The following complaint has been filed with the Better Business Bureau against Buckley…read moreBuilders,Gardener,ME:
Date of Transaction: March 2022 - May 2023
Amount paid to Buckley Builders: $132,000
Amount invoiced by Buckley Builders: $110,796.96
What Buckley Builders committed to provide: A completed renovation of 70 Pinkham Road
Nature of the dispute: Time and money owed by Buckley Builders to Karen Sale
Whether or not the business has tried to resolve the problem: No, causing additional living expenses for March - November 2022 and May - June 2023.
Shawn Buckley of Buckley Builders gave me a start date for my project of March 2022. He began 8 months later, at the end of November 2022. Because of this, I incurred the cost of supporting 2 households for those months, to the tune of $12,000.
During my project, Shawn continually asked for up-front funds for time and materials, without supplying invoices for the completed work. After 3 months, I finally convinced him to send me invoices.
Shawn continually asked for money, until I finally told him that I would have to find an alternate way, to pay him. Shawn continually accused me of owing him money. He walked off the project in May.
Comparing Shawn's invoices to my payments - with bank proof of all checks written out to, and signed by Shawn - Shawn owes me $21,203.04. Again, Shawn accused me of owing him money... Somehow, he couldn't "find" 2 of my checks, totaling $25,000 in his bank account. After a long wait on my part, and being confronted with real numbers, Shawn "found" the missing checks.
Today, 4 weeks after Shawn walked away from my project; The house has no floors. The kitchen has no cupboards. None of the appliances have been hooked-up. The front door has no handle, the steps to the 2nd floor have no treads, and the sink and toilet have not been installed in the 1st-floor bath.
Invoices from Shawn total $110,796.96. I have paid him $132,000. Shawn owes me $21,203.04 in labor and materials.
If I add the cost of the March - November 2022 and May - June 2023 (10 months of delays or $15,000 in additional living expenses) into the mix, Shawn owes me $36,203.04 in labor, materials and living expenses.