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I contracted this job with [redacted] to do several different trades in his basement I installed insulation into the ceiling of the basement that was a substandard Insulation a R-insulation would have been the appropriate insulation, insulation we used had a lot of particles and fibers it was more an insulation for attics this is what was purchasedThis is the reason I ended up getting Pneumonia,I took the appropriate precautions when handling insulation but the particles still got into my lungs and I got an infection in my lungs that turned into Pneumonia it took me weeks and Z-packs to remove the puss out of my lungs because of the substandard insulation that I had to useI was delirious for weeks, I tried to come back to work but still was feeling delirious so yes my hours were cut short, when I spoke with [redacted] I told him what happened and also told him that I was behind schedule because of being down for the two weeks, I was now behind schedule for all of my customers, all of my other customers were very understanding and concerned for my health and had no problem with me being behind schedule, [redacted] gave me an almost impossible schedule to keep because not only did I have to do the insulation he added on extra’s that ate up my time on the original invoice I had to install wiring for base board heaters and lights over the bar and a light in the daughters bedroom, running wires thru walls that are already finished takes a lot of time, plus I had to now run insulation board on the ceilings to hide the noise in the basement, so we now have insulation installed and wires and gas lines that had to be moved or installed and now I had to install insulation/particle board over the entire ceiling, and we also framed up columns that hid the steel beams that support the floor, I have photo’s of all the work that was performed .Vincent’s entire problem is over me splitting my days, like I said I was behind schedule with all of my jobs and when I finally got caught up I was told not to show up that he had someone else coming to finish the job, I pleaded with [redacted] to allow me to finish the work that I started, in most cases the contractor is allowed to finish his work especially when my name is riding on it we live in the same neighborhood, also I did work for [redacted] in the past and he knows how busy I am and he also knew that I have a reputation for always finishing what I start I have lists of customers that will verify and recommend me for any job, if I was a person without integrity I would not have a website, a [redacted] page twitter site/a porch.com site and business license for [redacted] and with the Attorney Generals office, if my goals are to be a crook to my customers, once again I asked to be able to complete my work,and [redacted] refused and considering that we had an agreement for me to do the deck and stairs and Gazebo and when I came back to work [redacted] had already hired another contractor to do the deck and gazebo that we had a verbal agreement on, and in my understanding of things he had put himselfin breech of contract by not talking to me if he could bring other contractors onto my job site if he is unhappy or not, plus all of the furnishings, pictures exercise equipment, pets barking all day all in our way most contractors would have walked right there, but I only wanted to finish what I started so I tried and worked a little longer and at midnight September 14".Sunday evening I got a text for me not to show up, I tried to remedy this with [redacted] on Monday morning but he had already made an agreement with another contractor, not allowing me no remedy, all he wants now is for me to completely pay back all money and pay him for the new contractor to come in and do the work that we had an agreement for me to do, I received a down payment of $towards the job, he wants me to absorb that loss and not to pay myself or my subcontractor plus pay his replacement contractor, I asked [redacted] to give me until this Friday of the 19"Of September to complete his job and that we would work 8-hours a day to wrap things up and for us to work specifically for him to give him a high quality job a complete basement remodel job for $there was no money being made on this an he knew this, normally I would get $to do this but I wanted to use his basement for pictures and advertisements and I also explained this to Vincent, this is why I was doing the job so cheap now not only am I taking a loss on pay for this he is also expecting me to pay another crew to come in to finish because he wasn’t satisfied with the hours we were workingI have bills and trust me $does not go very far, I would still be ready to finish the basement for [redacted] because that’s me.Sincerely, Bill W

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Complaint: ***
I am rejecting this response because:
This is a response to the response made by Best Price Remodel’me (William W***)First, I’d like to address W***’s response relative to the materials that were usedI don’t know if I’d mentioned in my original complaint but W*** did do some work in my basement several months agoAt that time, I did have some of the same issues that I am basing my complaint on this timeBeing a good person, I was willing to give him a second chance to make things right, therefore, I hired him a second time to complete the work in my basementWith that being said, when W*** worked in my basement earlier this year, I purchased the materials that I was going to need in order to finish my basementIn particular, Sound Attenuating Fireproof insulation (***) and sound proofing fiberboardWhen I purchased said items, I had an extensive conversation with W*** relative to how said items were going to be installed and if he would be able to do itW*** told me that he was familiar with said products and knew of all the precautions that were needed in order to properly handle and install the materialsIn particular, we discussed the use of a protective suit (*** type), gloves, air mask, eyeglasses and hatSo, when the project began, W*** had none of these itemsOnce he began the job and seeing this, I offered him a protective suit that I had purchased from *** *** as he suggested I do several months agoIn short, W*** knew the materials he was going to be working with and what precautions needed to be takenIf he had any issues he should have addressed them to meAs far as him getting sick as a result of these materials, I really don’t know what to say about thatWhen W*** claimed he got sick, he did not call me or send me an e-mail or communicate to me by text that he would not be showing up as a result of his “illness”He just decided that he was not going to show up for several days without extending me the professional courtesyIn