Ed seems a nice guy in his first visit so we hired Gemmola & Associates in February 2022 to make a plan for house expansion. We gave them a retainer of $10,000 as requested. They told us that the work cannot begin until we do a survey. We did a survey, but by then we decided to give up the expansion, and opted for a much smaller job. Before the design started, our plan has changed again and decided not to do any home improvement. We communicated all of the changes in writing in a timely manner, and was acknowledged.
Now we have trouble getting our money back. Since we paid the retainer, an associate has stopped by to pick up the signed proposal, talked to us in our driveway, and took us to see an example of their past work. That's it. No one from Gemmola & Associates has since entered the house, or presented us with any plans, drafts, drawings for the work they intended to do, or provided us any work they claimed to have done.
An attorney is now working on our behalf. I hope Ed will do the right thing, and return our money. read more