Tile Stone And Art Contractors

Initially, as I mentioned above the work was progressing in a timely manner. We made all our selections for tile, appliances, doors etc before we went away. The problems occurred in September when work had slowed to a standstill, and Georg was not paying his subs, or if he was their checks weren't clearing. Our son was living at the site during the entire construction period and informing us of the progress or lack of it. We were starting to get concerned. We learned that Georg did not have a General Contractor's License even though he told us he did. It was our fault for not asking to see it. Initially, before we hired Georg we did go and see two of his other work sites in progress and from what we could see the work looked well. Georg had also been recommended to us by a friend, who's opinion we valued. Georg bragged about his work, and how busy and good he was, as well as the quality of his work. The up-front fee of $15,000 we paid Georg, he said would work better for us because of the scope of the work instead of him having to add a percentage on each bid for his services. Once we finally received the invoices and compared what we were charged and what the sub-contractors bid, we could see that he was adding a percentage on each job for himself! This entire project has been a nightmare for us, and proven to be extremely costly now that we have liens, paying twice for many jobs, and now lawyer's fees to pursue Georg and try and put an end to this before he hurts other unsuspecting homeowners. I have since learned that one of the Georg's job sites we went to view before we hired him, they now too have a mechanic's lien on their home. I have also learned from one of the sub-contractor's that Georg has bragged about what a good year he was having and making lots of money.