fact, I only found out of his illness when I called him after several days of him not showing upHe explained the situation to me and he told me that he would be back on the job the day after I spoke with himI allowed several days and the weekend to pass but he, again, did not show up nor did he extend the professional courtesy of telling me that he was still ill or unable to show upIn regards to cost of the project, W*** came and gave me an estimate on July 15th, I did not ask for any special discounts or special favorsW*** told me what the cost of project was and we agreed upon some modifications to that costThe modification made was relative to some materials that I would be obtaining for myself since I could get them at a discounted rateWhatever his purpose was for agreeing on the cost of the project is really none of my concernHe gave me a price and we both agreed on itIt really does not concern me that he was going to use my project so that he could take pictures and further his business as a result of the work he did in my basementThat was never discussed nor would I agree to something like thatThat is asinine! What kind of businessman agrees to do work and not profit from it? If that was the case, I would have gone out of my ways to have friends help with the project instead since most friends are more reliableInstead, I opted to hire someone I thought was a professionalAs far as my dogs barking in the basement, I would just like to add that they were in their kennels due to the high temperatures at that time of the summerIf the dogs were a problem, he should have said something and I would have considered moving themAgain, I had a discussion about the dogs with W*** and he told me they were not a problem and that he was used to dogs barking at times during other projectsI would like to now address W***’s argument about the breach of contract relative to work that was done in my backyard by other contractorsW*** and I (prior to the beginning of this project) had discussed the fact that I would hire him to work on a pergola and stairs from my existing deck to the backyardI specifically told him that I would have him do that work if, and only if, he completed the work in my basement in a timely mannerOnce he began work in the basement, we again spoke about the pergola in particular the fact that I was considering going another routeThis was due to the fact that I had found an equally economic option and that the current project was not moving along as we had discussedAfter placing numerous phone calls to W*** and determining that he was not committed to finishing the work in the basement in a timely manner, I hired another contractor to finish the work in my backyardIn contrast, these contractors promised to be done in daysThey showed up at 7AM as they had promised and they stayed until 4PM to complete the projectThey were done with the work as they promisedOverall, the backyard project ended up costing me considerably more than what I had anticipatedI did not mind the cost of that project because there is no better feeling than to have something done right and in a timely mannerThat, to me, was the most gratifying thingUltimately, I specifically met with W*** several weeks before the project was going to beginThe purpose of meeting with W*** at the time was to go over how I was expecting the project to workI specifically outlined numerous things about the project and mainly I wanted to ensure that W*** did not pull the same actions (ie: not showing up as promised, coming and going from the work site as he pleased and, not completing the project in the given time)W*** told me it would only take him several days to finish the projectI specifically asked him when he would be able to startI then extended the finish date to be weeks versus the several days he said he needed to complete the projectFurthermore, I told him I would be flexible with the finish date (a few days) as long as there was some progress being madeThe reason I needed the finish date at the date we agreed was that I had plans for family and friends to come and be entertained at my houseNeedless to say, I was able to go on vacation for a week, Labor Day weekend came and went and progress had not been madeThe project was nowhere close to being done.I exhausted all my options in order to get W*** to complete this projectHow many e-mails does it take to get the point across? How many phone calls does it take? How many text messages? It had become physically and mentally exhaustingIt should not be so difficult to get someone to comply with the terms of an agreed upon contractI don’t want to hear that you have other customers or that you have fallen behindI was very flexible but how long was I to leave my basement accessible and my home left unsecured for a contractor who was not going to show up nor extend me the professional courtesy to call and keep me informed of what was going on? W*** did not have any urgency in completing this projectHis only urgency became apparent when I decided to seek civil remedyI did not seek civil remedy until I wrote W*** several e-mails about what my intentions were if he did not complete the projectThe truth is that I should have known better and not given W*** a second chanceNow my only recourse is to seek civil remedyI just want the public to be aware that W*** is not trustworthy and should change his business practicesFor now, I would let the court decide on this matterLastly, I would like to close by saying that money was never an issue with me but at the same time, I don’t want to be taken advantage off and neither does the rest of the publicI have spoken with numerous contractors in the last several weeksNot one has told me that they would have worked as W*** didMeaning that none thought it was a good idea to start a project and not finish it because they were busy doing other projects and trying to catch up on allI knew this from the beginning but I was willing to be a little flexibleI was flexible until the point that I was forced to breakThanks, in advance, for your prompt response in addressing this matterI would like this complaint to remain on file with the Revdex.com.Sincerely,
Regards,
*** ***

! started this project with all good intentions, as a contractor schedules get and will fall behind schedule, tried to get several projects done and they were going smoothly but one never knows for certain if there help will stay, I had my number one man quit at the second week in on ***
