Lakeland Services

"To whom it may concern: My name is Leonard Eiden. Owner of Lakeland Services. Ms. [Member Name Removed] had no husband. She hired us to do a retaining wall in THE YEAR 2004!! We were hired initially to build a wall. Subsequently, near completion of the wall she asked us to build parapets around 4 trees and edging around house . I had received a down payment on wall so I had guys start on block walls around trees and edging around house. My forman did get into a loud argument with one of the guys one day. He is the survivor of the lightning hit at PGA championship at Hazeltine in 1991 I believe is the date. He is prone to emotional outbursts. I explained this to Ms [Member Name Removed]. We continued to complete landscaping. Near completion she asked if we could paint her interior. Nothing seemed amiss so I brought in the paint crew. We also did tile and sheet rock repair. She started to make reasons not to advance any money for the additional work. We were there at her home for a month. She seemed like a nice single divorced women with a home office with her shades always down. You never knew if she was home. Both my landscaping crew and painting crew finished at same time. I cleaned up job site and told her we would do a walk around the next day. I had plowed snow for her the previous 2 winters so I suspected nothing. At no time during the 3 years I worked around her house did I see a husband. She said she was divorced. The next day she did not answer door or answer phone calls. In fact she simply hung up over the next couple weeks. I had to hire an attorney and subsequently she was ordered to pay the outstanding invoices of $3000 for the parapets and edging completion 10/27/04. Also, $2675 for interior painting 11/03/2004. She had paid the $3000 for original retaining wall after it's completion. Im sure for that reason I trusted her to finish more work without a down payment I have a mechanics lien that was served 12/23/2004. Ms [Member Name Removed] never paid me!!! On or around October 2016 I received a call for snow plowing. I called her not realizing who she was and said I would stop by to give an estimate. I realized who it was when I drove up. It had been 12 years. I knocked on door and when she answered I told her I would be happy to plow if she paid her previous invoice of over $5000 ! She closed the door and I left. Then more than. A year later I've learned im being slandered. Please dispose of this untrue and damaging complaint. Sincerely Leonard Eiden Owner of Lakeland"