We live in Philly & invested several condos in Cocoa & Cape Canaveral. Mark Derman is the husband of the our realtor. She recommended him. She did a fine job in buying 6 units for us. Because of her, we also trusted him. He renovated 3 units & we didn't go down to inspect. This year, we bought 1 on the ocean. Derman Homes renovated it & a rental co. furnished it. In Aug, we visited it. We stayed for a week & were shocked that several items he said to have done were not done, the quality of the products was very poor, the shower curtain bar came down, the toilet seat cover was so flimsy that it gave in with a creaking sound when sitting on it, the "professionally cleaned" tub was rusty as the old leaking faucet was not replaced. He later replaced it on our request. We emailed him asking for purchase proofs to try to get about $2500 back on products by subtracting the amount he charged from the costs online from Home Depot website with a 30% mark up, the percent he claimed he added. He refused but gave us $770 back on items not done, including $225 tub cleaning. A few examples of his charges were: $580 for 3 1-gallon paints & 2 50-gallon primers, $455 for floor cleaning, $56/sqft for Formica as to our current contractor's $36/sqft for level 1 granite, $385 for a few inexpensive GFIs, a dozen of outlets & switches. Mark Derman charged $11300 (- $770) for a cheap upgrade that should have cost about $6k to $7k. We learned our lesson. Check things out, no matter how busy you are.

I would highly recommend Mark for any home building project. I found him to be prompt in responding to my request for help with my building project. His work is first class with a great attention to detail. It was a pleasure working with him and getting to know him. All in all he is a top notch contractor who goes the extra mile to provide a wonderful finished product that you can be proud of. Buck Hasko