Albert Contracting

To whom it may concern; *** ***-Revdex.comI'm responding to a letter that I received via mail on May26, 2017,| Brian A*** was given a deposit of S3,to construct a sunroom for *** *** at her residence in York CountyAn estimate was given at the initial meeting, but after several more
meetings due to the customer wanting extras done to the sunroom the project went above the original estimate that was already completed and agreed to by the customer, *** ***The customer then stated that she wanted to then cancel continuation of the project, due to it being unaffordable at that pointAt this time I (Brian A***) supplies were already being ordered and were scheduled for deliveryI then had to cancel the orders for materials and wait for refund, which there was a delayAbout this time I had a family emergencyThe home owner (*** ***) and I (Brian A***) had a personal agreement that I may use the S3,as a temporary loan due tothe nature of the family emergency, and in regards to that it would be paid back in monthly installmentsIt was unfortunatly an unreachable amount at the time this letter was received, my vehicle broke down and I had no choice but to purchase a new one, and furthermore I had gotten hurt on the job which has left me with a serious back injury, which has also put my construction jobs at risk and on hold, and intern has caused my incorne and future jobs to suffer imencely.I have been in contact with the home owner and explained my situation to her, and ive reasurred her that she will be paid back ASAPlam doing my best to take care of all debts that have aquired due to these unfortuanate events, it was never my intent to not pay the owner back the loan, that I was very thankful for given the circumstances at the timeAs for the Sthat was submmited to me for the construction of the radiator covers...that money was refunded back to the owner in form of a check it was the sealed in a white envelope and and delivered via mail box, (home owners mail box)Proof of this can be relinquished if neededI want to apoligize for the untimely delay in the payment of the temporary loan that the home owner assisted me withI do understand their frustration and I too feel this, although I cant help for the terriable things that have occured lately, These are a series of very unfortunate events that I had no control overI Brian A*** have every intention of paying the home owner back all of the debt that is owed back.Once again lam so very sorry and I want to be clear that the events that happened were totally out of my controllam making every stride to get back on track and to rectify this situation and ie.dumpster, permit, & cost of windows ect.....I would like to resolve this with a written payment plan that we both can agree on,On behalf of myself & my business A*** CONTRACTING: I apoligize I'am sincerely sorry and I honestly didn't mean or want any of this to happen or go the way it has.I'd like to work this out ASAPAlthough I'm going to be unable to work for a while due to needing back surgeryI'll due my best.A*** CONTRACTING,Brian A***,

Review: On December 3rd, 2012, we received a propsal from Albert Contracting to to remodeling work in our home. [redacted] (owner) gave a reference, which we contacted. [redacted] had insurance which we verfied. On December 20th, 201 [redacted] began working on our home. The total job as $21,665 and construction was to begin as soon as all townhip permits were recieved. [redacted] asked for a downpayment of $16,065 which was for materials and $5450 of the $16065 was to be used for labor. My father-n-law felt that was alot to ask for a downpayment and questioned [redacted] several times regarding such a large amount. As the job progressed [redacted] on 3 occassions asked for more money and my father n law provided. On the 4th request on February 11th, 2013 my husband looked at the overage bill and here it was for items we had already paid in the original quote plus more. So we began to question [redacted]. I asked for the reciepts for our job and made a spreadsheet and to our dismay there was only $8,800 of materials that could be accounted for. There was $3217 of bought items in question which [redacted] could not explain plus the $5450 which was to be kept for the completion of the job, which was nowhere near completion was gone in addition to $1700 of itmes we had purchased that was from the original propsal. We had a meeting with [redacted] on February 14, 2013 to discuss the spreadsheet and where all the money had gone. [redacted] could give no explanation only that some of the money had gone to pay his bills. Our renovation is only have complete with serveral code violations which will not pass inspection and make our second floor non livable space. I have contact his insurance co to open a claim. We never signed written contract. Albert Contracting is not a registered ** Contractor.Desired Settlement: $10,367 plus labor

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I am rejecting this response because:

Mr. Albert states he had to purchase more material due to township codes which is not is untrue due to the fact that we have and continue to find many towship code violations with the latest being a Fire code violation. The plans were changed prior to Mr. Albert purchasing material or starting construction as you can see from the second proposal I sent you. The floor plan was actually smaller not larger. We were advised by Mr. Albert we had "dead" space so why not use it for additional closets. The closets are not level or plumb. Nothing on the second floor is level or plumb. An example is on of the closets in the master bedroom, the opening on the left side is 47" and the opening on the righ is 50". The walls are not level or plumb. Wall in our hall is bowed which Mr. Albert states is from the lumber not being straight, so then you obviously would not use that piece or pieces.

