American_Masonry

The experience was very good. He did not ask nor I did not give him any money up front. I paid the supplier for the bricks and supplies myself. He worked steady only breaking for lunch. I was very pleased with his work and would use him again. I had other estimates that were twice what he charged. The work performed was great and has been admired by all my neighbors.

Work was to begin on 05/17/10. On 05/17/10 Brent called and asked me for a 1 week postponement, which I agreed to. On 05/24/10 he started ignoring my phone calls, and subsequently made the following claims via email: 05/25 - claimed his phone was inoperable. 05/29 - claimed he had been in a car accident and hospitalized. 05/30 - claimed he had moved to a new location (Gaffney). 05/31 - claimed he was having an operation on his liver the following day. In the latter email he also said he had spent most of the $4000.00 on personal expenses and expected he would spend the remainder on food for his wife and kids. Since Brent refused to answer my phone calls I contacted his parents, his uncle, and an acquaintance of his. Each of those people verified that Brent's claims of phone problems, car accidents, moving to a new location, and hospitalizations are blatantly false. Each of those persons told me he is continuing to accept and perform work for other clients.