We contracted Luc based on positive reviews on Homestar, makes one wonder if those with negative experience just kept it to themselves & so i am doing this to warn others not to fall victim to him.
Luc was to finish our main floor, insulate the attic & crawl space & redo the electrical in an older home. All the demo had been done by another contractor. The tight timeline was communicated to Luc at the start and in the first couple of days, he appeared competent & committed to quality in 2 weeks. but when he put a beam in the ceiling & without adequate support, we began to worry (the plan is an open concept with flush ceiling). then closet& powder room built with misaligned walls & doors. all these were pointed out as he did the job but he insisted everything would be made right in the end.
By the 2nd week he was making excuses to not be at the job & frankly often rude. It is our nature to be considerate of people around us, so we gave him 2wks to go attend to personal issues only for him to return and still continue as before.
He got 60% advance pay & bought less than 20% of the materials needed. He eventually bailed on the job claiming he had another family emergency.
We had the work accessed by respective licensed tradesmen and found all electrical has to be redone as they were not to code, He put an extremely hot incandescent recess light in the insulated Arctic creating a potential fire hazard, they had to be removed immediately to avoid a fire.
The beams he installed were literally sitting on the existing ones making the ceiling cave down, they were not supported by coloumns & not held down at all!! & more. It would cost us double to have the job done & the home safe.
We share the report with Luc asking that he replaces the material & he literarily told us off with vulgar words saying since it was a cash transaction and he cannot be held to pay.
So this is to warn others while we move to recover our money.
If we got this benefit, we never would have called him.
Do not use LUC/ The supplier's group of Tradesmen- there is no company its just him & he has no sense of quality or ethics.
If we didn't get professional opinions we may have missed the major risks that have been hidden in walls and the attic which could have been disastrous for our family especially as winter approaches.
Contractors like him are the reason why people are scared of old home renovations.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $10,000.00