PC Home Builder

My mother's home was hit by hurricane Frances in September 2004. Christopher Burns of PC Home Builder, Inc. was supposed to contract/supervise the reconstruction. Estimated insurance claim of $38,940. We sent the proposal from Christopher Burns (PC Home Builder) to Allstate October 28, 2004. The insurance adjuster agreed to the proposal On November 4, 2004 and a contract was signed November 12th with work to begin immediately. Two weeks went by with no visible signs of work or even preliminary evaluation. January 9, 2005 engineering and permitting was still not complete despite repeated promises. As of that date Mr. Burns was assuring us that the work would be completed by the end of that month. January 13 Mr. Burns reported the completion of the engineering and permits and that framin [sic] would begin within 10 days. January 25 meeting with Mr. Burns requesting termination of the contract. The initial work that he had promised was no where near completion. January 28 he accepted the termination and agreed to return the portion of the $3894 downpayment that had not been spent on the preliminary engineering, permitting, minimal clean-up done to that point and the replacement trusses that had been ordered. In spite of numerous calls and e-mails, Mr. Burns never communicated with me again. He did not answer phone calls nor e-mails nor certified letters. The contractor who took over for Mr. Burns estimated the value of the work done (including the trusses) at $2000. I filed a complaint with Florida Home Builders , the professional organization (of which Chris Burns was a member) that had referred me to PC Homebuilders in September 2004. The trusses that were delivered for the repair were not the right size. I assume that the measurements were submitted by Mr. Burns, but do not know for certain who was responsible for the error. The marble bathroom vanity was broken by Mr. Burns subcontractors and had to be replaced by the subsequent contractor.