Avery Construction

I own a business and cashed almost $2700 in checks for his workers and they were all returned as insufficient fundsin 2013. I have called many times and everytime some excuse. I am turning the checks over to the D. A. in MS to help me collect and maybe even put these con men in jail. They are also NOT licensed contractors in MS so whatever you do, don't use this company.

We entered into a fixed price contract for this builder to build our home. He claimed at the end of the project to need an additional 60K to finish the home. He did this a week after we had our second child and the home was to be complete within a few weeks. We also found out at this time he had not paid over $60k to suppliers and subs dating all the way back to the concrete used for our foundation. He never finished the home and placed a lien on it claiming we owed him almost $80k to cover claimed "overages" and seeking payment for things he never started, or completed. or things he never owned like our lot. He also did all plumbing except for the plumbing in the slab himself and is not a licensed plumber. The home just sat incomplete for months. The company filed for bankruptcy days before we had a court date to try to get what we believe to have been a false lien removed. The owners of this company Matthew and Ken Avery were/are involved in so many lawsuits personally and professionally. We found out after the fact we were at least the third family for the Avery's to build a home for and then file a lien on the homes they are remodeling/building claiming the homeowners have caused so many "overages" meanwhile taking your loan money and not paying subs and/or suppliers. The home also had numerous stop payments in place as the builder did not pay suppliers and subs as stated previously. He took drafts from our loan to pay for these items, but did not ever pay for numerous items in our home like HVAC, windows, doors, concrete, etc...His claims of overages are on things we never asked for or were never told were over budget items. In our case he took all but 6k of our loan money and left the home incomplete and needing an additional 60k to finish. So far the Avery's have been able to bankrupt this company and move on with business as usual with another LLC they have. In the construction industry alone they have had at least 3 different names. I would never recommend anyone to do business with these men. It is disgraceful, in my opinion, how many families have been hurt by them. The company was ordered to never renew their license (the license had already expired at the time of the hearing with the Board of Contractors) and Matthew Avery lost his personal residential builders license due to the gross negligence and/or misconduct in the building process of our home. We also hope one day the company, or the individuals behind it, face criminal charges.