We hired this contractor to build an addition, roof the house, install vinyl siding, paint the brick, install seamless guttering, and install 5 new windows. He hires family and friends to do the bulk of the work. Total cost of project was approximately $51,000. David Boyd asked for half down and the rest when the jobs were finished. Half-way through the addition job he asked for the remainder of the money because he had a balloon payment. We paid him $13000 down on the siding, paint, windows and guttering but only got the siding and partial painting. He kept telling us the materials and windows were on order and never had anyone finish the painting of the brick. Many spots were unpainted, they smeared cement on some of the brick and only did 2 of the 4 promised coats (even though Mr. Boyd stated he did 3 coats because the first coat apparently had a sealant added to the paint and he considered that 2 coats. After 2 months of waiting, one of his workers came by with the remaining 3 windows and installed two of them and then gave us a "contract" asking for $1500. We told him we were not going to give Mr. Boyd any more money until the project was completed. My husband spoke with Mr. Boyd on the phone and verified we didn't owe an additional $1500 on the project. He was supposed to come by for my husband to point out the floor in pantry wasn't level, they didn't secure the top piece of siding on the chimney and left a hammer on our chimney, they destroyed part of the window trim around the windows, the paint on the brick was the wrong color and not professionally finished, the wood trim around the kitchen window was botched, and they still needed to install one window. Mr. Boyd called to say he couldn't make it. We tried to reschedule but couldn't reach him on the phone. Finally got him on the phone and made another appointment for him to come by. He left a message saying he had an appointment in another town and my husband found another contract on our car window asking for $4050 to finish the job. He added the $1500 his nephew tried to collect when 2 of the 3 remaining windows were installed. The nephew had told us his uncle owed him $1500 and he wanted us to pay that bill. On the new "contract" Mr. Boyd indicated he was a small business and needed the money so that led us to believe he did not have the money to finish the job and if we had paid him the 50% down he wanted on the $4050 he still wouldn't have the funds to pay to have the work completed. This would only pay what he owed to his nephew. We paid the $1500 and had him give us a paid in full invoice and had his nephew (Mr. Boyd does not come in person to collect money after the initial payment) sign a lien release. We will never use this contractor again. We did not get any guttering or completion of the project and after looking at other contractors we realized he overcharges for his services. We are having to hire someone else to do the guttering and we are finishing the work ourselves. Never use this contractor. read more
