Contemporary Cabinetry and Closet Concepts

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On 3-10-2-11 we received a phone call while we were out of state, from their employee, Jim Hoy, saying he was at the property and wanted to get in to measure the closet. There was no date set up for this when we signed the contract and due to our need to complete our moving plans from another state, Mr. Hollander assured us we didn't have to be local for the plans to proceed. At the time, the construction manager of the new home builder was available daily and retained a key to our house. I suggested to Mr. Hoy since he was already there he could enter the model home and request the manager accompany him to our house to take his measurements. There was more detail as I gave him the telephone number to the on-site construction mgr. as well as the telephone number to the model home and agent on site. No one attempted to call or request assistance from the builder's employees. I called the Lime Ave. office location a few times with no luck until a few days later when someone picked up and said that Larry Hollander and his business were no longer there. This person gave his name as Jerry Beatty and said he was the owner/landlord the the building. I attempted to briefly explain why I called and could he give me forwarding information for the company that I might try to have my deposit of $2,975.00 refunded to me. Mr. Beatty told me that Mr. Hollander left the property and that he owed the owner a lot of money. He gave me the name of Mr. Hollander's attorney and that he declaired bankruptcy. His bankruptcy was made public and appears on the internet. I was told by the lawyers office representative that I could not be added to the list of creditors. It was still hard to believe that Mr. Hollander disappeared with our money and drove to the Lime Ave. location again to see the empty office for ourselves. We made inquiries and attempts, leaving our phone number with a few people, to try to get our money returned to us, or at the very least allowing Mr. Hollander to do the right thing, but that company and Mr. Hollander seemed to disappear. I did keep my signed contract and notes of names and dates, etc. Just recently we saw an advertisement for Contemporary Cabinetry & Closet Concepts and Mr. Hollander is listed as president. We were astonished to see this business is back with no reqard to the money stolen from us. I can only hope that with our name and address being provided to that company that they will want to return our money (2,975.00), to amend the wrong done to us.

they did an ok job of installing the closet and murphy bed (I was out of town and a friend allowed entrance to the property)...but the light switch for the bed is inside the bed frame and can only be accessed when the bed is down, not when it is up during the day (the lights themselves are on the outside of the bed, along the top of the frame; when I discussed the location of the light switch with one of the owners during the planning process, Connie agreed the light switch would be accessible by opening one of the doors on the storage portion of the bed frame. When I pointed out that the light switch was in the wrong place, Jerry (the other owner) reported through one of his workers that changing the switch would be impossible; when one pays 8 thousand dollars for a project, one expects some sort of satisfaction in the finished project; with regard to the paint job, they needed to return to paint portions of the window frame they neglected to paint in the first place.