AUSTIN ENTERPRISES

ORIGINAL CONTRACT STATED THAT WORK WOULD BE COMPLETED IN FOUR WEEKS FROM A JULY START TIME. WORK DID NOT START UNTIL OCTOBER 27, AND WE FIRED CONTRACTOR WITH ONLY 80% OF PROJECT COMPLETED ON DECEMBER 28. CONTRACTOR WAS FIRED FOR POOR PROFESSIONALISM, ALWAYS SHOWING UP WHENEVER HE WANTED TO, AND LEAVING WHENEVER HE WANTED TO. WOULD ALSO LEAVE PROJECT FOR DAYS AT A TIME TO DO OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE MORE LUCRATIVE TO HIM. COMPLETELY DESTROYED MY BACKYARD AND CLAIMED IT WASN'T HIS PROBLEM. ORIGINALLY STATED IN CONTRACT THAT WE WOULD PAY $4,000 IN LABOR. BECAUSE HE WOULD ONLY SHOW UP FOR A COUPLE HOURS ON MOST DAYS, HE COUNTED THAT AS A DAY OF WORK. WHEN WE FIRED HIM, HE DEMANDED MORE MONEY THAN CONTRACT WAS AGREED UPON. CONTRACTOR USED MY PERSONAL RETAIL HARDWARE ACCOUNT TO BUY TOOLS THAT HE SHOULD HAVE PERSONALLY PROVIDED TO DO THE JOB. CONTRACTOR MADE PROMISES OF COMPLETION DATES THAT HE NEVER LIVED UP TO. WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY TO ANYONE!

DAVID FAILED TO SHOW UP AS PROMISED TO BEGIN WORK FOR SEVERAL MONTHS (APRIL 15-JULY 29, 2004). HE FAILED TO PROCEED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION: POWER WASHED HOUSE, THEN WASHED, PAINTED, AND REINSTALELD WINDOWS, THEN TURBO WASHED HOUSE, SOILING ALL WINDOWS. HE WORKED ON GARAGE AND FENCE DESPITE OUR REPEATED REQUESTS TO FINISH THE HOUSE FIRST. ON OCT. 16, SOME AREAS OF HOUSE ARE NOT BEGUN, OR NOT COMPLETED. OUR YARD HAS BEEN INACCESSIBLE TO US SINCE JULY 15; OUR GRASS IS DEAD BECAUSE PLANTERS, FIREWOOD, PALLETS AND PORT-A-POTTY FILL YARD; OUR VEG CROP IN CONTAINERS DIED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT IN SUN; DAVID OFTEN TOLD US HE WOULD BE HERE, CAUSING US TO MISS WORK OR PAY PEOPLE TO ASSIST HIM AND HE DIDN'T SHOW. HE REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR SUPPLIES, AND RECEIPTS ARE $1000 LESS THAN ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS MADE. HE MADE PHYSICAL AND LEGAL THREATS EVEN THOUGH WORK WAS NOT COMPLETE. ON OCT. 11 WE SOUGHT ADVICE BECAUSE LESS THAN 2/3 OF THE WORK ON THE ORIGINAL HOUSE CONTRACT WAS DONE.