Thomas Dostal Developers prices AND the quality of the work expected from the company's subs. Eric is the GENERAL CONTRACTOR. He stayed on budget and was $7000.00 UNDER budget. The insulation bill was NOT over. I had received a partial statement and recorded it in the ledger. My assistant filed it before I could send it. Eric was not over budget---- if HE was doing the job of a general he would have seen the bill was not paid nor accounted for. The insulation company did not send the 3rd bill. Again Eric was NOT over budget. Eric owed the last $1300 of his insulation bill. I wish he would write how I paid (out of my pocket) a bill the bank never paid off of a draw request. Eric lives in a beautiful house made possible by ...ME.