Belikov.by
Address
Minsk, Francyska Skaryny Street, 8офис 55, этаж 12
Business hours
Closed until tomorrow
Directions
Barysawski Trakt
1.69 km
Akademija suviazi
128 m
17 reviews
November 5
The company carried out work on the foundation and laying out the walls in my house some time ago. I didn't want to write a review right away, as it always takes time to assess the consequences of the work performed.
Positive:
- You don't need to think about anything, all the work will be done for you. Just get the money and pay (this is a huge plus in fact, since your construction site, if you are doing it, is already the second / third job - it depends on how many jobs you have initially)
- An excellent estimator (yes, it often happens at a construction site that it is impossible to calculate everything exactly, there will still be unaccounted moments somewhere, yes, this amount can grow into a decent amount in total, but such is the specifics).
- In general, a great team, they will always answer all questions.
- Flexibility in all matters
- There are smart teams (but it's not always exactly how lucky you are). Well, an intelligent team means less control from the general contractor.
- Some of the jambs in the project will be noticed by intelligent experienced teams and prompted through a damaged phone. I cannot evaluate the design solutions, since at that stage I did not apply for technical supervision services (and this is a mistake).
It makes no sense to say that it will be more expensive than contacting a separate team, since it is already clear that the general contractor will put its mark-up.
Of the cons, I'll just go through the advertisement and then add on my own:
- "you save on concrete and rebar": no, you don't save, there is concrete and rebar cheaper. And we can say that they know the best supplier, but here the question is rather of commercial interest, this will be mentioned below.
- "deadlines are strictly and unconditionally maintained, for every day of delay we return 10% of the cost of work": in my case, the delay went away for about a month, no one deducted 10% of the cost of work to me, no one even offered to discuss this issue, only on the last day of the contract they asked under a fictitious pretext to pay for part of the work (which I did, since work is work, it should be paid - that's my opinion).
But why write initially what you are not going to do?
By the way, if you read the contract, then there is something about 0.1% for delay, which you understand is a trifle.
- "Control of all contractors and transport": partially. There is an organization for the delivery of equipment and nothing more. There was no sign of control (from the outside). The foreman came to the facility a total of 4-6 times during the entire construction of the foundation and walls.
I perfectly understand the presence of electronic means of communication (photo / video) and remote control (whether it was or was not - it's hard to say, I tend to think it was), but you have your own specifics where personal presence is required.
As a result, there are shoals of builders, and they are still felt (it is worth noting that everyone has shoals, it is not worth idealizing)
Okay, somewhere they filled in in November, when temperatures went near zero, concrete without proper care, which then began to crumble, then we can say we were lucky. The gables were laid out crookedly. The walls were laid out crookedly, so that in order to align the walls with plaster with 90-degree angles, in some places you have to put a layer of plaster 5-7 cm (pediments are generally a pain). Some window lintels are curved in geometry (not critical, but there are questions).
I wrote that we were buying full-bodied blocks for jumpers, but in fact we bought them with voids - a purely human factor, since it was difficult to track it in correspondence. But this mistake generally turned out to be for the best.
In my case, the resulting jambs were justified, among other things, by the following statements: "and your designer designed this, we cannot be responsible for it" (but as they told during construction on Instagram, what good bricklayers they were, how they solved issues having a weak project (asked the question: what exactly was weak? I didn't get an answer.)! Of course, I missed a serious problem, but the main thing is that there is already a beautiful picture in social networks).
Or the answer, which has already become a household word for me: "this is a bad aesthetic." At first, the loader drove along the foundation without control (the foreman claimed that there was a bulk cushion of sand, which in fact was not there, and it was clear from the broken concrete that it was not there), then poured concrete into a heavy downpour (don't you look at the weather forecast before pouring concrete?), then they did not come to water concrete with water (went with milk in some places, apparently also just bad aesthetics, maybe it became stronger - I don't know, but the main thing is that nothing falls apart (without irony)).
