We hired John "Devon" Buchanan, who goes by Devon, to install French doors and replace sliding glass doors, which had 2x4s scabbed onto the header of the opening to accommodate the smaller size of the sliding patio door. "Devon" couldn't figure this out, so he forced the new French doors into a hole too small, so we could not shut the doors and secure our home; he beat the new French doors up so much by forcing them into the scabbed hole, they had to be replaced. I am the one who had to take out the beat up doors, for Devon disappeared for almost a week and would not return our calls or texts. When he finally developed a pang of conscience, after our house had a huge tarp covered hole in it for week as it stormed outside, he called and explained that he had been arrested, which seems a frequent occurrence in his life. After he did return and apologize for lying to us via his wife, I pointed out to him the scabbed in 2x4s, which we removed making the hole large enough for the French doors; but, the newly installed doors wouldn't lock, and he had broken a lot of siding, so he asked if he could return the next day to finish up. Of course Devon did not return the next day and we have not heard from him since, because he blocked our number. My wife and I drove to his previous residence but were informed that he had been evicted. We were also told that he had done other customers as he has done us. As an update, we found where Devon lives and he had the nerve to blame us for his incompetence. In addition, he told us he would be at our house to fix all the vinyl siding that he broke, but of course he has not shown up again. I just got on a ladder and there is no J-channel installed on the side or top of the door, so we are having to hire another carpenter to fix Devon's sloppy, irresponsible "work." On top of that, he removed a brace from a down spout to remove vinyl siding and the down spout is, after high winds, falling down. We were informed that he has a substance abuse problems, emphasis on the pluralization, which explains his behavior. A quick Google search will show his various mug shots that substantiate his substance abuse problems. He seems like a nice guy at first, but he is not. Avoid John Devon Buccanan like the plague. Do not let him touch your house. Do not trust him, for he lacks honor, so doesn't care what shape he leaves your house in. We are posting a few pictures of Devon's sloppy work but there are more that show how he put no J-channel on the side of the doors, and other photos that show all the vinyl that he broke, as well as the downspot braces he ripped off and didn't replace, which caused the downspout to fall. We wish we had never met John Devon Bucchanan. read more

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