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Home Improvement Contractor Scam Reports & Reviews (57)

- Reading, PA, USA • Jul 02, 2025
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I had a contractor come to my home to remodel my bathroom. He received two cashier checks which totaled around $4300. He received $2300 for materials to start the project. He was almost finished and needed some more but I did not have it, only the rest of the money to finish the project with the other cashier's check. He came up with death in the family and din't come for a week, then broke up with girlfriend and suppose to got put out his place. Now it is partner who had a fall with each other and kepted his car keys so more time has passed by. He said, he needed a few days because the guy had my mirror, and I told him there is other things to finish besides a mirror. I gave him a few days and called his cell phone and he changed his number. I inboxed him on a app called "Nextdoor" which is where we communicated at first and he never responded, then inboxed him on Facebook and no response again.

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- Upper Marlboro, MD, USA • Jun 01, 2025
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They claim to fix garage doors did not fix the door . refuse to give me their address said they would issue me a refund but never did . Said they would send another repair person out to fix the damage door and never did .

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- Bensalem, PA, USA • May 31, 2025
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We needed our Luxury Vinyl floor repaired and got the company from the Next Door app. An employee Named Davis came out to our home and reviewed our needs and subsequently sent us an estimate of $2,100 with a requirement of a 50% deposit. We sent the deposit via Zelle on 2-13-25 and they scheduled a time to come an do the repairs. They had to cancel the repairs on two subsequent days and finally we sent them a cancellation request and requested our deposit back. We were promised on several occasions that the deposit was being mailed back to us but it still has not been received. I even have a picture of the check. They initially sent it to the wrong address and was told that they corrected the address and sent it to us. We have reported this additionally to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Attorney General for Consumer Affairs and also contacted Channel 6 Call for Action. We also received an email telling us that the company is being sued for this scam by other individuals.

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- Annandale, VA, USA • May 14, 2025
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A man posing as a contractor approached my elderly father, almost 88 years old, and said that he could replace a couple slabs in the driveway that were cracked. My father witnessed the work and he said that the workers broke up the old driveway and poured concrete over the broken pieces, no reinforced steel was involved. I was out of town when this work was completed. My father told the man that I was the one handling his finances and would handle payment. A man called me and said his name is David Jones, when asked, he said his company name was EGY Construction, that company doesn’t exist. After further research, the name associated with the phone number, 484-472-2849, is Keithon J Green. I asked the man if he was licensed, insured, and bonded, he said that he was. However, after speaking to him on the phone, I texted asking for his business license. He has yet to text me with a reply. I have been receiving phone calls, which I’ve since blocked. I received a phone call yesterday, from someone saying he was the uncle of the man who did the concrete work and I immediately said I was busy and hung up. He called several more times before I blocked his number, 484-338-6407. I have not paid them, because they have yet to prove that they are licensed to do construction in Fairfax County. I’ve notified Fairfax County police and spoke to a detective, but his hands are tied since a crime has to be proven. I would appreciate any guidance concerning this matter. Please contact me if you have any questions. Thank you.

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- Lewistown, PA, USA • May 13, 2025
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Paving Scam - Paving crew in brand new vehicles using name United Road Construction. Tag on vehicles is URC USDOT 2611562. These people are very deceptive and will say they are a road crew complete with red lights and yellow safety vests. They say that they can't work that day and have extra or leftover asphalt and will offer you a deal. Except it is not a deal. It starts small, then the price goes up. The work is terrible quality but they are counting on you not to know its bad. They are in a big hurry to take your money and leave.

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- Mechanicsburg, PA, USA • May 08, 2025
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Did a horrible job on driveway and came back out and promised to redo it and has ghosted me for 2 months

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- Philadelphia, PA, USA • May 01, 2025
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I had contract, Jonathan Omar Rodriguez, as a professional handyman to do home repairs. The job was to paint some bedrooms walls fix cracks,wholes,paint to be white the current color. Remove popcorn on walls in bathroom, caulk bathtub and paint white. Repair railing in hallway screw is lose from cement wall which was not done .Paint hallway and wall in living room red making accent wall. Removing popcorn ceiling in livingroom and install ceiling fan with light and paint ceiling white with glitter. Fix switch by basement there is a short and fix outlet in dinning by left wall once you walk in. Fix door joints to screendoor. The total for said job was $2150.00 for labor and supples. There was a deposit requested of $1050.00 to begin working which was given .He start working at my house did fix wholes and cracks in bedroom and paint bedrooms, but there are area need to be painted still. Removed popcorn in bathroom walls , bathroom need to be painted and tub was caulk.The accent wall in hallway was done edge need to be panted and hall wall still need to be painted .Removal of the popcorn from living ceiling was done. The ceiling need to be painted and ceiling fan was not installed Had request additional money to buy more supples and to continue to work which is when the $750.00 was given. The said handyman took the money stop working never return to work last date work was 3/1/25 . The last time was told he will come do some repaires was 3/15/15,did not show or called I have text him and called him. He has not showed to work futher have request the money to be return.He has text that he will pay installment of $100.00 for 7 weeks, but not a thing has been done. I was told he was license handyman contact attorney general not listed was told he work with reestate office also.

