This is the first time I ever used this site to right a negative review keep that in mind. My so called Contractor (and the reason I say so called is because he wasn't one at all, he gave a phony license number that is my ignorance for not checking) contracted with Mann excavation to excavate under my house to put in a basement living space. He gave Michael Mann a 5,000 down payment (obviously my money) on a 22,000 contract. long story short I ended up fireing my Contractor because I gave him 115,000 grand over the coarse of 6 months and ended up only getting 45k worth of work which resulted in a lawsuit before it got to the excavation stage. During the coarse of the renovation I had many encounters with Michael Mann he too was unhappy with what was going on with my Contractor. After the firing of my contractor I contacted Michael mann because I still had A contract with him and a 5,000 deposit he tried quoting me a price for the work not including the 5k when I called him out on it he seemed to forget. Long story short this guy knew I got taken for $115,000 and didn't have to do a thing to my house and kept my 5k. Really nice kick me and my family while we're down I have wife and 3 kids that is a lot of money for us. I am a reasonable guy and would have been fine with giving Mr. Mann some money for his efforts because he did try to coordinate getting the work done before things got really ugly, but i don't know how he justifies keeping 5k for not even breaking ground. A-hole. keep in mind you have to give at least 1 star. read more