All we needed was a drawer from our bathroom repaired. Should be easy work for a carpenter. He…read morehad all the pieces given to him. He even sent a picture of a large piece of wood he was going to use to rebuild the drawer, the piece was Way larger than the job called for. His cost for the job was $200. My wife agreed, He required $100 to get started. He met her the next day with the drawer, but it wouldn't fit because he used all the original water damaged wood pieces. They were swollen so the drawer didn't fit. He then said he and I quote, "I don't have a tape measure, so I need to take one of the other drawers with me, & it's going to cost $400", $200 more than his original quote & requested another $100 down.
So as a side note, he used no new wood, (so why send a pic of wood he didn't plan on using) & attempted to rebuild the drawer with damaged wood & charge $200 more.
Reluctantly my wife paid him $50 to just do what he promised (so $150 total given) and he would finish & install the next day
As I saw him walk behind my truck in my rear view mirror, because I was sitting in my truck awaiting his arrival, I opened my truck door & called him by his name, he never stopped or slowed down, because my tenant was at the door, he thought he could ignore my calls to him. He was in such a rush to get upstairs with the repaired drawer & other drawer he took to make his measurements. Once he was done, he tried leaving, as I was calling out his name. He comes back & the first thing out his mouth was, is there a problem?
This was by far the most unprofessional simple job I've had done. He eyeballs his jobs, doesn't measure, as I've seen in other complaints about his work, & the drawer did contain new wood this time, but it wasn't square, thus it didn't close flush. It had glue, staples, & gaps, so no adjustments could be made. I see now why he was trying to install, & then run downstairs to try and collect. He tried to go back in the house to make adjustments with a couple of screwdrivers , but I refused entry & paid him a final $50. That's $200 total for a poorly constructed drawer, that I will have to pay a professional to repair his poor quality work. I'm expecting him to reply to this post with a rebuttal of how he did everything right, & how I lost my temper at him. That seems to be his M.O. then have a bunch of fake 5 star reviews to follow, so this review gets buried.
I would not take this time to write all of this & attach photos if this was not accurate. We were threatened with a mechanical lien just like his other clients, & he took a photo of the drawer he didn't repair as proof he did an acceptable job, but there was nothing wrong with that drawer.