basement for health reasons, and once this happened trying to run several jobs at once was not going to happen, there was no I will towards *** and mentioned this to her boyfreind that my schedule was out of whack, I did not want to run behind on my other project, my customer loved my work and was hoping to finally get back on top of my work load when *** boyfreind called me up and fired me and told me he was keeping my tools until PAID HM F4000.00,This is the breakdown of my cost that put out so far to dateframing was and removal of old existing walls/men hrseach rate $total $2,ran electrical lines, outlets, switches, lights, men hours each rate $total $1,insulated walls/men hours rate $each total $Installed stairway landing and preped stairway for ballisters and preped for final drywall work(men hours rate $each total $140.00) 5.Total materials $1,drywall, studs, wire, outlets, switches, parts for steps, insulation, recessed lighting, sanding tools, cutting tools, drywall mud, screws, nails, etcetc6, debris removal was $Y.total labor and materials equals $6550.00.The numbers that the total equals exceed the deposit amounts by $550,and was still willing to finish the job even though was taking a loss and if *** wanted me to would still go and complete the job, I always finish what start, if finishing is out of the question in good faith would pay $and with the remainder that is owed towards the job that would be $3000.00, building a bar and extra outlets and the wet sink were an extra in my bid it was an extra, am sorry that things took this path, but also need all my tools backThe last week we were there we did stop down twice for a few hours or each visit, in fact we were down that afternoon when her boyfreind fired me, two men for several hours, also told them if they needed to contact me to text me, Always get my text, emails is another story do not get on every day, all these problems are because of a busy schedule at that time period, we were happy to have a full schedule it is a shame that we could not wrap the job up because they would have loved what we were going to do for them when completed, I am a small outfit and when something goes wrong it affects how everything goes, and if return $that would mean that my labor was worth nothing and the entire job would have been done for free, my prices are very reasonable and you can not compare anothers prices with mine if this was the case than should charge $12,for the work.Sincertilly, Bill W***

I contracted this job with *** to do several different trades in his basement I installed insulation into the ceiling of the basement that was a substandard Insulation a R-insulation would have been the appropriate insulation, insulation we used had
a lot of particles and fibers it was more an insulation for attics this is what was purchasedThis is the reason I ended up getting Pneumonia,I took the appropriate precautions when handling insulation but the particles still got into my lungs and I got an infection in my lungs that turned into Pneumonia it took me weeks and Z-packs to remove the puss out of my lungs because of the substandard insulation that I had to useI was delirious for weeks, I tried to come back to work but still was feeling delirious so yes my hours were cut short, when I spoke with *** I told him what happened and also told him that I was behind schedule because of being down for the two weeks, I was now behind schedule for all of my customers, all of my other customers were very understanding and concerned for my health and had no problem with me being behind schedule, *** gave me an almost impossible schedule to keep because not only did I have to do the insulation he added on extra’s that ate up my time on the original invoice I had to install wiring for base board heaters and lights over the bar and a light in the daughters bedroom, running wires thru walls that are already finished takes a lot of time, plus I had to now run insulation board on the ceilings to hide the noise in the basement, so we now have insulation installed and wires and gas lines that had to be moved or installed and now I had to install insulation/particle board over the entire ceiling, and we also framed up columns that hid the steel beams that support the floor, I have photo’s of all the work that was performed .Vincent’s entire problem is over me splitting my days, like I said I was behind schedule with all of my jobs and when I finally got caught up I was told not to show up that he had someone else coming to finish the job, I pleaded with *** to allow me to finish the work that I started, in most cases the contractor is allowed to finish his work especially when my name is riding on it we live in the same neighborhood, also I did work for *** in the past and he knows how busy I am and he also knew that I have a reputation for always finishing what I start I have lists of customers that will verify and recommend me for any job, if I was a person without integrity I would not have a website, a *** *** page twitter site/a porch.com site and business license for *** and with the Attorney Generals office, if my goals are to be a crook to my customers, once again I asked to be able to complete my work,and *** refused and considering that we had an agreement for me to do the deck and stairs and Gazebo and when I came back to work *** had already hired another contractor to do the deck and gazebo that we had a verbal agreement on, and in my understanding of things he had put himselfin breech of contract by not talking to me if he could bring other contractors onto my job site if he is unhappy or not, plus all of the furnishings, pictures exercise equipment, pets barking all day all in our way most contractors would have walked right there, but I only wanted to finish what I started so I tried and worked a little longer and at midnight September 14".Sunday evening I got a text for me not to show up, I tried to remedy this with *** on Monday morning but he had already made an agreement with another contractor, not allowing me no remedy, all he wants now is for me to completely pay back all money and pay him for the new contractor to come in and do the work that we had an agreement for me to do, I received a down payment of $towards the job, he wants me to absorb that loss and not to pay myself or my subcontractor plus pay his replacement contractor, I asked *** to give me until this Friday of the 19"Of September to complete his job and that we would work 8-hours a day to wrap things up and for us to work specifically for him to give him a high quality job a complete basement remodel job for $there was no money being made on this an he knew this, normally I would get $to do this but I wanted to use his basement for pictures and advertisements and I also explained this to Vincent, this is why I was doing the job so cheap now not only am I taking a loss on pay for this he is also expecting me to pay another crew to come in to finish because he wasn’t satisfied with the hours we were workingI have bills and trust me $does not go very far, I would still be ready to finish the basement for *** because that’s me.Sincerely, Bill W