Response from Turnkey Construction
O K. Here's what happened. I met (member name removed) , looked at the projects he wanted done and made some very good suggestions that he liked. He chose to hire me unfortunately when we started the job (member name removed) was out of town and left his son in law who is a roofer by trade in charge. Wen new with in 15 minuets that he was going to do nothing but cause trouble He was one of those obnoxious know it all' s that every service. provider hopes they never have to deal with I don't want to get into a play by play deal here but he was a pain in the ass. He would walk in the room, act friendly then shuffle a little, cock his head and say Things like"I'm m not happy with this" and I would look around and say "you know it looks ok to me Tell you what get a pencil and Mark anything you see that you don't like" I told him we don't take short cuts we are here to do th job right"This was just when we were still patching and preparing walls He had a hard time finding places to mark and when he did Mark a spot I had to put my glasses on to see any imperfections We were working in 2 bathrooms at the time stripping wallpaper, patching , priming and painting in one bath there was a substantial clor change so I cut in around a few places to determine if I would need to cut in with 2 coats or if I would need 3 He saw this when he came home from work and could've wait to call his father in law in Texas. He actually called him 3 times to complain about nothing We made the decision to get the jack and Jill bathroom mostly finished( patching, priming, 2 coats of paint snap out lights etc. so they could use it over the weekend. We were well aware that there was a few spots we would need to touch up a little when we ( and if) we returned on Monday There was no doubt in our minds that (member name removed) son in law was going to stir up trouble so I told my helper to make sure we take everything that belongs to us. We actually could have worked thru the weekend but we were just buying time hoping (member name removed) would return and we could deal with a normal person I was going to set some of the floor tile on Monday knowing that no matter how good a job I did that pain in the ass would find fault with it then try to impress his his father in law by putting other people downI ha d to talk to myself on my way there Monday morning s aging things like" hey, I have done Hun dreads of jobs like this with satisfi Ed customers, don't let this Bastard get to yo" Then , amiracl e happened As I was unloading my tools (member name removed) came out and told me not to bother Praise The Lord. !He proceeded to say stupid things that were were set in his mind by his freeloading son in law like" Tha bathroom looks worse than when you started"It was somewhat c.mical as I have before and after pictures We went into that bathroom and he was m. Asking a bid deal out of a few places tha I already knew needed touch. he said he even brought a light in and shined it on the wall in the commodes cubby area. I told him to go get his light and check out all the walls in his house and he would see that they are all worse than that wall I a lso told him that we just wanted to get the bathroom operable over the weekend. I also told. him that I told his live in son in law to inspect everything and if there is something you don' t like we will address the issue Looking around at the bathroom I Told (member name removed) that 99% of my customers would be satisfied with the work we didn't they didn't have a damn thing to complain about When we parted ways (member name removed) did not ask for any money back and I did not ask for more The $2,000.00 I riecieved was right on the money for the work performed and the material cost Yes I cat he'd his check right away (member name removed) is a banker He should have the common sen se to know that if I deposited his check in my account the money would not have been readily avail able for me to buy stock Also cashing his check proved that it was good His all knowledgable son in law did nothing but complain about the roofing company's he worked for, the quality of everything in his Father in laws house. on and on Then he has to drag me away from working to show me a few walls he painted etc. and I would have to stand ther and listen to him brag on himself If it wasn't t for him everythiNg would have gone smooth and. (member name removed) would have been a satisfied customer I hate people like that He turned this project into a nightmare for me and for (member name removed)