Padovani Construction

In response to your letter regarding [redacted] complaint against our company:

To address the first issue of the check for $5000. for the deposit. It was paid on May 10,2014.  It was made out to Enzo Padovani he made it out that way it was cashed ( to make sure it cleared ) and deposit held until the start of job. Many people write checks to Padovani Construction, QRC or Enzo Padovani. Its the same entity. It was claimed in our Quickbooks and NJ Quartlerly Form ST-50.
The issue of  our company altering the plans, that is not true[redacted] met with [redacted] the architect. He is someone I recommended to him as I have worked with him before and [redacted] wanted someone reasonably priced. They met at the site discussed the plans, and decided the way he wanted his home remodeled . He and his wife also met with the kitchen designer, they came up with the plan together. [redacted] approved the kitchen plan, [redacted] also approved the blueprints and paid for them. All our company did was make the referrals and follow the said blueprints, like any other job. Apparently the kitchen designer and the architect weren't on the same page and there was a discrepancy, however this did not become an issue until there was a financial matter at stake. 
As for the claim about the roof , the whole roof was replaced. See attached photos 2,3, and 9 The whole top of the house was torn off, and replaced. The doors and windows on back of house were replaced, the siding on 2 sides were replaced and the remainder was cleaned and repaired all as per the contract, which is attached which was updated on June 26th signed and dated by [redacted] himself, before the start of the job began. Original contract is dated April 28th, not the 14th, as he stated. Provided to you are the actual progress photos of the job. I have many more of the siding windows ect. if needed.
As far as removing items from the house, that is a lie. I have no idea about text messaged he is referring to but there may be some about blueprints. The blue prints I have in my possession are my copies as a contractor. They were my copies and they are now courts evidence. As far as the other items, when the demo of the house was going on, in the garage there were some broken ladders and some old air conditioning units, we were told that since the dumpsters were there to please just dispose of the "junk" while the said dumpsters were there. And the pond items as well, since he no longer had need for them since there were no longer fish and the pond was getting filled in with dirt.
As far as the monies for the insurance company, we were paid a second check, for $45,000. from the [redacted]. Not the insurance company. We are not required to contact the insurance company for anything, we claim this and pay taxes on it. This IRS matter he is speaking of is highly questionable. We claimed the monies in our Quickbooks and on our quarterly income taxes NJ Form ST-50. I do not know how the IRS would release information to just anyone about our business. Which brings us back to the $5000. deposit which also got claimed on our taxes, once the job was started. 
Now we would like to address a few things.
Attached are also photos of all the stickers that are from the inspections for the work we did. None of them failed, they all passed, which proves that work was done correctly,as per the plans and permits
What the claimants have failed to inform you of is the fact that there is a lis pendance against the title of their home. We started the proceedings back in September, when we retained a lawyer after many back and forth interactions over payment.Which we have text messages to prove.  It is obvious that this whole claim against us was brought up because of our threat of a lawsuit. It took several months to locate the [redacted] because the house isn't in their name, nor is the brand new one they purchased down south. There weren't any forwarding addresses, ect.
If you look at the second page of the contract our company has taken the job beyond the second payment as I highlighted on your copy. We completed the frame, roof, windows are in, siding complete, insulation complete and all mechanicals in. In actuality we are owed $135,000. We have been payed $50,000. In actuality the balance owed to us at this point is $85,000. Our company has paid out over $60,000 in labor and materials for this job and I can furnish you with those receipts and cancelled checks.
We have run an honest family business for decades, with hundreds of happy and satisfied customers. Our reputation proves our good ethics and we have had no issues until we tried to collect money for work we performed in good faith. 
Anything else we can provide you with, please do not hesitate to ask. You may also speak to our attorney about the lis pendance we filed against the title of this home and the fact that they cannot close on the sale of this home until our contract is paid.
Respectfully,

Review: On April 14, 2014, we hired Padovani Construction to rebuild our home destroyed in a fire. The agreement was for 167k in in quarterly payments upon mortgage company approval as this was a monitored claim. We gave Enzo Padovani 5000.00 to start the work( he asked that we write the check out to him personally to avoid the taxing issue through his company). We complied. We then gave him an additional 45,000.00 check for the second phase of the rebuild. Upon inspecting the home after the first phase, it was determined that Padovani construction altered the agreed upon site plan and moved a header beam thus closing in the kitchen which was previously open. He blamed it on the architect([redacted]) which was his referral. The blueprints that were completed by [redacted] and turned into the township by Mr.Padovani were never approved by myself. When Padovani was confronted with the issue, he refused to make the corrections eventhough he also referred his kitchen designer to us and we had designed a kitchen with him that was no longer attainable.Padovani was also hired and contracted to replace the entire roof(he only replaced half) , all windows( there are 13 windows that were not replaced)all doors in the entire home( only one door was replaced)siding and gutters(only two sides of the home were completed) garage doors were removed and left open...detailed list if needPadovani was terminated soon after to which he proceeded to remove blueprints and materials from the house which he did not own. Missing items such as blueprints, ladders, pond pumps and accessories were all removed(police report filed with raritan township police)without any consent. We also have text messages that show that he by his own admission removed the items.We were also notified by the mortgage company the Padovani failed to estimate or charge any taxes on any contracts nor payments made to him in order to avoid claiming the income([redacted] complaint filed with the internal revenue service)Desired Settlement: Refund for 25000 in unused funds that were provided for materials and work never received.

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