Country Fence and Deck

He was a very nice guy and I was gonna give him the job but he kind of ignored him. I called and text him but he didn't respond so I'm kind of disappointed. He came out for an estimate and I wanted to make some changes and he kept going back and fort and just stop calling me back. He never sent me a contract as well.

I hate to have to say this, because much of this is my own fault. I trusted John when he told me all that he would do. He quoted a great price and assured me everything would be done exactly as he stated. My mistake was I didn't have him put it all down in the estimate. He and his wife were so sweet and reassuring BEFORE getting all the money. He left quite a mess, and some things undone. Also cut off screws to remove railing and left the stubs sticking out. When I told him he said the painter can take care of it. I NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT PAINTING! Also he demanded immediate payment upon finishing. I expected to mail in my check. I didn't have more than 2-3 minutes to check the work. To make it worse, a couple of months later some of the work he did fell apart. To his credit he did show up to check it out, but told me the work was done free and he doesn't do siding (which technically what that issue would have been considered) Both he and his wife ... who also changed her tune after the fact... said, "well he did it for free". What FREE, he told me what he would do, told me the cost and we agreed on it. Well. my mistake, I didn't make him write it in the estimate. Then he had the nerve to say I was now being "Gnit-picky", I wish I had been gnit-picky when he made out the estimate. I guess he doesn't think $16,000 is enough to pay and expect quality work. His work on the deck itself was OK....nothing great, just OK. Everything else he did (and didn't do) would make a conscientious person ashamed. Ive seen some of his responses to negative postings on HomeAdvisor, and I am sure he will try to rip me apart, but I have been as honest as I can be. If only he could have been. If need be, I can show plenty of pictures to back up my story. Including the "so called FREE" work he screwed up.