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- Levittown, PA, USA • Apr 23, 2025
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John the owner said if I wasn’t satisfied, I don’t pay until I’m satisfied. Which before the work was done he came to collect the money. Which he wanted it in cash. I called him over a handful of times the first two times he answered and then he stopped answering and then my husband called and didn’t answer for him . My husband did leave a message but no return phone call. I got my driveway paved which is grainy like the asphalt was not padded down good enough . My rain spout was damaged also in this process.

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- Jamaica, NY, USA • Apr 10, 2025
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Scammer posses as a window installer. Came to house to measure then requested a $500 deposit. He has never returned with windows to install. Demanded a zelle payment so taxes would not have to be added.

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- Herndon, VA, USA • Apr 09, 2025
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Looked up for local chimney cleaning and repair services on the internet. Contacted (443-348-9386) what is now named Top Flue Chimney, however, they may have used the name of Champion Chimney at first (hard to understand them on the phone at times). They then dispatch a technician named Andrew (201-908-7520) working for Green Cleaning LLC (240-241-0002) that was called I assume by the company I called from originally. Andrew clean the chimney and inspected why I was leaking inside the chimney. We agreed on a set price for the repairs and he came back a week later to do the necessary repairs. Three weeks later it rains quite a bit and the water is still leaking in the fireplace. Called the company (240-241-0002, Green Cleaning LLC) on the contract invoice and the person I talk to said they would be back out on a specific date with the same technician (Andrew), but he was a no show and I have been calling the Green Cleaning LLC for several days now with no response back. In addition, I have been calling the original point of contact (Top Flue Chimney/Absolute Chimney or Champion Chimney, phone #s 443-348-9386, 443-637-6685, 267-754-1077) and they have repeatedly said a management from within their department would call to resolve this. However, this has yet to happen.

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- Red Hill, PA, USA • Apr 09, 2025
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This company is using a fake website. The address doesn't exist(I drove to the address), the services they claim they do, they didn't do. The seems to be a “Bait and Switch” scheme. We never received an invoice or any documentation of services rendered and the google search results showed the fake address and fake pictures. I suspect the the reviews are fake also(There are no techs named Jonathan, Axel or Eddie). The check was made out to Duct Duct Cleaning, but they claim to be True Gold. The tech, Yeniv didn't clean the fireplace chimney and appeared to clean only half of the pellet stove chimney which resulted in a clog and an error status on our pellet stove. Additionally, he showed up in an unmarked van from New Jersey, which is strange since they claim to be in Pennsburg, PA. We called them several times on Mar 29th and was told someone would call back. We didn't hear from anyone until late Sunday the 30th when the "owner" Nabul called. The "owner" fought me the whole conversation and said that they only clean from the top down(outside), but their website clearly says that they clean from the inside also, which they didn't. He was primarily only interested in the check we sent. He finally agreed to have someone return and said the soonest they could return was Apr 2 and he would call Apr 1st to confirm. I suspected that he was pushing us off until the check cleared. As I was very suspicious during that call I told him that I will put a "hold" on the check until they return and completed the job correctly. The tech Yeniv called soon after and the very first thing he said was "why did I cancel the check" instead of asking what the issue was. Another red flag! I explained to him that the check was on hold. He said he wouldn't get paid and asked if I could send him $200. After that, they never called or returned again. This "company" is using a website with almost "too good to be true" services and reviews, but then are not providing anything close to what they claim they provide.

The phone number associated with this company: 267 460-7555, +1 (855) 655-6618, +1 (856) 522-2559, +1 (781) 597-9943

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- Washington, DC, USA • Apr 03, 2025
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He pretends to be an Architecht and a contractor in Washington DC and other nearby areas. He takes on the job and gives you the run around. Did not solve any tax issues. He claims he can do this and that but can barely perform. He is very racist and threatened us many times with abandoning the building and etc. He is a known scammer in the area and hangs out with others who do the same thing. He deleted his website and etc because he is afraid of getting caught.

