T & R Renovations

I am seeking a refund of $7500 for home repairs that were never started nor materials delivered
On June 27, 2019, I gave a $7500 cash deposit to the owner of T & R Renovations, ***. ***, ***, for renovations to be done on my home at ***, ***. The original quote for work to be done was $12,100, as indicated on Invoice *** of said business. The invoice additionally includes Mr
***'s signature attesting to the cash payment. I also have pictures of the cash exchange and bank withdrawal slips to coordinate dates and amounts. I have had many text and phone interactions with the owner in which he has promised to do the work he was paid to do to no avail. Repeated promises to begin repairs have been taking place, with last promise to install my garage roof being November 6, but still no work done. Repeated requests for a refund have been ignored, merely continued promises to do the work. On Saturday, October 5, 2019, the manager of ***, ***
at ***, ***, repossessed the construction trash bin, that had been delivered to my property in July per Mr. request, due to non-payment from Mr.. Mr. continued to promise work to be done on my home. I would like my money back so that I can make the repairs for which my insurance paid me to make. As a result of no work being done, I have also lost the recoverable depreciation of $838.62. I have the home adjuster report under claim number ***, *** Insurance, under former name of *** with date of loss May 27, 2019. A check in the amount of $6806.28 was made to me by *** Insurance and was used towards the cash deposit to Mr. on June 27, 2019. I have threatened legal action against Mr., but have not officially filed litigation. I am hoping this can be resolved outside of the court system first.

down payment of $10,000 for materials. One week later I cancelled the job for a better option. No work had been done. Wanted a Refund.
August 2019, I payed $10,000 to *** to remodel my mobile home bathroom, kitchen and addition. A week later I got a better option on a new trailer. So I cancelled the work to be done on my mobile home. Mr. said I would have to pay a cancellation penalty and would have to wait for the materials he already purchased to be returned so I could get my refunded money. He has contacted me several times but no money. It has been 2 weeks since last contact. Have tried calling the business number. All I get is an automated message that all lines are busy. He told me I should be getting a refund of about $8000 after material returns.

Paid in full for a job that was originally scheduled for 2 weeks has taken over 8 months. Still unfinished w/ unacceptable work done.
Paid in full for a house remodel after sewer backup. Kitchen cabinets were never sanded and primed. Just painted a top white coat. Paint is peeling off already. Backsplash is crooked and missing tiles and or cracked. Base molding is unfinished. Electrical work is still unfinished and unsafe. Living room is finished. Paid for all new interior doors. Issue is that they never replaced frames. New doors - old frames will not work. So I have doors hung, but they do not fit and hardware is not installed. So no doors shut properly and missing handles. Bedroom on suite bathroom hasn't been touched. This was a complete remodel, including tiled floor, walls with walk in shower w/ a particular shower head we paid for. Hallway bathroom is done, but shower head leaks and faucet is coming off the wall. Whole house needs a second coat or paint. The company also was hired and paid in full to run new Pope from the house to the main line out back in our yard. This part was completed, but they tore up my putting green - totally destroyed it and have never come back to regrade and seed the backyard. So our yard is destroyed and putting green needs to be replaced due to the negligence of the subcontractors they hired. I have written text agreements and copies of checks we wrote to prove all this

Hired company Via owner*** at beginning of Aug to do flooring work to start on the 12th. On the 19th we added basement stair relocation and Kitchen remodeling to the job and later added siding. He informed us the whole job was going to take about 3-4 months. And the kitchen wouldn't be usable for about a month. He was asked not to demo till absolutely needed but he said he would be out next monday to start cutting into patio for stairs. He demo'd kitchen on 26Aug and disconnected my oven range power cable on 19th Sept. As of today he still hasn't completed moving the stairs to basement allowing him to remove old stairs and do work on kitchen. He didn't actually cut into concrete till the 5th of Oct. The rear entrance to the house is no longer there he has boxed it in with one window at knee height(needs to be raised). There is about a 9-10 inch portion all around the room totally open to outside not to mention gaps around window and corners of the room. No sheet rock, insulation to seperate my house from the frigid cold air outside. Haven't been able to cook on my stove sonce the 19th of sept. nor had a kitchen for about 7 weeks. He has only had people here for a total of 5 days since he demo'd the kitchen. And one of those was the electrician for only 1.5 hours. Since Oct 5th he hasn't been here one day. Though with the exception of 8th said he would be there and just never showed, called, texted. He has received $44,000.00 for a $45,000.00 job because he kept saying he couldn't order without more money, first the flooring then the siding the last 2500 was for the cabinets. To this day unsure if hes ordered anything.

