William Coble & Associates

Hired Coble to build an addition, gave $5000 in earnest money to start work on plans. This would be the flat fee to take is through to permit approvals. We received a few basic renderings of the addition only, nowhere near suitable for permits. When we realized that he wasn't as competent at drafting or engineering as we had thought, we told him to stop, return our original house plans and work out how much time he had in the job. We are willing to pay for his time, but he believes that he has earned the entire $5000. I'm pleased we stopped - people like that would no doubt try and take more money without having to work for it. Get everything in writing and give nothing up front.

Raleigh Roofers increased their quote on our new roof by 44% was the work was completed.We hired Raleigh roofers to replace our existing roof for a fee of $13,500.00. When the job was completed Raleigh Roofers stated we owe an additional $6000.00 due to miss calculation on how much roofing material we needed.Desired SettlementWe are requesting the Raleigh Roofers meet us half way. We are willing to pay $3375.00 dollars more for the extra roofing materials and have them take some of the responsiblty for missing the quote by about 44%.Business Response /[redacted]/ William Coble & Associates, llc. [redacted] XXXXX Licensed general contractor (XXX)-XXX-XXXXDate: 7/8/2014Revdex.com Complaint response from [redacted].Work was completed at: [redacted] rd. [redacted] NC. If you want to pay that amount to settle this case then please do so, by sending your payment in good faith. But it is to my BELIEF you have never had intentions to pay me anything. So, if you are sincere in paying the amount you are proposing to end all legal debates, then I accept $9,750.00 as full payment with certified funds made out to my company. Which is half of the amount of the overage and the original balance due on the contract.So, if you decide to pay this amount then it shows you had moral intentions of payment and my belief was wrong. But if you still want to debate and continue to challenge my company with issues in order to make payment or change the amount again then, I know it is an excuse, a lie in order to delay and not make payment and it will show that you never had any intention of paying the original bill from the beginning and it proves you never had intentions of paying my company for our roofing services. Sincerely, [redacted]

Contract states 2 cabinets, granite, electric to be installed in fireplace nooks. Also cabinet doors to be wrapped on kitchen island for $5300. Sep 19 2013 Contract entered during onsite visit contractor measured cabinet space as left side 40 5/16" and right side 43 3/8" also seen on contract. Gave deposit in form of check of $2650Oct 29 2013 - Conversation with contractor states he cannot do job because cabinets will cost too much. Wants to only do half the job for the same amount. I requested to cancel work since it will be over what contract stated. He agreed but I never received refund of deposit $2650.Nov 5th - Called to see status of refurnd as I never received int he mail. Contractor refuses to return deposit states if we cancel he will keep deposit for his time invested thus far.Dec 13th - Contractor meet with me at [redacted] to tell me that Merilatt cabinets unable to get in a timely manner wanted to switch to Armstrong could easily be supplied by 2 or 3 week in January. Assured me the quality would be comparable to Merilatt.Jan 23 2014 - Contract calls informs me cabinets are in.Feb 4 2014 - Contractor delivers cabinets for nooks. Inspects them for any damage.Feb 5th 2014- Schedule to have electric ran but Electrician unable to come.Feb 6th 2014 - Electrician and Contractor arrive 10am. Electrician runs electrical wire and installs to 2 pocket lights and switch. Contractor during measurements for lights discovers he has ordered wrong size for the left side nook. 42" cabinet for a 40 5/16 space. Wants to charge me more money to move the wall because cabinet will not fit or alternativley charge me for the correct cabinet a 39" which will fit. I refused at that time to pay anything additional because it was the contractors error.Feb 7th 2014 - Contractor gave me option to pay $1500 more to void to the contract and have someone else complete the job. I refused wanting the contractor to complete job for the agreed $5300 as seen on contract.Feb 18th 2014 - Informed contractor he is in breach of contract will not pay any additional amounts. Contractor has threatened me with laywer and credit collections to ruin my credit. I have copies of text messages he has sent me. Desired SettlementContractor to take the cabinets back. Provide me a refund minus the cost of the electrician work ($350) and the cost incurred by me for the holes left in the wall and ceilings from the electrician repaired (sheetrock/spackle/paint). Business Response /[redacted]/Today's Date: 2/19/2014Name: [redacted] Address: [redacted] rock rd. Durham, NC. Final Offer:I will agree to swap out the upper 42 inch Armstrong cabinet and lower 42 inch cabinet for the 36 inch Armstrong cabinets at no charge to you. With this one condition..... You pay me the balance owed on the cabinets and the electrical work and the lights at a total of $1,547.00. If you agree to this, I want to be paid in cash or cashiers check / money order today, being 2/19/2014. You have my address on the contract and my contact information on the contract. That is it. This will settle the debate I have with you, with a compromise and cost on my behalf, being more than fair. If you do this I will have no further issue with you about funds owed and you should have none towards me. After this, if you elect to hire another contractor to finish the project with the remaining balance in the contract, that is your choice. That evidence is breach of contract. If I do not hear, receive a comment back from you today, etc... All FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS ARE OVER. Then on 2/20/2014 I have instructed my legal associate to file what is needed to collect payment and enforce the contract terms and conditions you entered into my company with. I will notify your text messaging about this email, along with your phone. That way I will be sure you got the message this morning. 7:37am.Regards,[redacted] Final Consumer Response /[redacted]/(The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.)I am not in breach of contract because since Feb 6th when you discovered and informed me that you had ordered the wrong cabinets I have been trying to work this situation out in a compliant & timely manner. Below you will see my terms to resolve this issue.I agree to pay $1000 via cashiers check which is the $1500 that you requested minus the $500 for the repair cost of the 4 dry wall holes your electrician has left during his work. I agree to pay you this amount via cashiers check upon the delivery of the 39" correct base and top cabinet. If you agree to this compromise all previous binding contracts will be dissolved and no further action will be needed by your company or sub-contractors. We can also close this Revdex.com complaint on a positive note and no legal actions will need to be taken.Final Business Response /[redacted]/I stand on my final agreement. The holes cut will not be seen by the cabinets when installed or the repairs will not cost no more than 30.00. So I see no issue to negotiate this idea due to real cost. A half of sheet of drywall will handle this repairs with ten minutes of work. Again not really needed due to cabinets will hide all of this when installed.