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- Gaithersburg, MD, USA • Apr 01, 2025
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A few days before April 1, 2025, a man named Bill from "1st Call Paving and Masonry" approached my family's home to offer driveway paving services. He mentioned that he had been working on other neighbors' driveways as well. Seeing other neighbors had agreed to those services, my father asked for a written estimate, but they never gave one. Bill and his team showed up April 1 and started immediately drilling and working on the driveway. In a few hours, they were finished and Bill refused to take a check, and demanded my father (who is 71 years old and does not speak English well) to head to the local bank immediately to get him $5000 in cash. He was extremely rude and brash and almost felt like he held my father hostage until he got his money in cash. I was afraid he would get violent. I came out to talk to him and asked for his name and company. However, he seemed hesitant to tell me. He waited where my father had parked the car and took the cash from him. Afterwards, he gave my father a fake "contract" with the fake company name at the top. He had my father sign this after he took the cash. They even left one of the asphalt rollers on the lawn and did not seem interested in taking it back.

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- Clarksburg, MD, USA • Mar 19, 2025
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On May 19, 2022, I hired a garage door repair service his name is Paul Guy, and he told me that he needed to purchase parts for the repair. I gave him a check for the payment. However, after receiving the money, he never came to complete the work.

I have been able to contact him through phone calls and text messages, and he continue to promise that he will come. However, he never show up, and the repair has still not been done.

This has been going on for almost three years, and I believe this is a scam. I am sharing my experience to warn others.

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- Burtonsville, MD, USA • Feb 04, 2025
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The person knocked on our front door and estimated our driveway job. They offer $4000 and did their work next day. Their job was sloppy and imcompleted.

They even use our household items without our permission. They continued to ask our payment with either check or cash. The guy, he self claimed "Billy" went to the bank our check and rejected with some reasons. He came back and get another check. They vanished without cleaning the asphalt debris or other meterial. I tried to contact them but the phone was disconnected.

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- Winfield, PA, USA • Jan 24, 2025
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Called for windows replacement Paul Janoski from Atlas construction Hanover pa. I agreed with the bid and gave check of $1708.00 in August 2024 received nothing.

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- Lanham, MD, USA • Dec 02, 2024
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I paid a contractor to complete a job. I paid more the deposit they requested via Zelle and they did not come or call back. I spent days asking when he would come but everyday he said he would come tomorrow. I stopped asked when he would come and asked for my money back. He keeps saying he will give it tomorrow.

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- Washington, DC, USA • Nov 06, 2024
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I was recommended by another contractor to replace my 30 year old roof. They came and gave me a quote for 12500. I gave them 4500 upfront and they only did half the roof and never came back. I have tried calling both numbers on the website and emailing them but they have blocked me. So now I'm out 4500 and have a third of a roof.

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- Fort Washington, MD, USA • Nov 06, 2024
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A tree had fallen on my house and a tree person had come and given a estimate a week prior. When called to do the job the tree person said my associate will call you because the insurance and paperwork is in her name. She called and said I have to come and see the job to make sure he can do it because I will be liable. When she and her husband arrived, she said this job is too big for him and I have a crew that is better and has more guys. She said it was him and 1 guy. We were having 14 trees removed. She also has a home improvement company M&Z Home Improvement LLC. The money was sent via Zelle for half of the job for the trees. Money for the ceiling and roof repairs was sent cash app. Once money was sent and service was to begin a million excuses. (They are on their way; it's too windy; I will send you your money back. The other guys scammed her and took the money. I am working on getting your money. and on and on. Be ware of these two companies they are fake!! Listed as closed permanently on the web.

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- Deepwater, MO, USA • Nov 05, 2024
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They called my 82 year old mother in MO, promoting discount electrical service, when she is already with a electric COOP in her area. They scammed her for 92.00 in Oct. 2024 and then 114.00 on 11/05/2024. We have had to stop payment on these, costing 39.00 each time.. I have driven twice from TX to MO as I am her POA to open new accounts and they have accessed them both. I have spoken with the bank where our account is and with their help the bank was able to drill down and get me a phone number, 267-776-9566 and 571-300-4314, they (ACE TECH SERV) have promised to return the money and remove her from all call lists.

I have reached out to mother's Electric COOP as well, to let them know that someone is calling around and trying to scam customers in the area she lives in MO. I am contacting you as the ScamPulse.com where they are allegedly located in VA, in hopes that you can help stop this from happening to someone else.

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