has yet to 100% complete any one of the several items contracted. The projects were for 6 weeks, but its been 6 months and still no results
Two contracts for work created in April: 1) driveway, garage, sidewalks. 2) fence and landscaping. Total contracts was $39,2000. Deposit of $20,000 provided 5-1-19. All projects would be completed within 6 weeks, but no later than the end of June.He had only 4 other projects to work through before he could devote 100% of time on our projects.
Not one item of either contract is 100% complete.
The driveway was about completed (end of May) when *** informed us that he had spent our deposit on other projects and if we wanted the rest of our projects done, he would need $9000 CASH. He said that is how business works. We felt that we were under a contractor's ransom (no pay/no work). We also said that we considered him stealing our money to pay others but he insisted that that's normal practice and not stealing. *** guaranteed that with the additional $9000 payment, the work on our contracts would be completed within the week. We paid the additional demanded money on 5-29-19, of course it had to be in CASH.
After that additional payment, *** would not show up for work, he would not respond to telephone calls or messages, or respond to text messages asking for updates. His absent would run for weeks at a time. When he would finally show up for work, it was only for a day and then only a couple of hours. He would be absent for weeks at a time without any work or contact with us.
When *** did finally call, it was for money. He insisted that an additional $5200 was needed to pay one of his contractors or he wouldn't be able to finish my work. He wanted me to pay the contractor directly, but I said no I would pay him and *** would pay the contractor (even his contractor was calling me for this payment at ***'s request). The payment had to be in CASH. That demand for money was paid on 8-9-19. Again, *** would guarantee-even hand shakes-stating no my projects would be completed within the week.
Since that payment, he would not show up for work, return phone calls or answer any text messages.
*** would show up for work (again for only an hour or two) he insisted on more money to finalize the projects. Again, *** guaranteed that there would be no interruption of work on my property and that the entire project would be completed by the weekend if I paid $2000.We paid is demanded additional money of $2000, of course it had to be in CASH.
All money paid to *** totals $36,2000 of the $39200 contracts. demanded money had to be paid in cash, as there would be other contractors present when he would be paying them.
Items that still need completed:
1. Garage:
a. the west side of the garage still has exposed wood that needs properly covered to prevent rot.
b. the garage door opening has expose wood that needs properly covered to prevent rot
c. the garage door and opener still need installed
d. clean fill dirt applied around the garage, driveway, sidewalks, and fence to level the ground and allow grass to be grown
2. Driveway:
a. the end of the driveway has crack damage that still needs replaced/repaired.
b. the end of the driveway has a 4 inch lip to climb onto to access the driveway. That was to have blacktop there to level things out.
c. the turn around was built at such a slop downward (guessing about 40-50 degree slop) that needs to have stops placed at the end OR the turn needs to be redone to make level with the driveway
3. Fence:
a. Still need to have a few holes dug at proper locations
b. install pre-built fence
4. Landscaping:
a. need to remove all landscaping around house
b. removal of tree stumps
c. removal of clothes line
d. install weed bed
e. mulch
Sidewalk:
a. one area close to garage side door has excessive cement attached to the brick of the landscaping that needs removed.
Trash:
a. trash is left in piles on property including nails, damaged building material, piles of cement etc. that needs removed.

contractor has only showed up sporadically in 3plus months. promised job completion 2-3 weeks.
about 1 1/2 ago I hired fourth generation installition (rob eberle jr) to do work for me on a house. after a year of him not finnishing and many issues of not doing the work I stopped work relations with him. while I was looking for a new contractor to finnish the work his father called me. (rob eberle sr) (T & R Renovations) and asked if he could come look at the house and work needing done. I said ok. he came over with a crew of 7-8 guys and told me he could do this job for me and told me how good his company was and proceeded to tear apart most of the work his son/company did, tore old landscaping up, all before we singed a contract. two days after they started this and making me think they were there till it was finished I signed a contract and gave him $7000 for materials to complete job. after he received the money he disappeared for 2 months. left the yard tore up spouting laying in yard killing grass and piles of what they tore up laying in yard. I tried for the 2 months to contact him and rearly would reply or answer phone and when he did would tell me hes behind on work or low on help, which was completely different until I gave him money. after 2 months he sporadically had some people ther off and on. 3 and 1/2 months now and has told me and a realtor approximately 20-30 times "we'll be done in a week or "I swear we'll be there next week" and NEVER shows up. the times I have talked to him he has NEVER told me the truth, when I do talk to him he assures me it will be done by the end of next week! for 2 months its been same thing "we'll be done next week".

collected $6000 for materials and labor to complete a bathroom renovation and electrical work. Work was not done, materials not delivered.
*** collected money up front to cover the cost of materials for a bathroom remodel and to install junction boxes in my attic for electrical connections. I have the canceled checks and a breakdown of the cost of work he did prior to March 28, 2019 when I wrote a check for $5000. H e never delivered the materials and repeatedly rescheduled the start date for the project. In June, I told him I no longer wanted him to do the work because he did not deliver on his promises. I gave him 30 days to refund me $6000. He asked for another 30 days with a hard deadline of August 9, 2019. He did not deliver the refund and said I would have it in my mailbox on Saturday August 17. His refund did not arrive and he is not communicating with me any longer.