Elite Remodel

Owner of Elite Remodel LLC, who moved his business to 6966 Shawnee Rd., Milford, DE 19963 (302) 396-0550 [email protected], did not complete paid-for repairs at our home at ***, DE 19946, and misrepresented that work had been completed in order to obtain additional draws, damaged our home, and took off without completing the job, owing us approximately $8,890 in deposit money we've paid for uncompleted work. Mr. began the home improvement/renovation at our home in Kent County, DE, in August 2019 and represented that the work would be finished in 4 - 6 weeks. He disappeared for weeks on end with no communication, went on vacation during our job, and falsely stated in December 2019 that he had completed the project in order to induce us to send him more money. Because it was 10 days before Christmas and he claimed he was unable to send pictures because he had to have surgery, we sent him another partial draw with the agreement that he would send pictures as soon as he had recovered from the surgery. He never contacted us again. We drove to the house and could not get in because when he replaced the door and the lock, he kept the keys and left the lockbox hanging open, empty, twice. Once we got into the house, we saw that there was no carpet in the living room ($1680), the fireplace was not completed ($775), the drywall repairs and painting throughout the house were not completed ($2800), many small repairs he said he'd finished had not been completed ($360), paint was splashed on the carpets in the bedrooms ($500+ to repair/replace), and much of the outside work (sealing/weatherizing storage unit ($300), shower door retractable screen ($275), white pvc trim around carports ($1000), pressure wash/seal/paint under house (1/2 done $1075), pent roof over front door incomplete ($500)). Additionally, the new storm door he had installed was removed and propped up in the living room with bent/damaged hinges ($700). The house has been uninhabitable since August 2019 and Mr. owes us $8,890 for work we paid him for based on his false representations that he has not completed.