M P Blount & Son were hired to do some basic handyman & carpentry work and paid 4k to start. They were to replace the cladding around the garage doors, replace a post in the deck, nail down some siding trim that had come loose, remove the old garage entrance door and replace with prehung door, replace a bedroom door, replace bifolds in bedroom closet, repair front door and replace sill and wash the exterior of the whole house. M P Blount & Son were paid 11/19 and promptly cashed the check.
The only work M P Blount performed was the cladding around the garage doors (buckling) , incorrectly replacing the post on the deck, incorrectly replacing the bedroom door and incorrectly installing the prehung garage door and this took until 12/13.
Constant cancellations( M P Blount & Son get "sick" a lot), the coming late and leaving early were compounded by the poor workmanship.
1- The clear cedar post that needed to be replaced was replaced with a knotty cedar post. The light attached to the post was installed an inch lower than it was supposed to be( the other lights are 2.5" from the cap, the light Blount installed is 3.5" from the cap), the post itself was damaged and has a noticeable loss along an edge; the post was not properly glued and cured causing a very noticeable split down the middle which is getting wider as it gets colder and the support post was installed upside down (see photos)
2- The bedroom door didn't fit so they removed the door and removed the wrong edge (bore side) ruining the door (see photos). Micheal Blount admitted the door would need to be replaced.
3 - The garage entrance door was installed at an angle and sticks out. The top of the door was left unpainted creating a warranty violation, the interior trim was not done, the paint job was sloppy and the handle was not installed. (see photos)
When I pointed out the poor workmanship Micheal Blount's response was "Arguments over workmanship during construction happen all the time". good to know
After another week of no show, it getting too cold to wash the house and the knowledge that the work would have to be redone, I asked Micheal Blount to provide receipts and an accounting for the work performed. Blount decided to gouge me and evaluated the work performed to be worth 3570.00 which included the labor and cost for the door he agreed they ruined and despite the fact that half the work was never done.
Once I have a real carpenter repair the work that MP Blount and Son did, I will sue them.
Texts are admissible as evidence and I have weeks of them. In the meantime, social media, the bank where MPBlount and Son got their PPP loan, the Better Business Bureau and the IRS will have to do.
What I should have done before hiring M.P. Blount and Son was google Micheal Blount as well as do a search of the Orange County Clerk's records because if I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have hired them. Only hiring licensed and insured from this point forward. Paying for materials myself etc.... Multiple lessons learned. read more