GreenTek Construction, Inc

Be wary of Arthur Mayer, VC Development, Greentek Construction, or any other entity he operates under. This man is a pathetic excuse for a general contractor and is engaging in illegal and fraudulent behavior that has already led to the revocation of his previous contractor's license with the CSLB. I hired him for a major six-figure house remodel, and it was an absolute nightmare. Now we are dealing with construction defects and legal ramifications from hiring this person. I could write a whole essay about this man, but long story short, we hired him to do a full remodel at my house, including a 500 sq. ft. living room addition, 900 sq. ft. pool house construction, adding a master bathroom, and a lot more. It was a huge job that was supposed to have a 9-12 month timeline. When we hired him, he was operating under the name “Greentek Construction Inc.” and had an active license with the CSLB, license number 1029253. We started having numerous issues with Arthur in terms of delays, construction defects, and problems with the SOW under the contract. After about 1.5 years of nonstop issues, we chose to take legal action and consult our attorney. This is when we looked up his CSLB number to file a complaint and discovered that he had been sued for another project with a judgment of over $100k. We also found out that his CSLB license had been revoked one year into our job! So he was working as an unlicensed contractor and did not inform us that his license had been revoked. We confronted him about this and he told us he was now doing business as VC Development Inc. It only gets worse from here, as we realized he was using another contractor's license from VALLAS CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT INC. This other contractor's license is 1074561, which, interestingly enough, is now also suspended with the CSLB. What Arthur Mayer was doing was using someone else’s license to conduct business while operating under a completely different name—V.C. Development Inc. The CSLB allows an unlicensed contractor to act as an employee of a licensed contractor. However, what Arthur was doing was using the CSLB license number of a different contractor and presenting himself as a completely different entity to mislead clients into thinking he was still a licensed contractor. You can actually look up VALLAS CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT INC. on the CSLB and see that Arthur Mayer is not listed as an employee of that business. And you can look up the other entity he operates as, V.C. Development Inc., which does not even have an active license with the CSLB. Oh, it only gets worse from here. We received a letter in the mail from the material supplier Arthur was using to purchase lumber for our house, and we discovered that Arthur Mayer owed them roughly $32,000 that he was refusing to pay. By this point, we had passed the rough framing inspection and had paid Arthur all the money owed for the framing. This is called misappropriation of funds, which is another law that Arthur Mayer was breaking. Unfortunately for us as homeowners, California law allows a material supplier to place a mechanics lien on our home, even though we paid Arthur, and he chose not to pay them. So now we are dealing with a lawsuit because the material supplier is attempting to foreclose on the mechanics lien on our home. We tried reaching out to the bond company he had while his CSLB license was active, and they are not able to cover the construction defects or mechanics lien because apparently all of this occurred after his license was revoked, which automatically canceled his bond as well. Currently, Arthur Mayer and any entity he operates under are being investigated by the special teams unit with the CSLB. Arthur thinks I have no recourse against him because his license was revoked, but the CSLB can still issue a $15,000 fine and refer the case to the city prosecutor. For your sake, save yourself the trouble and do not hire this man. If you do, good luck, and may God be with you. Just remember, you have absolutely zero recourse with Arthur Mayer if something goes wrong. He has no license and thus no bond. It’s actually illegal to hire an unlicensed contractor in the first place. He also does not own anything under his name, so taking legal action against him might go nowhere, as he could go bankrupt. Any business he is operating under also has no license. Furthermore, any licensed contractor he is supposedly employed by is also likely untrustworthy; otherwise, they would not be hiring a con man like Arthur. You can verify all of this information online. If you search the CSLB website for license # 1029253 (Greentek Construction Inc.), you will see that his previous license was revoked, and you can view the previous lawsuit he lost, which led to the revocation of his license. If you search CSLB #1074561 (VALLAS CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT INC), you can see that license is also suspended. You can also search San Bernardino Court Records for case number CIVSB2408303 to look up the lawsuit regarding the mechanics lien on my home.

