Hernandez contractor Santos originally arrived with 1/4 inch chip wood instead plywood per contract he knew require 1/2 inch to match the existing part of the roof. Santos had original a couple days before received $450 per check for roof material well in excess to cover about 4 additional plywood to repair the roof area of about 14 by 18 feet and wanting cash to buy the wood. One plywood 4 by 8 feet was included per contract and for each additional per contract for $50 including installation. When he needed 2 more sheets 4 by 8 foot, again he want to get cash again. Every time when he wanted additional cash for the plywood he called Hernandez to get the money. After starting cutting the roof along the rafters he advised me needing two more sheets of plywood only this time he wanted $150 for those in contradiction of the contract $100 for two sheets claiming he has to buy gasoline apparently driving for and back to Hernandez to get cash to purchased it from Home Depot and that he had to pay his helper. All this he knew before he issued the contract. That plywood was not installed because I rejected the increase of the price. I begged him instead to install from left over plywood at a couple places the existing wood showed surface damage. After Santos finished the job, and inspection within the crawl space showed that at several places between the newly installed wood sand the existing wood were gabs of at least 1/2 inch. Furthermore an inspection reviled that what Santos called ice and water shield was only tar paper without adhesive to glue to the plywood of the roof. Hernandez and Santos insisted having installed ice and water shield also denied having caused property damage breaking with their feet through the sheet rock ceiling of the rooms below. Falsely claiming their installation included Ice and water shield constitutes in fraud. The roof has to be redone because ice and water shield cannot be inserted afterwards. I needed to stop my $550 check for material because when redoing the roof the installed shingles and tar paper being destroyed by removal and cannot be reused again. The case requires a fraud charge against Cowboy Construction as long I do not receive my $450 I paid for the material.
Description of Work: Poor roofing service, denied having failed to install ice and water shield which was specified in contract and causing property damage at ceiling of room below.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
1.0
value
3.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
3.0
$1,000
frank G.
05/2013
1.0
home builders
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AngiesList about Cowboy Construction Hernandez contractor Santos originally arrived with 1/4 inch chip wood instead plywood per contract he knew require 1/2 inch to match the existing part of the roof. Santos had original a couple days before received $450 per check for roof material well in excess to cover about 4 additional plywood to repair the roof area of about 14 by 18 feet and wanting cash to buy the wood. One plywood 4 by 8 feet was included per contract and for each additional per contract for $50 including installation. When he needed 2 more sheets 4 by 8 foot, again he want to get cash again. Every time when he wanted additional cash for the plywood he called Hernandez to get the money. After starting cutting the roof along the rafters he advised me needing two more sheets of plywood only this time he wanted $150 for those in contradiction of the contract $100 for two sheets claiming he has to buy gasoline apparently driving for and back to Hernandez to get cash to purchased it from Home Depot and that he had to pay his helper. All this he knew before he issued the contract. That plywood was not installed because I rejected the increase of the price. I begged him instead to install from left over plywood at a couple places the existing wood showed surface damage. After Santos finished the job, and inspection within the crawl space showed that at several places between the newly installed wood sand the existing wood were gabs of at least 1/2 inch. Furthermore an inspection revealed that what Santos called ice and water shield was only tar paper without adhesive to glue to the plywood of the roof. Hernandez and Santos insisted having installed ice and water shield also denied having caused property damage breaking with their feet through the sheet rock ceiling of the rooms below. Falsely claiming their installation included Ice and water shield constitutes in fraud. The roof has to be redone because ice and water shield cannot be inserted afterwards. I needed to stop my final $550 check for labor because the job has to be redone and when redoing the roof the installed shingles and tar paper being destroyed by removal and cannot be reused again. The case requires a fraud charge against Cowboy Construction as long I do not receive my $450 I paid for the material.
Description of Work: Roof repair denying Breach of Contract, including fraud, poor service, and property damage.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
1.0
value
3.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
3.0
$1,000
frank G.
04/2013
1.0
home builders
+ -1 more
Contractor arrived originally with 1/4 inc chip wood instead the required 1/2 inc plywood matching the existing boards and changed to 1/2 inc plywood after being requested after acquiring authorization from proprietor. Also he brought 7 and 1/2 bundles of shingles while 10 bundles were required. He claimed the material he called ice and water shield was later determined being only heavy weight tar paper. To install additional plywood $50 per contract he required money and authorization from proprietor because I refuse to give him cash because they had cashed my $450 check in excess for material already days ago. Proprietor Martha Hernandez, contractor Walter G. Santos.
Description of Work: Repair 18 by 14 feet roof area. Denied failing ice and water shield installation per contract. Roof area has to be redone because Ice and Water shield cannot be inserted afterwards. Now requiring removal of shingles and tarpaper which cannot be reused after removal. I lost $450 of paid roofing material etc. Also contractor would not install 2 more additional plywood 8 by 4 panels wanting $150 instead $100 as per contract therefore some of the affected wood was not replaced. Poor workman’s ship left spaces between existing wood and new plywood, including failure to replace required wood. Breach of contract failing to install ice and water shield and increased price of plywood above contractual quoted price caused stopping of the final check. Contractor kept all ways asking for cash while work was going on having received a $450 check actually in excess of material required days before work started. Also denied having caused property damage by breaking through the sheet rook ceilings below. Allegedly material might have been leftover from perevious jobs.
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