People should be aware of this company who does work they are NOT qualified to do!! I needed my basement finished but knew nothing about hiring a contractor. The mover (Maaz @ Old Towne Cartage Moving company) that I was using for my clients told me he knew an excellent contractor and made arrangements for him to come to do an estimate. They came at 9:30pm at night. I wasn't impressed with this guy introduced to me as Tony who gave me no business card, wrote up no contract and said very few words to me. He took no measurements and bc I told him I had been quoted $6,000 from a previous contractor, said he would do it for that BUT it excluded a bathroom and floor. They left and called later saying they had to come back to measure?? They showed up again late at night with another guy (Chris) who measured the room, asked questions about what I wanted,and I felt a little more confident in Chris's abilities. Tony wanted 1/2 the money up front (I didn't know better) and then told me he wanted another $400 cash to buy the materials the next day bc the bank would hold the $3,000 bank draft I gave him and the work would be delayed. I only had $300 cash with me but he was happy with that and took it. Chris told me the materials he delivered were below standard and low grade and then asked why I kept calling him Tony when his name was Arten. I got on the phone to Maaz and he said I was just nervous about the job being done the way I wanted and promised the work would be perfect to my satisfaction. The work then got delayed bc he had to rent a truck to deliver the materials and there were so many excuses I decided to ask Chris who was the ONLY one who showed up to do the work (never Tony) to tell me about Tony. Chris said that he just met him on a job recently and he didn't know much about him except that (Chris) was hired for this job to do the drywall only and bc Tony didn't know how to do the framing he was upset that he had to do that too. He also told me that Tony was Maaz's brother-in-law and that Tony was only a painter and NOT a contractor. When Tony finally did show up I pulled him aside and demanded answers. He had none so he insulted Chris right in front of him by saying that he had better drywall guys he could use than Chris, so Chris told him to go ahead and do it, packed up and left the job saying he wasn't coming back. I was furious and told Tony Chris was the only good thing about this job. When I demanded my money back from Tony he chuckled saying that there was no contract so basically"screw off" and then ran out of the house. I called Maaz and he played innocent. I asked him if he was related and he said he was and that he was helping him bc he has only been in the country 4 years. When I started looking into AA Perfect painting I found his ad on Kijiji and found both Maaz's and Tony's telephone numbers were listed. Maaz was getting a piece of the money too. They both owned the company and took me for a lot. Maaz said I wasn`t getting my money back either. They took advantage of me. Not only am I a struggling single mom but I have serious health issues that have given me less time to live and the reason I was finishing my basement, so I could sell it. I used that $12,000 it finally cost me to finish the basement that I was going to use for funeral arrangements and both Maaz and Tony knew that. what kind of people do that to someoneÉ
- Approximate cost of services:
- $12,281.00