I heard that you were talking about me on Yelp. When I looked at the reviews that were written by Nancy G and Dr Henry I noticed something. On Yelp Dr. Henry is from Aurora, but on your web site Orland Park. Dr. Henry Orland Park, Il Finished Basement/Deck/Addition Also, I noticed that if you look at http://www.worldbookandnews.com/business/management/258353-Jeffrey-Fank-up-for-Contractor-of-the-Year.html Dr. Henry posted 3 minutes after Nancy G. Also on http://worldbookandnews.com/business/management/259179-Jeffrey-Fank-to-seek-restitution-against-Des-Plains-resident-Kurt-Schmidt-for-making-false-claim-on-ripoff-reportcom.html Nancy G posted 1 minute after Dr. Henry. Could they be the same person, could they both be you. That being said, let talk about my project with you. We signed the contract on 9/9/2004, you said the project would be done on 9/1/2005. We paid you in installments, and you were doing work on the projects. Then you had one excuse after another why the you couldn't work on the project. On June 23, 2006 at 4:30 PM; you said the windows and doors were ordered and told me that the windows/doors would be here in approximately 4 weeks. That puts the delivery date around July 21, 2006. Those windows and doors have never been delivered. Do you know where they are? On June 27, 2006 at 9:50 PM; this was the last time you left any kind of response on my work voicemail; You called me about the windows and doors; waiting to hear from Scott about the ship date. On 12/15/2006; ~ 7:30 PM, I confronted you in your driveway. I got out of his car, and asked you where his money was and why he hadn't finished the project; you said "I spent all of your money and go head and sue me." The only payment that I have left to you per the contract is the final payment after you complete the project. Here is a list of thing that you NEVER paid for or paid to get installed on our addition (appox. sixty feet by thirty nine feet). Bathroom plumbing, sink, toilet and shower. 6 skylights, 10 windows, 4 self closing doors, T & G wood for the inside walls of the room, siding for the outside of the room, 22 outlets, 19 switches, 3 phone jacks, drywall, base trim, heater for the room, concrete patio outside the addition, retaining wall, fence between the garage and house, you never fixed our lot after you destroyed it, and I am sure that there is some more. You did put the concrete on the inside of the room but you never paid the subcontractors for the work. I paid for the rest of the work to be completed after you left and never returned my phone calls. You also did over $50,000 damage to our existing property which I was able to claim against your insurance and after they came out and looked at the mess that you made, they paid me for the damages to our existing property, but not for the work that you didn't finsh. You told me that you ran out of money and would reimburse me if I started paying the subs. I am still waiting for your check. I still live at the same address just send it in the mail. The work that you can subtract that you did and paid for was the shell of the addition, the new sewer line, the roof, and about 1/4 of the electrical work. The concrete work that you did, you never paid the subs. They put a lien on my house but that has been taken care of by me. read more

Now we wait for his line of BS response, he should take better notes so he does not get his lies mixed up. The Better Business Bureau gives Jeff Fank a failing grade "F", that can be confirmed by going to the BBB website, here is the link: http://www.bbb.org/chi... I dare Jeff to publish the names for those "Hundreds" of satisfied Customers so we can call to confirm how happy they are with Jeff, I would guess that there are a hand-full of satisfied customers, I'm sure those customers like what they see but there is no doubt that what lies below the surface is substandard. I also did some checking on the Cook County website And saw where Jeff has been in foreclosure on numerous occasions, If somebody did a little research here it might be discovered that the timing of those foreclosures correspond to one of his victims being ripped off. 1.) find a sucker who needs work done. 2.) get money from that sucker 3.) Find a sub to do a little work 4.) get more money from sucker 5.) do a little more "Work" 6.) don't pay subs, keep all the money from Sucker, use the money to get out of foreclosure 7.) repeat as needed. Who's the fool?, yep, its all of us Suckers. Hey did you guys see all the "satisfied customers" Jeff added to his website?? it's HALARIOUS !!! check it out : http://www.chicagocreativedecks.com/saitsfiedcustomers.htm read more

I hired Jeff to design and build my new kitchen. He did a wonderful job! We were impressed with the quality of workmanship and design on his projects. The thing we were most impressed with was how his customers gave him glowing reviews, everyone of them. They all went to see or know others that have had Jeff design & build projects for them. I was aware of some of the claims about Jeff on the internet. When I asked Jeff about them he showed me the letters from his attorney to these people who did not pay him for the work. None of these people tried to sue him and made personal remarks that seem to be made to hurt Jeff rather then resolve their issues. One guy has been arrested for harassing and threatening Jeff & his family, I saw the police report. It is a shame that Jeff is going through this with these people. I can only relate my experience with Jeff and share my story with you. read more

This Julian person is a liar, in 27 years I have never contracted work for anyone named Julian and only 3 or 4 projects in Palatine. This is Kurt S or Steve K pretending to be someone else just like they did on other sites. We haven't done any staining jobs in 8 years, and when we did stain a project, we removed the screens. We always had the customers provided the stain so if there is a product defect it was not our issue to deal with. I have been in the same location for 12 years, so it is not hard to find me if you really had this happen. this is another tall tale. I have completed somewhere around 600-800 projects for happy customers in the past 27 years, you have a lot of people and stories to make up to even come close the number of very satisfied (real) customers. read more

I hired Jeff to finish my basement and he did an incredible job. I referred Jeff to my 2 brothers and my neighbor, we are all extremely satisfied with our projects. I asked Jeff about this Kurt S person and the bad review, Jeff gave me a Cook county recorder website about this guy, he was arrested in 2008 for threatening, harassment and something about Kurt referring to a rape of Jeff's girlfriend and 15 year old stepdaughter. This Kurt guy is on rip off http://report.com for slander, so I am going to believe Jeff. I spoke with many happy customers and have personally seen his work from 5 other customers. Go to http://chicagocreative... there are about 200 customers projects and endorsements there. read more

Hello, Do not hire this man for any type of contracting project. He doesn't finish jobs, steals from clients, doesn't pay his hard-working subcontractors, and then files for bankruptcy. He also sells a silver product from Nature's Silver Lining which is suspect to say the least. For more details, visit my blog at: https://stopjefffank.blogspot.com/ read more