Separately, it is worth telling about a large general contractor who calls equipment from today to tomorrow and selects it (and operators) from what is available. So you are a large general contractor and are not able to negotiate with normal operators? Are you a major general contractor and you can't call a crane in advance so that it comes to work not in the dark when the slabs fall, but in the daytime? And then why do I need you, if I can just call anyone and call someone who is free from today to tomorrow? So you also charge money for this "for supplies". And then what's the point of this expense item?
- a guarantee for our services (for which it is not specifically stated, so in which case you can always say "we are not responsible for what your designer designed", so at the moment I would ask to audit the project for a fee before the start of construction, so that the general contractor is responsible for what he builds (and then it turns out that what they offered to improve is their credit, and what they overlooked is your problem)).
- reports on the work done actually carry little useful information besides photos, since they do not show details. For example, whether the pgs was normally compacted before pouring the foundation or not is a mystery to me (as for the foreman, who rarely visited the facility, I suspect - I'm sorry for the only irony in this review). Nevertheless, if you ask for more information, I think the guys will definitely meet you halfway, adequate guys work here. I personally did not have time to control the general contractor.
- You can finish the advertisement and add a few strange moments:
1. The advertisement talks about saving on materials. But the materials are purchased from the same suppliers. That is, the supplier does not look for where it is cheaper and does not offer the customer cheaper options, no (including taking into account the delivery of materials, for which you will always pay a couple of hundred rubles). It's just that the general contractor's agreements with certain suppliers work here (is there a commercial benefit here or not - think for yourself, but then what's the point of this expense item? What am I paying for as a customer? It turns out according to the principle "it's your fault that I really want to eat").
2. percentage for the supply. A controversial point, since in some cases they are sent to a certain supplier of materials, who subsequently does all the work on design / sale / delivery, but the general contractor still takes money from you, which looks extremely strange.
3. Documents for materials: some of the documents are simply not there. But let's say there are documents for concrete, and what should I do with them when they are given to me after the fact at the end of construction, and they can write anything in them by hand? And if there is also a commercial interest in this?
4. There is always a human factor: they charged me 100-200 rubles repeatedly for one of the deliveries, simply because they did not figure out their calculations themselves. Therefore, calculations sometimes look like they do not fully correspond to reality (and perhaps they are adjusted to certain amounts somewhere - at least this is my impression, but I can't prove anything to you here, since there are no documents).
To sum up, everyone has shoals, and in my case, objectively, they are so big that you can't blame the developer just because of emotions. And in a controversial moment about an error that came to light later, you also need to be extremely objective and ask, including from the designer (and it is better to audit the project before construction).
You can build with the guys only by hiring technical supervision (but there is another question: why then contact the guys if there is technical supervision? It is easier and cheaper to find crews and hire technical supervision yourself; but at the initial stages of construction, such nuances are difficult to understand).
Nevertheless, if you have enough money and do not have time, feel free to contact the guys, but with the supervision of technical supervision, since unfortunately the control within the construction company is weak (at least it used to be so, now it is possible in a different way).
I would give the guys a B minus, to be objective, but advertising that is misleading is a serious minus. If you have written something/they said - be kind enough to comply.
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March 28, 2023
In 2021, he made a foundation slab, masonry walls and partitions with the company Belikov-Monolith. 7-8 people participated in the filling of the slab, very quickly. On the part of the facades and plasterers, without complaints, the walls are laid out to the level in compliance with geometry. Daily photo reports allow you to build a house without personal presence. Honesty, openness, transparency - take it and work. An unrealistically steep estimate - everything is clear and on the shelves, without changing the price.. Thanks to the guys , they helped us save a lot on fittings , which is good news
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March 10, 2023
Alexey's company poured the foundation for me. A cool and well-coordinated team from the supervisor to the foreman and the monolith, the daily presence of the foreman at the facility, daily photos of the work done are super. The guys worked from morning until late at night. The speed of work, quality and price are excellent.
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