CREATIVE ABUNDANCE

"I’M RYAN DERUBY- OWNER OF CREATIVE ABUNDANCE. I AGREED TO TRY TO HELP THE MEMBER THROUGH A MUTUAL FRIEND AND A REPUTABLE BUSINESS MAN IN THE COMMUNITY. THE MEMBER HAD PREVIOUSLY HIRED AN ILLEGITIMATE AND UNLICENSED CONTRACTOR TO WORK ON HER HOME. THIS CONTRACTOR DID NOT BUILD TO CODE AND HE ABSOLUTELY MADE A STRUCTURAL MESS OF THINGS, AND FINALLY, ALLEGEDLY TOOK OFF WITH 20,000 OF THE HOMEOWNERS MONEY. IN CONSIDERATION TO THE MEMBER AND WHAT SHE HAD BEEN THROUGH, I AGREED TO THE WORK AT A VERY LOW COST, TO DO WHAT I COULD TO BRING THE PROJECT TO CODE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY FOR SOME THINGS WOULD NOT BE FIXABLE. SHE WAS HAPPY WITH THAT AGREEMENT UNDERSTANDING THE CONDITIONS AND WITH MONEY, OF COURSE, BEING A CONCERN AT THIS POINT. THERE WERE QUITE A FEW ATTEMPTS TO GET MONIES DUE, IN ORDER, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD TO COMPLETION- SHE WOULD TELL ME THAT I WAS GOING TO GET PAID, BUT IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. FINALLY, WHEN I REALIZED THAT I WAS GETTING NO WHERE, I ASKED OUR MUTUAL FRIEND FOR HELP TO BE THE MEDIATOR. THAT’S WHEN THE HOMEOWNER REALLY LOST HER COOL BUT I JUST COULDN’T BE TREATED THAT WAY ANYMORE ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS CUTTING MY COSTS OF PAY TO HELP SOMEONE OUT THAT WAS IN A BAD POSITION. ALLEN BROOKS FRONTED ME THE MONEY TO FINISH WITH AS LITTLE COMMUNICATION WITH THE MEMBER AS POSSIBLE, AT THIS POINT. I COULD GO ON BUT THAT WOULD BE ‘TIT FOR TAT’ AND THAT GETS US NO WHERE. I LEFT MY PLACE OF WORK IN 2005 TO OPEN MY OWN BUSINESS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO REGARD FOR HOW THE HOMEOWNER WAS TREATED AND THERE WAS NO QUALITY OF WORKMANSHIP. I AM A PERFECTIONIST WITH MYSELF AND MY WORK, I BELIEVE IN BEING PROFESSIONAL, AND HAVING INTEGRITY. I, OFTEN WALK AWAY FROM A COMPLETED PROJECT WITH HOMEOWNERS AND I BEING FRIENDS AND THAT THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT I CAN ACHIEVE. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT DID NOT OCCUR, IN THIS CASE, BUT IT IS SOMETIMES OUT OF MY CONTROL."