contractor (“kd”) refusing to fix shoddy work
Georganne Dermigny
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Contractor Refused to Complete Job...Then Liened My House!
Comments (23)brutuses, you sure could do a lot with that money and our four-legged friends, I agree! robin0919, maybe this will help clear up your confusion: GC = Blue Oak Builders Sub/Contractor = Western Wall Systems (aka Bay Foam, aka BayStone Group), the drywall/stucco/masonry subcontractor GC did not walk off the job. Nothing happened between us and the GC. We are not O/B, the GC is responsible and having a GC was a requirement by the bank. Contractor walked off the job. I don't know why. I wish I knew why that contractor would leave the job before it's complete and then file a lien as if he completed the job. You say it makes no sense at all. I say it makes no sense at all. At least we agree on that. This was when we saw the first signs of trouble, as written on WesternWallSystems.com: As of July 26, 2008 we paid WWS a total of $153,365.00 and were current on all payments. However, when we requested a meeting with Tim Ritter to discuss quality concerns about the project on August 6, 2008, he was a no-call, no-show. Maybe after all the re-work was done to correct some of their previous mistakes (for instance, re-applying the brown coat on the entire house because they put a rough coat instead of a smooth coat the first time around) they figured there wasn't enough profit to finish the job? Is that why once they received payment on 7/26/08, the owner of Western Wall Systems had the audacity to be a no-call, no-show to an appointment with us and the GC 11 days later on 8/6/08? I have no idea, this is purely an assumption on my part in an attempt to try figure out why. Maybe they're taking our $150,000+ and filing a frivolous lien in an unethical attempt to force us to pay "just to clear the lien" so we can close escrow. I'm sure someone somewhere probably paid off a lien, even if they didn't think it was legitimate, just so that they could close escrow. Sounds like a loophole in the system that allows unethical contractors to extort money from homeowners... Here is a link that might be useful: WesternWallSystems.com...See MoreFixed-price contract has Contractor's Fee % as well?
Comments (42)Vegiegardnr- Did you talk to you flooring person about thier hours? Not that it really should need to be any of your concern what it takes to run their business as long as you get the finished product that you are paying for (and of a reasonable quality), but there probably is a lot more to it than you seem to assume. You saw work from 10:30 -4:30 and decided that was lazy. There could have been other work that is necessary to their job that was happening during those "lazy off hours": Meeting other potential clients for quoting work, billing and paperwork for jobs done, billing and paperwork to pay supplier accounts, getting quotes or filling out forms for insurance and/or licensing, filling out forms for employees or past employees that need employment verifications for loans/apartment renting/new jobs, picking up materials for jobs or tool expendables, servicing of their truck or equipment that they use to do the work, researching and/or buying a new piece of equipment, going to a class about a new floor surfacing product, etc.. Based on how you present yourself here it seems you don't view contractors as human beings that "just might" be working hard to try to do good work. There are bad guys out there in all fields of work, but most contractors do not deserve the assumption that they are all just trying to find ways to overcharge and be lazy. Or maybe in your experience those are the only ones you've worked with - because as others have pointed out, contractors look at their potential clients in terms of risk of loss/stress/hassle/not getting paid/not getting sued, and the good self respecting contractors who have a good reputation and referral base don't need to take on risky/unpleasant work and probably steer clear of working with someone with those attitudes. Maybe next time - still protect yourself with reasonable due diligence, but treat the contractor as a human, ask (a reasonable amount) of polite and non judgemental questions if you don't understand where charges come from or why things cost what they do. Maybe then you'll have a better experience with your next contractor and start to shift your views away from assuming they're all bad....See MoreConcrete stain not color we selected and contractor is refusing to fix
Comments (10)In my location we pay top dollar. A stained concrete slab with 6" of new concrete would be closer to $ 10/sf. And would take 4-6months to complete. Your project cost $3.25/sf. How long did it take start to finish? It takes 1 day to cure 1mm of poured concrete. One inch = 25.4mm. It works out to be 1 month to cure 1 inch of concrete. You poured 6" of concrete. If they added curing agents to speed things up, the chemicals float to the top and contaminate the surface. The floor contractor HAD to clean that up...extensively! If the skipped that step then the finish would not 'take' the way it was supposed to...as in the stain won't look right NOR will it stick properly. It might look like parts of the floor didn't receive any stain....See MoreOur neighbors contractor did work to our house
Comments (9)We found a neighbor using the same contractor - supposedly our neighbor “2 houses down” on the OTHER end of the road had asked for a quote and the guys (without telling their supervisor about the additional prospective job) decided to just go forward with the work behind his back... so our neighbors who had inquired about a quote were a bit relieved they got the wrong house since that isn’t what they were wanting. But long story short, we got in contact with the guy in charge and he came out and fixed it after we told him we had filed a police report... so all good now thankfully! Thanks everyone :)...See MoreGeorganne Dermigny
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PROJoseph Corlett, LLC
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last yearhe also left my walls like this. his guy removed the cabinets and installed new. it’s just odd to me that prepping the walls for paint isn’t part of that but i could be wrong.
the last couple of pics show where they removed a half wall and it’s all crooked and look alike there no corner bead in that area. i’ll definitely have to hire someone to fix. looks worse in person.
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rebunky
last yearGeorganne Dermigny
last yearyes Rebunky! my fridge is there now. not high end built in
and door hits the wall when opened all the way i had to tape styrofoam up there for now hahah. thank you for the compliment… but
the floors are another issue! they’re actually very old dilapidated vinyl tile and he just went over them instead of offering the foresight of removing them prior to install of new floor. he was supposed to get me a flooring estimate too but needless to say, i didn’t persue!
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