We hired Maytham O’Shana with O’Shana Electrical in Morton Grove a couple of months ago (appears he works out of his home) to install some lighting fixtures in our ceiling.
To our surprise, he had sent his father and teenage son to do the work and he did not even show up.
While his father was drilling in the ceiling, he recklessly went too far and drilled up through the subfloor and floor above, including the new laminate flooring that I had installed just recently in the kitchen in the upper level.
When I pointed this out to the contractor, Maytham, he tried to severely downplay it and only offered to simply patch the damage, which, course, was totally inappropriate. However, he assured us that we would not be able to tell the difference. We went along with it, initially, only because he promised that, in the event that it did not match, he would replace the floor.
When the contractor that he hired to do the patchwork with epoxy began working, he immediately concluded that it would not work and informed Maytham accordingly, who refused to accept that conclusion and sent another flooring contractor to assess the damage. That contractor, also, came to the same conclusion and withdrew.
Since we did not have any remaining vinyl sections and the store from which we purchased it no longer dealt with that style, we checked other stores, but were unsuccessful in finding the same style. However, we did find something that was similar and provided Maytham with photos and details.
We then told Maytham that the only remaining recourse was to change the flooring. He balked at that and. only offered to change half of the floor with the one that we found that was similar. Despite our misgivings, we agreed to go along with it to try to recently resolve the issue. However, Maytham has backtracked and refused to do what he promised.
In the interim, Maytham had not completed the ceiling lighting work, and he had threatened, several times, to walk off the job as leverage for us to drop our claim against him. We encouraged him to report the damage to his insurance company, but he refused.
I obtained four estimates from flooring contractors and conveyed them to Maytham, who promptly dismissed him out of hand. The range from the contractors that I contacted to do the remedial work was between $3500-$4500 for the required and appropriate repairs.
I have tried to reasonably resolve the issue with Maytham and, since there was a remaining $1000 balance which we owed him for the lighting work, I promised him to apply that amount to the cost of the remedial work that was due to his crew’s negligence.
Maytham refused to accept that offer and accused me of trying to “steal” his money and refused to do the repairs needed and, also, to complete the original lighting work.
Therefore, we currently have a large noticeable hole in the middle of our newly remodeled kitchen and damage to the subfloor below.
Needless to say, we did not recommend his company to anyone and we plan on pursuing our legal remedies against Maytham and his company