Lateja Contractors and Landscaping Inc.

Review: La Teja signed a contract to do the planting and landscaping at a new building located on [redacted] The shrubs died after less than 2 months. The owner told me he doesn't want to talk to me and hasn't replaced them.La Teja signed a contract to put in a new sidewalk for the same building. He did half and asked for 65% payment, for which I obliged. He then quit because I wasn't hiring him for different work that needed to be done.La Teja signed a contract to do the foundation and footings of the same building. The contract states the work done will be OSHA compliant. His work ended getting criticized for safety by the village building department numerous times and was cited with numerous OSHA violations, which forced OSHA to issue a stop work order.La Teja installed drainage pipes that collapsed within a few months due to shoddy work and inferior product quality. I had to pay a licensed plumber to remove the old material and install new pipes.Desired Settlement: Pay the cost to replant the shrubs - $1200.Pay the 15% of the sidewalk contract he collected but shouldn't have - $2,000.Pay the cost to get the plumber to redo the drainage pipes - $2800.So, $6,000 total forgiving the safety infractions.