Gettysburg Contractors

We were original given a contract of a 4 month completion time and $63,000.00. Over a year later and 103,000.00, we finally had to kick Mr. Plank out of our home and off the job. We are still in the process of completing the project ourselves. Mr. Plank started the project off at a fast rate and was nice to us. Mr. Plank then began to ask for advances on monies, so that supplies could be ordered. He told us that by doing this, he would actually be done ahead of schedule. Since the addition was a handicap accessible living area for my disabled son, we jumped at the chance to get him into the space sooner. Was Mr. Plank had all of the monies contracted for, he stopped showing up. We purchased an additional $40,000.00 in material on our own, hoping that he would at least install it. After one year of fighting with Mr. Plank, we just cut our loses and kicked him off the job. I made a mistake by not doing my research on Mr. Plank and going off just a recommendation. I just hope no one else has to go through this. I have however now done my research and found out that Mr. Plank has scamed numerous people outof tens of thousands of dollars. He owes APR Building Supply over $70,000. His home has recently gone up for a Sherrif's Sale for failure to pay taxes and mortgage. He owes numerous subcontractors money for work performed. I now have subcontractors that did work on my home comming after me for monies that Mr. Plank never paid them. Please don't let Mr. Plank's "charm" fool you. He will take your money and you will never hear from him again.