Tri State Construction Wrote siding and windows contract 4-21-05 Has not yet completed, put windows in sidways. Lied and said I change my mind! La Vista Nebraska

On April 21, 2005 Bill Russel, Owner of Tri-State Construction wrote a contract of $8,200 for siding and replacement doors and windows. I wrote him a check for $2,700 as a down payment for the siding and $4,200 for the cost of the windows. These were to be double-hung and the replacement patio door to be exactly like the other except white would be fine.

Months went by then in September he finally showed up, he had all kinds of excuses, his boy got married, then the other son was thrown in jail, then he got sick with a cold, then his truck broke down,etc.

Finally the windows were being put in with the excitement I ran upstairs to see the windows. They were sliders? I tried closing it and could hardly shut it. I said to his co-worker, Do I look like I just fell off a turnip truck? Those window are double hung and you installed them as sliders. His reply to me was that the window rep said that they could be installed either way. Hum? Well, He, left and I didn't see him for a couple of months and we had some hellacoius downpours. Next thing I know we are watching rain pouring down my walls through the windows. My husband calls him that night and told him he needs to do something about this or else. He wanted us to put towels in the windows until he can get back out to us!

He shows up and I wasn't nice. My house was smelling from the water in my walls. Now he has to order more windows. The ones that he should have ordered in the first place. You see, All the windows he installed are not made to fit as ordered. He cut into my walls or framed around my other windows to put in smaller windows! I had to drywall and insulate on top of all this. Plus, the dummy I am I agreed to pay extra for any lumber and supplies that were needed.

It took him another 4-5 months to get the right windows. I called the contractors supply company where he gets the windows and asked about the windows myself. I have now caught him in several lies. He still owes me a back door and has not completed a section of siding on the side and has not completed the siding on the back of our home. He also owes me complete gutters.

A friend recommended him for siding. But he is no carpenter. He does not know what he is doing when he puts in a window. He also whines like a baby. "Oh, I wish I never would have taken this job". He says to me, all the time. It made my stomace turn.

I have taken 73 pictures of his screw ups and am ready to file a report with the state attorney generals office.

Barb
Waterloo, Nebraska
U.S.A.