Beware of Contracting Fraud - Pacific Wild Contracting services. Hope this post reaches someone in time! - NOW this person is working under a new name - STARZ WEST CONTRACTING SERVICES This is how I was deceived by one Mr. Jerett R B**** on the premise that he would construct a bathroom in my house. Jerett, who works under the company name Pacific Wild Contracting Services (Registered in BC & MB) predominantly operates in Winnipeg. Jerett took 2,500$ as an initial deposit for the construction of a washroom in the basement for a total sum of 6,200$. 1st Payment: $2,000 - 14 Jan 2022 2nd Payment: $500 - 22 Jan 2022 The plan was to start the work on January 19th and was assured that the work would be completed within 4 weeks. Between January 19th and February 16th, Jerett just came to my house ONE DAY (Friday, 21st January 2022) to move the Hot water tank (that too the work was done poorly - the overhead pipes were leaking). On February 16, 2022 when I realised that Jerett was just pushing the days without any intention of doing any work, I asked him to cancel the contract as he was not keeping his word on completing the work. Jerett immediately responded that we would return the deposit after deducting administration charges, material costs & Permit Application charges. Elaborating on the costs that Jerett said he had incurred: Permit Application charges: I enquired with the City of Winnipeg if any permit application was applied for my address to which the city confirmed that that did not receive any permit application. Material costs: To my knowledge there were no materials purchased as we did not stock any material at my house. The only material I saw with him when he came to move the hot water tank were 2 pieces of Pex Pipes. Administration charges: I have no idea what administration charges are involved as the contract which was used was a free version of Contract downloaded from LawDepot.ca and no other documentation services were performed by him. Anyways, to this date, 05 April 2022, neither has Jerett paid back the deposit nor responded to my messages. I came to understand that I was not the only one Jerett has deceived, there are other victims from his various companies earlier (eg. JRB GENERAL CONTRACTING LTD - please lookup small courts registry for cases against Jerett) His modus operandi is the same - takes deposit, does minor work and never returns. He has been doing this for a very long time taking comfort in the legal system that the police does not take a police complaint because a contract was signed. Most or all the other victims that I contacted had won the small claims court but there was no way to recover the money. the only option is to go with a class action which will be very expensive for us. People like Jerett should be barred from operating any kind of business as he has no concern about hardships we had to go through to raise the money that we freely give away to him. To give an Idea, I have documented his excuses during the period between Jan 19,2022 to Feb 16,2022 Wednesday, January 19, 2022 No Show As per Jerett - He was purchasing materials for hot water tank Thursday, January 20, 2022 No Show As per Jerett - Inspection on another job site Friday, January 21, 2022 Move hot water tank closer to furnace room door( includes plumbing and electrical moves) - Hot water tank leveled with a piece of wooden stick; Water leaking from one of the overhead pipes. Saturday, January 22, 2022 Weekend - Not Working Sunday, January 23, 2022 Weekend - Not Working Monday, January 24, 2022 No Show As per Jerett - his Truck is not starting due to wind chill Tuesday, January 25, 2022 No Show As per Jerett - its too cold to plumb; so he'll wait to warm up Wednesday, January 26, 2022 No Show As per Jerett - he has Mechanical Issues Thursday, January 27, 2022 No Show As per Jerett - He has Stomach Flu Friday, January 28, 2022 No Show As per Jerett - He has not 100% recovered Saturday, January 29, 2022 Weekend - Not Working Sunday, January 30, 2022 Weekend - Not Working Monday, January 31, 2022 No Show No Communication Tuesday, February 1, 2022 No Show No Communication Wednesday, February 2, 2022 No Show No Communication Thursday, February 3, 2022 No Show Texted that he would drop by to fix the leak and give a schedule for project completion - but did not show up Friday, February 4, 2022 No Show No Communication Saturday, February 5, 2022 Weekend - Not Working Sunday, February 6, 2022 Weekend - Not Working Monday, February 7, 2022 No Show As per Jerett - Partner did not show up for work. Tuesday, February 8, 2022 Fixed leak Jerett was here for 15 minutes to fix the leak and left. Wednesday, February 9, 2022 No Show As per Jerett - there was some Emergency Thursday, February 10, 2022 No Show As per Jerett -Roads are too bad to drive Friday, February 11, 2022 No Show As per Jerett - He would be sending his worker to get started with the work. No worker came by; read more

