GM Construction

I originally hired GM Construction as arecomendation from one of my friends who is one of his long time clients. Gabriel and his team did a full remodeling job on my kitchen in May, 2019. I was so impressed with the workmanshipand the professionalism that I will hired them again to work for me. I can't wait to do another project with this guys. I recommend him and his team for all his hard work and help.

I had a very strange experience with Gabriel Mena. For the vast majority of my interactions with him, I would rate him as professional, helpful and competent. However, when I asked for a small document several months after the work, he completely and willfully ignored me. This was incredibly aggravating, unprofessional, and I warn all potential clients to be aware that he may ignore you entirely after the work of a project is over. I will skip the actual content of the work, but Gabriel was actually quite strong here. He completed the work with high quality, and in a timely manner. Several months later, to receive insurance reimbursement money, I needed a certificate of completion for the work. I had not received this document from Gabriel after the project, so I texted him, asking if he could send that my way. He responded promptly “Yes”, and when I asked when I could expect the document, he said “By today.”. Three days later, I had not received the certificate. I texted him on Monday for an update, and got no response. I texted him (politely) for the next few days, and received no response. I finally called him two weeks after the original text, and he responded “Can I call you later?”. I said “Yes please! Have you been getting my texts?”. This was the last time I heard anything from Gabriel Mena. I tried texting him and calling him every day for about two weeks, and didn’t receive even a single word of response. I thought maybe it was an issue with his phone, so tried e-mailing him, and submitting a request through his website. I assumed he was actively choosing not to respond to me at this point, but just to test, a few weeks later, I had my girlfriend call and text him, without referencing me. Just like that, he calls her back the same day. She was uncomfortable picking up and asking about my certificate, so I had her text him to call my number. At this point he begins ignoring her as well. Keep in mind that all of this was to get a simple signed document saying I had paid all the money and his signature. It wouldn’t have taken him more than 10 minutes to produce. Finally, I just submitted a partial receipt I had gotten early in the project, and it turns out my mortgage company didn’t check enough to even notice it was partial and that it didn’t say “work is complete on it”, so it turned out I didn’t need the document at all, but that doesn’t change the fact that a contractor I had pleasantly worked with for a month, willfully ignored my repeated requests for a simple document for a month and a half. I will not be working with Gabriel Mena again, and I recommend to anyone reading this that they avoid him as well.

Gabriel Mena and his crew did a complete home renovation for us (new kitchen, new laundry room, new floors, new windows in the entire house, a beautiful multi level 1500 sq ft deck interior & exterior paint, electrical re-wire, plumbing, new doors, extensive dry rot repair and structural work in the garage ). The end product is beautiful, well-constructed, and they were a pleasure to work with. Very professional, very responsive and trustworthy. We look forward to working with them in the future!

I have been told on many occasions and by many people that my expectations are too high. I disagree. I think that if you have high expectations of people, they will more often than not rise to meet them. Mr. Mena exceeded my expectations on so many occasions I’ve lost count. We hired him to remodel a 3-br rental unit that hadn’t had any maintenance or repairs done in at least 30 years. We were so impressed with the work just a couple weeks into the project that we asked him to also take on the repair and painting of the building exterior. Both jobs were completed beautifully, and Mr.Mena is an absolute delight to work with. I would even dare to call myself possibly the happiest client ever.

My husband and I purchased a two bedroom condo and it needed a complete remodel with several rooms down to the studs. After interviewing several Construction companies in Marin we settled on Gabriel Mena. We were not disappointed. Gabriel and his team performed perfectly and on time, were able to make adjustments during the remodel and were always accommodating and available. Would not hesitate to hire him again for any job, big or small.

Gabriel and is team were outstanding on our home remodel. They renovated our guest bathroom, guest bedroom, media room and built a new staircase . All if it was executed better than how we had imagined it. We couldn't be happier with the results. Gabriel and his team were professional through out the entire project. We were so happy with Gabriel and his team that we need to use them to renovate our master bathroom - they made the smaller guest bathroom better than the larger master.