Click Construction Inc. - Owner, Carl Click, Partners - Larry Pyatt, Charlie Hoskins Carl Click,Earnest Colwell, Don Hurless Took Over $150,000. From 80 Year Old Disabled War Veteran,Left House Half Done,Spent Money Who Knows Where. All 3 Are Smooth Talking Con Artist. Vero Beach, Florida

 Now do you still believe?

You should be helping and contacting all the victims and the sheriffs offices in all the other counties to help them, you know better than anyone that these homes were never repaired....and Hernando County is not the only ones out there...do something right for once and help these victims and clear your conscience...

 I want to inform anyone who has used Clicks Construction, Click Construction or Clicks of Tampa Bay to please please contact your local sheriff's office and file charges. Carl Click, Robert Contorno have been charged and found guilty of organized fraud in Hernando County, for not repairing sinkholes and taking insurance checks. If you used them for your sinkhole repair on your home, your home is NOT repaired.  And if you sell try to sell your home, with an unrepaired sinkhole, it is fraud and you can be charged.  There are several homes in Pasco County that they worked on, and some in Pinellas County and Hillsborough County.  Please home owners do yourself a hugh favor, contact your local Sheriff's office...your home is not repaired, the engineer that signed off on the repairs Ram Goel, also was charged and found guilty of signing off on inspection reports for a sum of money that Robert Contorno paid him...Its been on the news...your home was not exempt from the fraud!

I have been trying to look in to the Contorno's criminal history, but I have not been able to find anything outside of the current charges. I was wondering if you could please point me in the right direction? Anything would help!!

You mentioned that you live across street from Carl's ex-wife and you see him there all the time...if you see him there, PLEASE, PLEASE...when he is there pick up the phone and call the sheriff department right away...there is a warrant out for his arrest in Hernando County!!!!!!

Don't let someone bully you on here! The problem is that these cons have no moral sense of who they take advantage of, I am so sorry for you and your husband, truly. No elderly person should have to go through what happened to you, then be bullied on here, while you are trying to get help.

If you take the time to actually look into Roberts criminal history he has a very long one, including federal 1996, currently in prison...he may not be able to be picked out of a line up in this one case, but his hands are just as dirty as carls, and from what you are saying he inserted himself into this by doing a 3 way call, which proves to me that the 2 were in business together, in my opinion only,  there is NO seperating the 2 businesses when someone is partnering with each other...they signed agreements to be in business with each other, filed it in Pinellas County court, I dont know all the laws but common sense would tell me that they are both in the same, but the courts will decide that I am sure. However it appears in my opinion only that  he was pretty slick, who he was going to let take the fall in his " business activities". There is a warrant out for the arrest of Carl in Hernando County. And Roberts wife has been arrested for organized fraud in Hernando County, so don't give up on getting help, they are investigating all of the activities these individuals have been involved with, it takes a very very long time, lets face it there is alot of people who were effected by these "businesses". But don't give up hope and continue to make your calls, followup with the departments you filed reports with and if necessary the media has already reported on some of this I seen it on ABC News. 

PLEASE...Call the prosecutor in Hernando county handing the case and see if he can point you in the right direction for your county to get help, if all else fails, maybe the media can help you.

No I could not pick him out in a line up. I have never met the man in person. We met over the phone.

It was a 3 way conversation between Carl, Robert and myself. He was the one that offered to help because his good friend Carl was in trouble and I think the fact the BBB was on his butt, had a lot to do with it.

All I am saying he should of put his money where his mouth was. After I found out who he really was and the trouble he was in,I was not surprised he was all talk and no action.

Although Mr. Contorno was a partner of Mr. Clicks, all of the work Mr. Contorno was doing was related to sinkholes and was in the Tampa Bay area. He had neither control nor supervisory responsibilities over the Vero Beach office of Clicks Construction.

All of his time and effort was focused on work in Tampa Bay Area, and I suspect that the author of the original complaint couldn't identify Bob Contorno in a line-up of one!

I filed a report with the DBPR months ago. Fat lot of good it did. I sent everything  they asked for,they sent me a letter and said they would look into it. His ex wife lives right down the street from me and he is in and out of Vero Beach visiting her.

 In my book the owner of Coastal Frame & Trim is worse then Carl Click. John knows this was not my fault,he was fired from the job,for a very good reason,which I won't bother go into. He did very shoddy work and did not finish the job. His brother in-law is a lawyer so he really took me to the cleaners. He inflated the money owed to him by a very large sum. 

 He wants to pick this house up cheap,that is why he is forcing the auction and he thinks my husband and I are helpless to stop him..Who knows what will happen. I do know one thing. He will not get one dime,neither I or Carl Click owe him any money for labor.

The only money owed is to the supply company that he used and let Click's charge under his name and after what he has done, there is no way I will pay that bill. 

You must send a complaint to the DBPR.  A form is online and you can mail it to them.  Believe me he is being investigated.  He has done virtually the same thing to many people in Florida.  If you search pinellas county sheriff department arrests you will see both Robert Contorno and his wife have been arrested.  or just go to mugshot.com and look up their names.  Others will follow. 

Well it did not go well in court today. Thanks to Carl Click,the Judge gave John Of Coastal Frame and Trim a judgement today. Our house will be put up for auction Feb.23, 2011.

We are current on our payments and the bank does not want this. This is what John wants. He wants to beable to pick it up real cheap,as the value right now is only $80,000. which is less then my mortgage.

. Carl owes John 21 thousand dollars, so we lose our house so John can get paid. We paid Carl the money,he just did not give it to John, and John couldn't get it from Carl so that left us.