Hired this company to re do all my home electrical (knob and tube previously). Afterwards wired my entire garage. Efficient, pleasant and well priced. Have just hired them to finish my basement project starting once theese restrictions with covid are lifted!!! read more

Jerry has installed a new electrical panel, recessed lights, switches and outlet plugs for me. His work looks amazing, you can tell he is very experienced and very helpful with suggesting ideas for my basement renovation. I've had very bad experiences with contractors before where they did bad work, not finish the project and also over charge but he has renewed my faith in contractors. I'd recommend him to my friends and family read more

Update: After he read my review, he replied my email telling me I'm ruining his livelihood and will sue for libel. I told him that none of what I said is exaggerating, it's all facts with proofs, and I also give him the option to take down this post if he refund. He agreed and I took down my post right away because the longer it stays the more people can read and ruin his business. But he then goes back to ignoring my emails and not giving me my refund. I will take down this post when he contacted me back with the refund. --------------------------- It appears that The Owner has committed contractor fraud, with the following evidence: 1. Requested a huge amount of down-payment (more than 80% of total work). Total down payment that I have paid so far are: $ 1,925 (Jan 8), $6,200 (Jan 18), $1,925 (Mar 1), with a total of $10,050. 2. No end date of the contract, and after 3 months since the start of the project, only manage to finish around 30% of the work (worth $3,450). Many different excuses at the beginning of the project, but towards the end, blocked my call, doesn't respond to emails and texts and Kijiji messages anymore. 3. Using his BC company name while operating in Winnipeg and appears under 3 different names of company. The one posted in Kijiji is the newest company name with no complaint yet at BBB website, and 2 out of the 3 company listed here doesn't have an actual address. - JRB General Contracting Services: https://www.bbb.org/ca/mb/winnipeg/profile/home-renovation/jrb-general-contracting-services-0057-64699 - J & C Service Solutions: https://www.yellowpages.ca/bus/Manitoba/Winnipeg/J-C-Service-Solutions/101708461.html - Pacific Wild General Contracting : https://pacificwildgeneralcontracting.com/ 4. The Winnipeg company (JRB General Contracting Services), which is also the company that I sent my money to (using paypal), have similar complaints from 11 other people; no show and didn't want to refund. 5. While the original contract said non-refundable, he did offer to refund when he cannot complete the project and keep postponing it (I still have the text message as proofs). I agree with the idea and started looking for other contractors. 2 weeks later, after I found another contractor and ask him to refund the remaining work, he decided to take back the offer of refunding and wanted to complete his work instead, followed by another 2 weeks of no show and no response. 6. With his latest email that stated no refund, he also promised a contract with an ending date of May 14, with the contract being sent Apr 23. I have not received any contract, and he hasn't showed up with no updates as well. 7. In his recent email that explain his unwillingness to refund, he cc'd an email address edmurphylaw781@gmail.com which can be misrepresented as his lawyer. I called Ed Murphy Law Office in Winnipeg and the lawyer confirmed this is not his email. 8. The construction work is not compliant with the rules and regulations in Manitoba. One of the most fatal work was moving laundry machines right in front of electrical panel, which makes a water source very close to the electricity, and also placing something in front of electrical panel which is not allowed in the case that someone needs to work on the electrical panel, the plug-ins for dryer is not 12ft away from the panel, and the debris from dryer can accumulate in electrical panel. All of those can cause fire in the house. A new contractor that saw this setup, offered to move the dryer to prevent fire for free. 9. He didn't show his liability insurance or contractor license, which further confirm my suspicion that he is not doing the work legally and up to standard. 10. One of the works that he did in the beginning was demolition. The basement is now currently full of dust, and the dryer machine is not connected to the venting. This makes the house dirty, unhealthy, and make us breath the mold that is in the opened concrete wall. 11. Throughout the past 3 months, there were lots of promises: "I'm giving you my word the job will be done on a certain day", but he rarely shows up to complete the work. Proofs of all conversation are also documented. 12. One of his counter arguments would be that I changed the original estimate. The reason is to create a simpler project that's up to standard, given the amount that I have already provided him. The amount is comparable to a quote that another contractor gave me. Even if he disagrees with the quote, this should be discussed, instead of ignoring my multiple emails. read more