Urban Project Management and Construction

DO NOT WORK WITH THIS COMPANY, OR ANY OF THE OTHER CONTRACTING COMPANIES THAT JERED OWNS!!!

I don't even want to give them one star. This company is a disaster, and Jered is a smooth talker, who cannot be trusted. I am currently suing.

About 3 years ago, I hired Urban Project Managment to do a renovation of an entire house in Clearwater. I had recently retired and was living in Atlanta, so it was going to be a long-distance working relationship. Plan was, once Florida house was ready, I would move, do some cosmetic work to the Georgia house, and then sell the Georgia house. Pictures on the UPM website looked good, reviews were excellent, and they were even recommended by another company I had worked with.

Huge downpayment when Contract was signed - 40%. They came in and gutted the house. Some electrical work got done (by two different electricians), some plumbing was done, there was one excuse after another. A second payment (20%) was requested -- and since all sorts of items had been ordered (appliances, tiles, flooring, windows, doors) it seemed reasonable to send second payment. (I later found out, a number of things had NOT been ordered -- even though I had been told things like, "It should be here in 6-7 weeks." And, a favorite, "It should be here, I will have to check in the warehouse, it may be in there."

After TWO+ YEARS of excuses, I get a phone call. "Have you talked to Jered?" Turns out he closed his business and was on his way to the airport for a 3-week vacation to Europe. He did not even contact me about it, I had to hear from a friend.

After TWO YEARS of promises, Jered left me with a gutted house -- they had not even put up any sheetrock. And, many of the items that I had been led to believe had been ordered -- were not ordered! He claims he is broke. (I'm told he is driving a Maserati and another reviewer mentioned his kids are in private school.)

I had to hire a lawyer and a new Contractor. The new Contract was for more than what UPM had originally bid on the project -- mostly because the new Contractor also had to go back and fix things had been done incorrectly. A portion of the plumbing had to be removed and replaced. The electrical system did not meet the new 2024 Code (because originally, the work should have been completed in 2022 or early 2023). Some of the work done did not pass inspection due to a "structural issue" created by attempted shortcuts. The structural issue required me to go back to the architectural design group to engineer a solution that would be acceptable. Of course, I had to pay for that work to be done. (This caused a 3-week delay, that the new Contractor had to deal with by working on other things in the house out of the planned order.) The new Contractor told me that Jered should have been able to complete my renovation in 6-8 months -- not two+ years, and still barely started.

The new Contractor is on schedule to complete the project in 6 months -- start-to-finish.

I am currently suing UPM and Jered. Jered did not even bother to reply to the Court, so I won by default. However, I do not hold out much hope that I will be able to collect anything from him. He just took my money and walked away.

The damage he has caused me (and others) is unforgiveable, and possibly criminal. Currently, I am out the money I paid to him. (a significant amount.) And, I have been having to maintain two houses -- utilities, taxes, lawncare, etc. -- for three years, which has significantly cut into my retirement savings. (Four years into retirement, I had planned to be settled in Florida and doing some traveling, and had even planned on getting a new car. Unfortunately, I am NOT settled, have NOT sold the GA home, have NOT gone on any trips, and have NOT gotten a new car.

We will see what I can collect from the Civil Fraud case. If he weasels out of paying me (by declaring bankruptcy, or some such thing) -- I will file a Criminal Fraud lawsuit, and Jered could end up losing his Contractor's License, having to pay a hefty fine, and hopefully some time in jail.

don't ever use this company Jered Snelson robbed me of $25,000 I gave him the money to do the first phase of my condo all he did was gut it and I never seen him again he told me to give him more money so that he could finish the job because his other job the pipes blew up and he was waiting for the insurance money when come to find out he needed my money to pay for his children's private schooling !!! Don't get caught up with his talk he talks a good game read all the reviews on the other pages google his name and read the companies reviews I'm not the only person he has robbed

I have made a formal complaint with the State of Florida DBPR & Pinellas Consumer Protection. UPM has stopped responding and abandoned work on our project at this point. It's been two months since any work was done. Pretty sure Jered is using money from new projects to fund his management of funds from other projects. I know of one other recent complaint against his license with the Florida DBPR, and another one of Jered's old clients that won a lawsuit against UPM for their faulty work in 2023. Just to give you an idea, our project started in 2021 and was supposed to be done in 1 year. It's been almost 3 years now! We call and text Jered and he has now stopped responding. We don't have a roof on part of our home and this is causing water damage yet Jered is not responding. He's probably going bankrupt and likely will lose his license soon with all these complaints and losing that lawsuit recently.

This is my first remodel place is old and ugly condo.They came and did a quick total demolition removed 2 small walls which opened it all up and created this beautiful modern Scandinavian look with modern Bosch appliances. The gray cabinets with white quartz counters are such a good contrast.The flooring helped to bring it all together and painted my whole unit with a beautiful white color .. Jered and his design team and workers brought it all together and did all the plans.. would highly recommend them got lucky with my first remodeling.

Suzan in Tampa channelside area

Urban Project Management did a full kitchen remodel for me as well as an office area and bathroom.

They always take the extra time to make sure everything is done perfectly and their design work is unparalleled.

I am super happy with all of the projects we’ve ever done together!