Kimm, I don't know anything about your encounter with Greg, I only know of his craftsmanship, which can be seen at several houses of people I know. I know that that isn't the issue with him, as you have said. You deserve your money back at least and some resolution of the contract. It would be great if we had some mediation in these types of matters, especially when the vendor is a community member themself. It would be less expensive all around and perhaps be an effective means, with out resorting to the lawyers, of maintaining some cohesive Good faith with others in the community.
Joe Clarke On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 1:21 AM, Kimm Tynan <kimm.ty...@verizon.net> wrote: > I urgently need a good recommendation for a porch contractor. Please do > not recommend Greg Schopp. We signed a contract with Greg Schopp > approximately a year ago. He was supposed to start in February. Then the > snow happened, which I could understand, and he said May. Then he said > “When I finish the job down the street.” We haven’t seen any progress on > the job down the street for months. I’m going to go have a chat with them > this weekend. We paid this asshole a big upfront fee, he bought some > materials. I’m sick to my stomach, we refi’d to pay this guy, our porch has > deteriorated for a year. We are probably going to have to sue him and may > pursue criminal charges. Seth Williams is an old friend of ours. > > If you are a homeowner, do not do business with this man. He came to us > highly recommended through the lists and others in the neighborhood. > > We hired him because he said he was going to do a historically-accurate > replacement with high-quality materials (wood instead of fiberglass). From > what we have heard he is a master craftsman. When we took exception to > using mahogany and insisted on sustainably-forested woods, he went to > enormous lengths to work with us on that. > > But he took our money and has largely disappeared, and our porch is getting > more dangerous by the day after all this time. And I don’t feel like I can > cancel the contract and sue his ass until I have someone else waiting in the > wings to step in. > > Please recommend someone good who will step in and take over this job > quickly. I will impose on my husband to take unhistorical fiberglass and > features (we won’t take eco-unfriendly woods.) We tried to get this job > done well. That didn’t work. Now we need to get it done quickly. Please > help. > > Kimm > > > _______________________________________________ > ucneighbors mailing list > ucneighb...@lists.asc.upenn.edu > http://lists.asc.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/ucneighbors > > -- "Life is too important to be taken seriously". Oscar Wilde Research has shown that humor is the most effective means of preventing the indoctrination of brainwashing.