 Now my husband and I have truely lost everything but our truck. Guess we will be living in that after Feb. Hubby just got out of the hospital,he had another heart attack,so he might be in the hospital,so he will at least have a bed.

 I wish I had never heard of Carl Click and Clicks Construction. If I were you,I would think twice about using Coastal Frame and Trim. If you want to see an example of their work,come look at my house. You might change your mind.

Contact the State attorneys office, if all else fails its time all of you victims band together and get the media involved,this is horrible..there are laws to protect the elderly in situations like this. Make your voices heard.  Contact every agency you can..they have economic crime division in the sheriffs departments that you can file reports.  State prosecutors office, economic crimes division has to take your reports..

Well Sept. 27th we have to go to court. We are being sued by Coastal Frame & Trim. We gave Clicks Construction the money to pay them,but they were never paid,so now we are being sued for twenty thousand dollars. When we first got the letter informing us of this action,I contacted Carl Click and he assured me he would take care of it. In a later 3way phone conversation between me,Carl and Robert Contorno his partner in Clicks Contruction,they assured me they would see that I had the use of the company lawyer and they would go to court with me.

 Mr Contorno will not answer my emails and Carl Click no longer has a working phone and has not contacted me in months. I believe I have been thrown to the wolves. We can't afford a lawyer,so will be facing the hearing without one. Wish us luck.

 Think long and hard before you have anything to do with anybody connected to Clicks Construction.

It is my understanding that each project must have it's own account ie escrow for funds set aside to use on that particular project.  You may have a case for embezzlement as he obviously used your funds for something else.  You may want to contact the state attorney and ask.  Florida has these rules for just this reason.  And dont forget, he is being investigated in other Florida counties so perhaps a few calls in the Pinellas, Pasco, or Hernando County state attorney office may provide you with some good information.

 I tried to get help. I called the sheriff's dept.They sent out a deputy and I told him everything that had happened,showed him all my paper work and was told,they could not help me. He said I had a great case against Carl but it was a civil matter and I would have to hire a lawyer. I cannot afford a lawyer,he has all my money. Besides putting him in jail is not going to get me my money back.

 I complained to the BBB and to the Florida License Board. None of these people are going to get me my money back or get him to finish my house. When he went bankrupt,he put my debt with it,so I could not go after him.

 Like I said the money is gone,someday I will have save up enough to finish my house. He most likely has gone back to Ohio,as no one in Florida would hire him. 

There are several different Counties investigating this company, please contact the Pasco County Sheriffs office and Hernando County, ask to speak with a detective working on the investigation of this company and also the State Prosecutors office and the DBPR (Florida Department of Business Professional Regulation) 850-487-1395 they are INVESTIGATING this company, let them know what happened to you! Help comes in numbers, Please Please do everyone a favor and tell your story to the appropriate authorities. You can get help! But it won't walk to you, you have to take some action for yourself too, make a few calls.  There is help, but you also have to help yourself and contact the authorities.

Well I guess you guys were right. As soon as I updated, saying he was him paying us some money and promising to help finish the house,like he asked me too, he stop paying and is gone. Haven't gotten a cent since April 1st and no longer have a phone number where I can call him.

 What a sucker I was to believe his lies. Well he wins,I give up. As least he can't rip anymore people off using Clicks Construction. I have spent too much time worrying about getting my money back. It is gone,he will never pay us back,but mark my words Carl Click, you have destroyed too many lives,and caused too much pain to come out of this scott free. You will someday pay for your sins. 

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As of January 31, 2010 decision to close Click's Construction (CGC-1521722) has been established, effectively establishing a "Closing date". In accordance with the Department of Business & Professional Regulation and other municipalities and governing authorities we are volunteering this information. Records shall be kept in accordance with FS and FAC by the License Holder for a three (3) year time. Demand thereon must be made in written for, mailed US CERTIFIED MAIL To: Mr. Carl E. Click, LH formally Click's Construction ET AL; at 5340 St. Rt. 366 Huntsville, Ohio 43324. The closing date shall be 2010, May and the 25th day. Respectfully Carl E. Click to all and public notice publication dated 5/28/2010. After said date, no new work shall be contracted and no new business shall be conducted. No employees currently exist. All licensing and insurance is hereby terminated. Pubs: May 28, & June 4, 2010

For some reason I hardly believe that Carl Click has had a change of heart and has become this wonderful person.  He is in a number of law suits in several counties in Florida and I'm sure his attorney told him to "be good".  I am glad that you are having things repaired and he is paying you back, however, I doubt it will last.

Good Luck and I wish you well!

My husband and I would like to report that Carl Click kept the promise he made to us when he said he would start paying us back the money he owes us when he got a job.

Dec 1st 2009 he started sending us a weekly check,plus he is helping us finish our house. He has stuccoed it and insulated it so far.

Please note,no one is making him do this,it is not court ordered. He says he is doing it because it is the right thing to do.

For whatever the reason, he is doing it and says he will continue to do so as long as he has a job. We can not ask anymore of him then that. He is try to do the right thing but without  a job he can not help us. I hope whoever reads my original report takes this update into account.

Carl E Click is with a doubt the most unscrupulous person I have ever had the misfortune to deal with.

We just want to make it clear that we do not have a beef with  Larry Pyatt,he did not do us wrong. He did pay the worker who did the sanding before he was finished and the worker took off before finishing the job,but that was no gain for Larry. He was very kind and caring with us. 

We were shocked to read what he has done, it is almost like it is 2 different people. We have given Larry a considerable amount of money and he never let us down. Then again, Sal was always there and he will never let anybody take advantage of us again, if he can help it.

We just do not want Larry blamed for something he did not do.