J & J Construction & Remodel

Contractor abandoned the project without an explanation. He did not complete the project agreed upon in the contract and left with 75% of the funds.
John *** of J & J Construction & Renovation entered into a signed contractual agreement with me to complete a property renovation for the agreed upon cost of $20,000, which included labor and materials. John also stated that he had a crew to work on the job and agreed to complete the renovation in six weeks. John missed every deadline set, but continuously made promises to complete work the next day. Each time I or one of my representatives went to the property unannounced, John nor a crew member were ever present. John stated that he was a licensed and insured general contractor, neither of which was true. The first payment that we provided to John was written in his company's name. He insisted that we rewrite the check to him directly. He indicated that he had an issue with the taxes with his company and that he only used his own name for receiving checks. We rewrote the check in order for him to move forward. We wrote a total of three checks in his name with promises that materials were being purchased and that work was being completed. On the date that we wrote him the last check, which was Monday, October 7, 2019, he never returned to do any work- even though he gave his word that he would return the next day to install the gutters and repair the soffits. When John abandoned the project, took all of his tools and materials, he had been paid 75% of the budget, with less than 50% of the work complete. At that point, thirteen weeks had passed on a six week project. To this day, John has not called to explain why he simply walked away from the project without a word. We were totally shocked and disappointed, as he presented himself as a responsible, reliable and trustworthy contractor- which we determined he did not possess any of those traits. Unfortunately, I did not do my due diligence on John *** before entering into contract with him. Upon his abandonment, I did research John *** and discovered on the TN state contractor's verification website that the license number that he provided and is also listed at the bottom of his e-mail signature, did not exist. He is working as an unlicensed contractor, but representing himself as a licensed and insured general contractor. I also discovered after the fact that he has an F rating with the Revdex.com and has consumer complaints as recently as this year. This has been a very disturbing turn of events, as we really did trust him to have the integrity to keep his word. He did not and has now cost us much more money to hire another contractor to complete his unfinished and unfortunately, poor quality of tiling and deck work. John *** paid himself first and did not purchase materials to represent the amount of funds that he received from us.

On June 4, 2019, Mr. *** of Jj construction and remodels and I, verbally agreed for me to build a 12X11 addition onto the back of a customer's house in the amount of $2,500. Which half down was retrieved at the beginning of said project in the amount of $1,250. In addition to that, Mr. of Jj construction and remodels asked me to install shingles etc in the amount of $285. Which was completed as well. An additional $30 was added to the price for the purchase of another bundle of shingles. The jobs I was hired for was completed on June 12, 2019. Which leaves a balance in the amount of $1,560. I have tried numerous of times to contact Mr. of Jj construction and remodels but the only response I can get is ? I'm going to pay you ', but that day have never came. I have even ask for at least some of the money to show that he is even trying to pay something but still NO LUCK. I had 2 extra people to helped me on that project and have NOT been able to pay them either, due to the non payments of Mr.. We all are highly upset about this matter.

's work caused damage to my home and he has refused to pay the contractor he authorized to do the repairs. He falsified his license.
*** remodeled an upstairs bathroom for me on Feb 4, 2019. He was paid $1,250 by check on Feb 8th. On Feb 26th I noticed a stain on the ceiling below that bathroom and sent him a message. He responded that he would come look but didn't come as promised. Multiple requests later he came to the house and confirmed that there was likely a leak and he would come out Saturday, March 9th to repair it. On March 9th *** never arrived and didn't respond to texts or phone calls.
On March 11th *** sent a friend who agreed that there was a leak but couldn't provide proof of a license or insurance. I am unwilling to let anyone else work without proof, so he was sent home. My handy man, ***, came out on March 12th and confirmed the leak. *** agreed via text message on March 12th to pay *** to fix the leak and repair the ceiling. It took two visits to complete the repairs as the drain had to be sealed, a hole cut in the ceiling, and after it had time to dry new drywall put up and puttied. *** was sent an invoice for $680 on March 30th.
Multiple attempts have been made since March 30th to get payment from *** but he has continued not to respond to voicemails, text messages, and emails. After the invoice was sent March 30th text messages were sent on April 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th, and 10th. He agreed to pay via the app Cashapp, but on April 10th *** declined my charge for the $680.

Additionally, *** claimed a license number on his quote that has turned out to be fraudulent- I tried verifying with metro Davidson county, Rutherford county, and the state of TN, and it isn't a valid number. When asked for proof of his license after the damage was done *** did not supply anything.

Finally, it has become apparent that the work *** did was sub-par. Pieces of grout have begun flaking off, indicating that he failed to seal the grout. I am going to have to pay someone to complete this.

J&J Construction & Remodel Mr. *** phone # *** remodeled both our bathrooms located @ 582 *** Drive *** TN *** back in end of June and beginning of July 2018. We have been trying to reach Mr. to come back and complete the touch up paint & repair my husband countertop. I have made several attempts to reach Mr. by e-mails and left plenty of v-mail messages. In the meantime we had some other issues to come up. The grout/ modeling around the tubs is cracking, the bathrooms faucets fixtures are loose, the cabinet he stained in my husband bathroom need to be redone, still need touch-up paint to be completed, my husband granite countertop has a scratch from day one he was supposed to repair or fill in, broken tile on the floor, both toilet need to be re grout at the bottom. We have made a couple of contacts with *** only to lead to lies of when he can come out or calls us back. He came out on Dec 1, 2018 to estimate the damage and time he will need to complete the job. *** was suppose to show up on Dec 3, 2018 after 12:30 pm after he completed a floor he was laying for someone He never showed up or call. I texted him @4:19 pm on Dec 3rd advise I thought you were coming to do the repairs today what happen? he responded back @ 4:22pm the job was taking longer to replace sub floor. My response was it would of been nice to get a phone call to let me know he was not coming. I have continue to leave messages and also texts to see when he coming to take care of the issues no response from him at all. I cant believe he would treat a good customer like this. He was paid in full now he just been annoying our request after he promise to take care of the repairs. We need help to get this resolved.