Arthur of Greentek is an incompetent, dishonest, and for a lack of a better word: loser. We have been dealing with Arthur for 2 years and there's so much that has happened that I can write a horror novel. SHORT: -Arthur lost his contractor's license halfway through our job and didn't tell us. -He does NOT pay his sub contractors! We speak to many of the subs and they all have only terrible things to say. -Arthur has walked off or been kicked off other jobs. I have spoken with a few different people who he screwed over. LONG: We hired Arthur in July 2022 to do a large house remodel. When we hired him, he had good reviews and a license. Since then we've had nonstop issues causing him to walk off the job. This all started because I did not like the sub that he had for the kitchen. He had allocated $26k for the kitchen so I asked him to just give me the credit and I will handle the process myself. He did not want to give me the full amount. This led us to a big blow out fight where he claimed he did a lot of work without charging us. From there, my husband and I spent hours going through the multiple contracts Arthur sent and all our correspondences to figure out all these discrepancies. He would forget to add certain scopes of work into the contract/price breakdown. Turns out he actually owes us more money than we owed him as he was making it seem. At the end of the day, we just wanted to pay for what we were supposed to pay for and Arthur needed to pay for what he was supposed to pay for. 1.The lawsuit: We currently have a mechanic’s lien on our home because Arthur did not pay Ganahl Lumber the material cost ($22,000) for our home. He lied and claimed a framer stole the materials but Ganahl has proof of delivery to our home. As well, there is another home nearby that is on the lawsuit with Ganahl. I spoke with them and they had no idea about any of it—they had kicked Arthur off the job last year. 2. The work: Our house looks good from afar but far from good. Everything boils down to the framing work and Arthur's lack of construction skills. --Framing was not properly leveled which meant the drywall that was placed over it was wavy, which meant our walls/ceilings are crooked. --The flooring is already coming undone in many areas of our house. It has been less than 3 months and it is very clear that we will have to get the flooring replace before the years over. I had told Arthur from the beginning that I was nervous about the flooring as it was creaking. In the contract, he stated he would replace the subfloors "as needed"--not realizing that ALL the subfloors would need to be replaced. This caused a huge fight as he didn't want to pay for it. His solution was to place a thin layer of plywood over the subfloors. Creaking is still there and floors are cracking. Areas where there was concrete were not properly leveled so the areas are buckling as well. --Beams: Arthur wanted to use cheaper labor had someone who was not a qualified carpenter install our beams. They installed it so poorly and cutting it without the proper tools that we had to get them ripped off and replaced. 3. The walk off: Our painter finished the ceiling and primed the walls before we realized the walls were all messed up which meant Arthur had to pay another drywaller/taper to come out to skim the whole walls--that meant we had to re-prime the walls so he wanted to use his guy because he was cheaper. We have had so many issues because he goes cheap on labor and it affects our house (another ex: he went cheap on beam installation and we had to buy all new beams to reinstall). We told him there's so many issues with our house (showing him the wavy walls in our pool house again) and we simply want him to pay our painter and be done with it. Arthur walked to his car and drove off without saying another word to us. Do not hire this scum. He is a liar and shouldn't be a contractor. He should be locked up for all the money and issues he's cost not only us but many other people. I'm limited in how much I can write but contact me for more info.

The guys did an excellent job, master bedroom/ bathroom paint to include ceiling, new carpet in bedroom, new tile in bath, new base boards. Paint kitchen, family room, formal dining room, and living room to include ceiling. Paint guest room to include ceiling, new laminate floor, and base boards.

Greentek was contracted through our property management for office improvements (painting, countertops, etc.). The work did take longer than expected, possibly due to COVID. There where also some things once the job was "finished" that needed to be touched-up but Arthur was happy enough to send the team back out and fix the problems. We are now happy with our fresh and polished looking office! Our patients give us compliments daily.

The work went great! I had a deadline to get the garage built, and Arthur performed everything to code and in a timely manner. Thank you so much for sticking up with me!

It did take a little bit longer that I'd like, but Arthur was very professional and brought very skilled crews to add two bedrooms and one bathroom to my home for my mother moving in. I am thankful he worked with me and offer great financing programs to do the project professional. Thanks Arthur!

GreenTek did a great job and was completed in a timely matter. No issues and I was kept informed as what to expect. Communication was great with Arthur. Pricing was great and would recommend again to anyone. Thanks

It rained like **** and my roof failed so I needed a new one fast because more rain was coming. Arthur at Greentek came out after immediately responding to my request for a quote. There was two other requests I made, one took days to respond and the other never went up to the roof and gave me a quote that ranged from one price right up to another, too vague. Arthur had the roof inspected, a definite quote was given and the job was completed in two weeks despite it being holiday season. Since then it has rained like crazy again and again and the roof has kept my home dry and protected and that's what a roof is for. Thank you Greentek. I will be contacting you for any other new construction job that should come up as they always do.

It went wonderful garage works amazing and they were respectful and professional

They are a really good company and are really helpful too and I would recommend them to everyone

The landscapers were polite and asked many questions to ensure they were understanding what we wanted our yard to look like, and worked quickly to get our yard into shape. While they did tend to show up just a little later than promised each morning, they called whenever there was a significant delay, and continued to communicate with us throughout the project, avoiding any misunderstandings. Substitutions were made only when what we were looking for would have cost more than our budget allowed. The yard no longer looks neglected, and the work met all our expectations. The work only took them about a week to complete, with the exception of one feature that is on order and expected to be here next week.

It went great! Crew was knowledgeable and professional. Larry, the foreman, consulted with us on every step and at the end of each day, told us what transpired and what we were to expect the following day.