Dixon Teter

Well lets see: 1. We did an impossible job in an impossible location in 3 days that he could not even get anyone to bid on. We had to do the entire project working through the neighbor's dog waste filled yard with no access save by wheelbarrow. That meant moving 18 tons of collapsed stone and masonry by hand to a dumpster in an alley and hand loading into the wheelbarrows and hand unloading over 100 yards and up a ramp we had to install to get over the steps! Then the reverse: moving 10 tons of pressure treated 6"x6" material; to the rear to build the replacement wall - you remember: the collapsed wall that the township wanted to fine him for not doing. Oh yes, that unprofessional aspect where the township was fining him $600.00 for failing to get it done. 2. I saved him from the township fining him $600.00. They actually rescinded the fine. 3. The original contract was for $35,750.00 yet he said that he only got $15,635.99 from his insurance company. The final end project cost was reduced to $18,250.00 but he added $6,250.00 which we did for $4,965.00 - "done at cost as a customer courtesy" because of his overall financial state. And to paint a less than rosy picture: this is a row home in a - shall we say - not affluent neighborhood. 4. Perhaps he considered it 'unprofessional' to want a signed contract. And a new signed contract for the revisions. I do not. A signed contract protects both the customer and the contractor. 5. Perhaps he considers it unprofessional to request payment of the balance due on the day of completion as specified on the contract that he signed. It is not - that is simply being businesslike. 6. Perhaps he considers it 'unprofessional to offer discounts to Home Advisor customers. His $26,750.00 project was completed for $23,215.00. 7. Perhaps he considers it unprofessional to only remove the concrete and stone from the collapsed retaining wall as specified by contract and not take out the neighbor's trash - which he said I said I would do (I certainly did not). He finally agreed that trash removal (and we are talking old rotting rugs and bags of unrecognizable filth) was not part of the job and when told that it would cost $200.00 said that he would give me $100.00 for it. That meant an extra truck trip to dispose of half a ton of trash. We did that for him. 8. He was 'conveniently' not home the day we completed and this is a man who was never away from home so I have not been paid the $14,190.00 balance due. Nor have I had a response to my e-mails such as saying "I am sorry we had to go to a funeral the day that you finished and I will mail your check out right away." I will revisit these comments as to the status of payment. Payment was due by contract terms on the day of completion. Customer, who was home every day, left home the day of completion and failed to fulfill the terms of the contract. He was billed again and failed to pay. After 30 days he was billed with interest - as per the terms of the contracts which he signed. After two months still no payment. Now he has instituted a viscous assault on my reputation reporting me to the state AG claiming 'elderly abuse' - anything to get out of paying. (I am older than he is). My lawyer told me long ago that any customer who rather than paying finds fault is a deadbeat and must be treated as such. This goes far beyond 'deadbeat' and is an assault on my sterling 53 year reputation.