Johnny E. was recommended to me by a mutual friend. Seemed like a reliable likable person although he was too talkative with promises. He does love to talk and spin great stories about his many jobs.
I had a laundry list of items and he committed to completing everything from building flower beds and providing top soil to removing unwanted trees. The project began with great promise in early May but then a week of no activity or communication. His commitment to me and my wife was completion within time frame that appeared to me as unreasonable. He was adamant that the time line would work. It didn't work and when he sort of competed the job in June, the work was not bad but the flower bed was missing top soil, the sod was not replaced and the trees remained because he didn't want to rent the necessary equipment.
r but, as the saying goes, the proof is in the pudding.
Johnny E. is a smooth talker who provides you with many promises such as having insurance (ask for a copy of the certificate), the workers will damage downspouts and he doesn't acknowledge the damage and has the nerve to suggest he provides a ten year warranty but the icing is the unreasonable time lines when he doesn't have the necessary manpower. He comes off as a buffoon.
He is a great magician because he disappears when the money is paid and the job is incomplete and the calls go unanswered, texts are not acknowledged and the voicemail is full.
You need to consider this point. He will tell you that he has many jobs on the go but there are few reviews of the work. In today's age of online presence, he is non existent. Why?
If you want to work Johnny E., I recommend you document every aspect of work you want done with time lines for completion and then you maintain at least 15% back if there is still work to complete.
Thanks for reading.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $40,000.00