Be advised that we recently (November, 2004) had a bad experience with Vanden Construction operating out of Hawthorn Woods, IL. Contractor's name is Paul Vanden (full last name is Vandendolder). The work involved a fireplace and additional work on our basement. At the mid-way point of the project the contractor became adversarial with simple requests for work updates, insisted on payment for work yet to be completed, and quit the job before full completion as outlined in the proposal. We did not even find out he had quit the job... read full review »