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Initial quote over the phone, job unseen, for hanging a door, was $150.00. On arriving at their house, they showed me the door, saying besides hanging it they wanted a new mortise lock installed. I said installing the mortise lock alone was
$150.00, i.e., total job would be $300.00. They said okay.
They then showed me their son's bedroom, comprising of six windows needing face trim. I quoted $labor for the face trim and said the windows would look a lot nicer with window sills added. I quoted $total labor and said it would take a full day to fabricate the window sills and install the trim. They accepted verbally, they even liked the design I showed them
The first day I did all the window trim, installed the trims and sills, except for one piece of face trim, which was cut but not installed due to my finishing nailer jamming. Upon my arrival at 6:am, I left at pm. I was there for hours and minutes with no break, i.e., no lunch. I asked for a check for $400.00, they gave me a check for only $300.00. I said we seemed to have a misunderstanding and that I would call later when her husband got home to rectify the problem with the check.
Upon speaking to husband -- and wife -- later, both said they were only willing to pay $for all the window trims, sills, door hanging and installing mortise locks for which I quoted a total of $700.00. I offered to ride over and discuss the problem; they said "no, thank you," and didn't want to see me and they were going to put a stop payment on the $check I received. So they got their trim and window sills for nothing
The end of the story: I swept and cleaned the outside where I was cutting wood and inside the bedroom where I was installing the trim, and their son even lent a hand doing the cleanup. Basically in response to her letter, it was full of lies. I've been in this business for over years and these customers topped the list of the worst of the worst. If you have any questions, feel free to call ###-###-####

Review: Recently renovated bedroom: We needed one complete door installation & molding installation; we supplied all materials. [redacted] met with my husband and I to discuss the job in person. He quoted us $150 to install the door and $300 to install the molding, he said it would take one day of work. He arrived at 7am on a Tuesday, and first began working on the molding at 8am. At 2pm, still not finished with the molding, he came to speak to me. He asked for a check and I asked where he was going; "home, to sleep" was his answer. He said he'd be back the next day (Wednesday) to finish the molding and the door despite our 1 day agreement. He left my house, and backyard in terrible condition and that night while closing the blinds, the complete window molding he had installed fell down on my head. We waited all day on Wednesday, but he didn't show up, and did not answer my phone calls or messages. When my husband spoke to him that night, he said he'd be there in the morning at 8am (Thursday). After waiting until 10am, with multiple calls going unanswered he finally spoke to me and said he wanted more money to finish the job. [redacted] informed me that he would not be coming to finish the work unless we agreed to a price increase of $375; that the $300 check we gave him was for the one 6 hr. work day (Monday).He never came back to finish the agreed upon job, and we are out $300. The molding is unfinished (see attached photos) and the door was left with no molding at all (see photo). Multiple harassing phone calls and threatening voicemails were received from [redacted] later that day (Thursday).He called my cell phone, said that we did not have any agreement, that he got another job, was not coming, and told me that he was recording our conversation...weirdo! He called me a liar and left voicemails for my husband saying he was not "man enough to answer his phone," and that he would make sure no contractor ever worked for us again; he called over 10 times. Poor workmanship, messy, and unreliable, we are very unsatisfied.Desired Settlement: need a full refund the molding that he replace is poorly done and falling apart. need to hire other contractor to re do the work from start .

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Initial quote over the phone, job unseen, for hanging a door, was $150.00. On arriving at their house, they showed me the door, saying besides hanging it they wanted a new mortise lock installed. I said installing the mortise lock alone was $150.00, i.e., total job would be $300.00. They said okay.

They then showed me their son's bedroom, comprising of six windows needing face trim. I quoted $300.00 labor for the face trim and said the windows would look a lot nicer with window sills added. I quoted $400.00 total labor and said it would take a full day to fabricate the window sills and install the trim. They accepted verbally, they even liked the design I showed them.

The first day I did all the window trim, installed the trims and sills, except for one piece of face trim, which was cut but not installed due to my finishing nailer jamming. Upon my arrival at 6:45 am, I left at 3 pm. I was there for 8 hours and 15 minutes with no break, i.e., no lunch. I asked for a check for $400.00, they gave me a check for only $300.00. I said we seemed to have a misunderstanding and that I would call later when her husband got home to rectify the problem with the check.

Upon speaking to husband -- and wife -- later, both said they were only willing to pay $450.00 for all the window trims, sills, door hanging and installing mortise locks for which I quoted a total of $700.00. I offered to ride over and discuss the problem; they said "no, thank you," and didn't want to see me and they were going to put a stop payment on the $300.00 check I received. So they got their trim and window sills for nothing.

The end of the story: I swept and cleaned the outside where I was cutting wood and inside the bedroom where I was installing the trim, and their son even lent a hand doing the cleanup. Basically in response to her letter, it was full of lies. I've been in this business for over 40 years and these customers topped the list of the worst of the worst. If you have any questions, feel free to call ###-###-####.

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