I hired Manning Buildings out of Mount Airey, NC to build a 24x52 garage on my property. Derek, the owner was always easy to deal with and replied promptly to my emails, calls and texts. However, when things got turned over to TNT for the installation, is when things went south, pardon the pun.
I first dealt with Stephanie, who was sweet as pie initially. I was told that if I had my deposit in by the end of Sept. 2021, I'd very probably have my garage erected before winter. I sent off my deposit immediately. Lack of returned phone calls and emails dragged things out through November. I was then told that the contractor for here in New England had closed for the winter and we now wouldn't get the building until Spring, 2022, but I would be first on the list. March 15th came and went and when I called I was treated rudely by the once sweet southern ladies. I was told the contractor hadn't opened yet and would be until April. Into the first week of April I called again to get my building install scheduled. I was told that they were still not open. When I asked when in April they'd be opening, I was again given a rude attitude and told they simply don't know. I find it hard to believe that a business can say it's opening in April but not have a clue as to what date in April that might be. Finally, in early May, I get a call telling me that sometime in May I should expect a call to set a schedule for the install, which will probably be in June. A week later, after calling Derek Manning the owner of Manning buildings to complain, I get a call from the southern girls at TNT, stating the building will be coming that Thursday, two days away. I take the day off from work, expecting a crew to show up. When by noon there was a no show, no call, I again called TNT to find out where the crew was. By 3 that afternoon I finally heard back that the was tied up on another install but would be there the next day by noon. Again, another no show. We were told they'd be there Saturday by noon. Again, another no show.. just when I was ready to call and leave a msg for TNT on Saturday, a knock comes on my door.. Its the crew. It's almost 4PM.. they're going to start the install.
The crew was very courteous and they told us how they've been working and traveling and we noted that what they were saying did not jive with what we were told by TNT. They also told us about how they worked through until the first snow in Dec. and did not close up shop until then, again not closed at the beginning of November as we were told. The crew took less than two days to get the building installed. It looks good, feels and looks very solid and the crew was very nice and worked hard and very well together.. choreographed one might even say. They knew what they were doing. If this was a review solely for the crew and the building it be much higher, probably a 4. But with all the lying, rudeness and no shows and delays (deposit in Sept 2021, building finally installed in May 2022) I can't give them anything higher than a 2.
Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of companies that do metal buildings like this so choices are limited.