Total Plumbing and Construction

Annee B.

Mr. Smith not only did not complete the construction job for which he was contracted on my house, he signed a document that he would complete the job or give up all profit on the job if he did not finish the job. He was given an advance payment of $5000 based on this assurance to cover his shortfall in materials to complete the job. He subsequently walked off the job and attempted to file a false lien on the job, which caused me significant issues in refinancing, but was cleared because it was untrue. He then changed the name of his business in an attempt to avoid the ramifications of his unprofessional actions. He did not respond as required to filing debt claims during the closing of his business. Although he may no longer be on Angie's list, we originally got his name from that service and no longer use it because of Mr. Smith's poor and unprofessional performance. As part of the bathroom modification an expensive controller under his control and accountability went """"missing"""". I determined later that he incorrectly powered the controller via extension cords. To this day, I don't know whether he damaged it by this action and then tossed it to cover his actions or whether he took other actions with it to disrupt my ability to complete the job. I do know that I had to go through great difficulty and expense to obtain another controller and finish the job. Mr. Smith also returned expensive marble slab I already paid for and kept the proceeds which were not his. On at least one occasion he launched his boat on the private lake behind our house without permission and fished with a friend when he was billing us for work on the house. He did this at a time in which he was significantly behind schedule on the job. The end date had to be extended several times because of his poor performance, almost causing me to lose the bank financing. I recommend anyone considering the use of this or any contractor check the FL DBPR records prior to signing any contract. I believe this job was above his ability and instead of doing the right thing by the customer and seeking help from the OEM, he chose to give the appearance of completing large proportion of the easy work and abandoning the most critical and valuable work. This caused us great harm and expense. We completed the work with some of the same sub-contractors he used, even though he attempted to turn them away from the work. I will never use Total Plumbing and Construction I, II, or any other number he chooses to file his next business under. Ask yourself why he would close a business and open an identical business with a similar name?