There was no "sub-contractor" installing the drywall. It was Mr. Alber's assistant, a friend of the finsher and occassionally Mr. Albert. When we spoke to the finisher he states our renovation job upstairs was the crappiest hang job he has ever seen and he tried his best to hide their errors. At one point he was packing mud into 3" holes. He advised us that he felt sorry for us and if we would like he would come back in to try and fix areas which to this day are still not right.

Mr. Albert cut 5 holes in our roof for dormers. None of the dormers are the same height, nor are any of them slped the same. There is bare wood showing on. The shingles are green and our roof shingles are black. The front dormer in the master bedroom is leaking causing water damage to the newley drywalled walls and the living room ceiling below. Our ceilings are our first floor are all cracked. Mr. Albert also installed a skylight in our bathroom which was installed with the flashing backwards.

We are not sure where Mr. Albert is getting his figures as he has no accounting method or any method of keeping track of what he was spending. Our numbers are derived from all the receipts we received from Mr. Albert, copies of written checks to Mr. Albert with the amounts and dates. As you can see from the spreadsheet we provided, materials were only $8,640.42.

The windows Mr. Albert installed on our second floor do not meet new construction fire code. The window sills are 14" too high and are also crocoked, nor are they level or plumb.

Mr. Albert to this date has not given us any explanation to where our money was spent. He can only provide receipts for items on the spreadsheet for which we have deemed for our project while also spending our money for x-mas cards, a Sony DVD player, a Fisher Price toy, tools (which he should have had) & various other items.

We have been and continue to be in contact with Mr. Albert's insurance company for damages he has caused as well as making our second floor unsafe and now we have no funds to complete the problems that still exist. Mr. Albert claims he knows what good quality workmanship is but unfortunately he does not as if he did we wouldn't have water damage, fire code violations, building code violations and township violations.

Mr. Albert used the cheapest material one could use for construction. An example is he used the cheapest form of OSB Roofing plywood for our flooring. This has left us with uneven and sloped floors and township code violations. Our stairsteps leading to the second floor (which Mr. Albert constructed 2 times) are not steep enough to township code. Mr. Albert never contacted the county inspector to inspect when the installation of insulation was complete nor did he contact the county inspector when the drywall was hung prior to painting.

As you can see from the spreadsheet I sent you with all the receipts from our job, there is $3,109.35 of questionable items and $1700 of items we purchased that were in Mr. Albert's proposal. On February 14, 2013, my father n law, my husband and myself had a meeting from 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm with Mr. Albert regarding the funds in question. At which time he could give no explanation as to where our money was or how it was spent or how/why wer wer overcharged for itmes he said were used on our job (example: 14 buckets of spackle.) I spoke to the finisher and he advised that we were lucky if there were even 8 buckets. Ffurthermore, I double checked with Mr. Albert to make sure we had all the receipts at which time he stated we did. On Friday night Feb 15 @ 4:31, I received a text from Mr. Albert questioning me contacting his insurance company. At 5:27, Mr. Albert all of the sudden has come up with different figures than we had. We asked him if he had receipts and he stated he would have to find them but the evening prior he advised us we had ALL the receipts for our project.

There is no money to finish the jobs Mr. Albert has taken it all even the money that was to be kept aside to upgrade our downstair which was included in his proposal. Per Mr. Albert's proposal he was not to receive the $5450 (final payment) until the job was complete. The job is far from complete.

To our calculation and by the documentation we submitted, Mr. Albert owes us over $10,000 not only to misuse of our money but for labor and items he did not purchase or complete.

Everything on our second floor that Mr.s Albert touched has poor workmanship, code violations which has made it unsafe and unlivable.

Mr. Albert continues to do work full well knowing he is not a PA certified contractor.

Best regards,