I would not recommend hiring BEC if you care about your neighbors. This company is a menace to the neighborhoods they work in.
Last year, BEC purchased and flipped the house next door to mine, and thus began one of the worst months-long experiences I’ve had in the home I’ve lived in for over a decade. The crews they contracted to work on their property were rude and inconsiderate, leaving their beer cans in neighbors’ yards, blocking our small residential street on both sides (one neighbor even put a sign on their mailbox pleading with crews to stop blocking them from receiving mail), and consistently working outside of the hours permitted by the local noise ordinance. After one particularly frustrating incident where they parked their truck in their front yard and shined its high beams directly into my living room window for over an hour, I called the BEC office and spoke with someone on the phone about these issues. They were apologetic and relayed the info to the site’s project manager, who came out to speak to me directly. She even bought us pizza as a peace offering, which I appreciated and accepted in the hopes this would be the last of our problems.
But then a week later, I came home from work in the middle of the day and found BEC’s crew had run an extension cord from MY home’s outside outlet to their power tools without my permission. I immediately called the PM, who did apologize again, but it was never resolved and nothing else happened as they wrapped construction the same week. I went back to compare my electricity bills over the last several years and found that my energy usage spiked for months with no other explanation, which means the utility theft was likely more than a one-off by a rogue crew member. Whether BEC directly knew or not, they should have better control of the crews they hire.
Days later, BEC put the house up for $600/sqft, the most expensive home in my working class neighborhood with an asking price of $540k for a 2 bed/2 bath. As a Nashville native, this is obviously indicative of the greed displayed by developers in our city for the last decade, but the fact that BEC had to steal from me to finish this overpriced shoebox is truly pathetic.
BEC eventually offered to pay for a small portion of my electric bill, which I declined because I don’t want/need their blood money. The larger issue, and what BEC won’t see, is the effect their choices have on the actual people who live here. After they leave behind their mess and we move on from the inconvenience of their invasion, they won’t know how this house will affect my neighbors, our property taxes & our ability to keep our homes. And they don’t really seem to care all that much. When I first met the project manager, she excitedly told me to “give it 60 days after the house goes on the market and then get your home reappraised…you’ll be really happy you did.” I actually won’t, because I bought my house in this neighborhood when it was all I could afford (and it WAS affordable) and I don’t personally revel in the lack of affordable housing that’s left for people like me. The PM said with pride that their company hires more queer folks than any other in town, which is commendable. As a queer person with a trans partner, representation is important to me, especially in this state. But do you know what queer and trans people need more than anything else? Affordable housing in our city.
I’m writing this review now because the home is still on the market, sitting vacant for two months yet remaining firm at the steep price of $540k. There have been countless open houses and showings to no avail, leaving me wondering what the hell was all of this even for? I guess the lesson here is there’s no moral high ground in capitalism.
And just a side note for both BEC’s owner and the PM who I know are likely reading this…if you’re going to price me out of my own neighborhood, you could have at least had the decency to maintain some manners while you did it. Bless your hearts, and may you see nothing but reduced home prices in the months to come.
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