The owner of this company, Mark Williams AKA MIKE STRUBLE, STOLE $6,000 from us. Find him on Facebook: facebook.com/mike.strubl... to identify his face/protect yourself from him. He is a scam artist and "Vision Wood Works" has recently disappeared into thin air (the company's website has been removed). MIKE STRUBLE claims to have had this company for "over 20 years", but our lawyer found that the LLC associated with Vision Wood Works is from 2015: "Vision Woodworks LLC is a North Carolina Limited-Liability Company filed on August 10, 2015. The company's filing status is listed as Current-Active and its File Number is 1462735. The Registered Agent on file for this company is Business Filings International, Inc. and is located at 150 Fayetteville St., Box 1011, Raleigh, NC 27601. The company's principal address is 9306 Stawell Dr, Huntersville, NC 28078 and its mailing address is 9306 Stawell Dr, Huntersville, NC 28078." MIKE STRUBLE also operates under the phony business name "Splinters Construction". His wife, DARLA WHITE, is in on the scam. She poses as a satisfied customer on social media and recommends his services to new victims. Memorize her face: facebook.com/darla.white... This is a very common contractor SCAM; establish an LLC (limited liability corporation), give your "business" a name (i.e."Vision Wood Works or Splinters Construction"), steal tons of money from unwitting customers promising to provide contractor services for them that will never actually be provided, and then close down your LLC and your "business". The LLC protects Mark Williams and dirtbags like him from being sued as an individual which means that you cannot recoup your money from his personal bank account(s) or assets (house, car, etc.). The next step is to open a new LLC, establish a new "business" under a new name, and start the scam all over again. We paid him 6K on a 10K fence job for our residence. He promised to "fast track" us b/c he knew we needed the fence in early March. Nearly 4 months went by with him promising to start "tomorrow" or "next week for sure" several times/week, via text. He never actually bought any materials for our job and he never set foot on our property, nor did any of his imaginary crew. He simply took our 6K and intended to keep it. When we came in with our attorneys MIKE STRUBLE changed his story from "being too backed up with difficult jobs" to "I've lost my entire crew and other people have driven my 20+ year business into the ground". I'm not sure what he meant by sharing this sob story because my husband and I are not in the habit of giving 6K interest free loans that never need to be repaid to charlatan contractors who are having money trouble. Anyhow, the good news is that we used a credit card to pay MIKE STRUBLE and we were able to submit this matter to the credit card dispute center. Based on the story above I doubt you're surprised to hear that the credit card company found the case to be in our favor. The good news is that the credit card can actually sue MIKE STRUBLE as a person (he cannot hide behind his LLC from them) and they will get their 6K back. Lesson learned: always use a credit card to pay a contractor unless you trust that contractor 100%. That's really the only way to protect yourself from scam artists like MIKE STRUBLE. So, how did we fall for this guy? Well, he was recommended by his wife DARLA WHITE on Facebook (Charlotte Moms Group). He didn't have any Yelp reviews and I should have been suspicious of that. In all of his interactions with us he was very friendly and eager to do business (readily avail. by phone, email, etc.). I'm sure you can imagine how all that changed after he collected his free money. My attorneys uncovered that he was actually using an alias...he does not use his real name and he goes by several names. Again, we have heard the names Mark Williams and MIKE STRUBLE. Who knows who he'll call himself the next time he victimizes a homeowner. Avoid this scummy dude at all costs. His old website (again, recently removed) has a whole bit about his "love for God" and a general statement of faith. Very creepy move Mark/Mike, to attempt to engender trust by citing your relationship with God. Lying, cheating, and stealing are certainly not in keeping with what any Higher Power would want, I am sure. He's got a shaved head, medium stocky build, & medium height (6' and maybe around 215 lb.). Giant brown beard, looks like unwashed pubic hair. Early to mid 40's...probably born sometime around '73. Make sure that you DO NOT hire any contractor for any service who's LLC is affiliated with Mark/Mike's home address: 9306 Stawell Dr, Huntersville, NC 28078. He's also running this scam down in FL and a cursory web search now shows that he is up to his neck in law suits and several state's attorney generals/DA's are circling in on him. The internet is littered with complaints about him and his companies. read more

There should be a ZERO stars for this scum! This guy is a grade A loser who will tell you every sob story he can think of to make you feel sorry for him.He has told the story to so many people I really think he believes himself when he tells you over and over that his "tools were stolen and then his workers quit on him and that money is tight right now can I get another draw?" He will promise you over and over that he will finish the job he quoted you for but after you give him that deposit he is gone! And you will never see his gnome looking *** again! His wife Darla poses as a satisfied customer on review sites and was got caught doing so as the sites removed her reviews because obviously she didn't know that her computer/phone has an IP address that can be tracked! He hit NC this year and suddenly moved to Jacksonville FL where he continued the SCAM by taking innocent people's money and ran with the deposit. We knew this guy because he was on our kickball team and trusted him so I didn't think to do my due diligence as I always do! This piece of *** will regret ever doing this to so many people as he is already in the works of moving his family onto a bus to roam the USA to continue this SCAM on more innocent people. He is bald with long dark beard about 5'8" and resembles a gnome. BEWARE of anyone you hire to do work on your home and always ask for proof of insurance as any reputable company will have one and always look them up online! We definitely learned the hard way and NEVER trust anyone even if you think they are your friend. Right now he has around $3500 that he has not done work for and we are still waiting for the work to be done. This was back in July and is now November 14th!! He is refusing to due the job unless we paid him more money for the "draws" and refuses to refund the money as well. He states that we cancelled the agreement which is part of his scam and tells everyone he has done this to. PLEASE BEWARE OF MIKE STRUBLE, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR MONEY!Based on other reviews he may go by the name Mark Williams. read more

Eve hit the nail on the head with this one! His name is Mike Struble, and he scammed $1400 out of us in April! This has been a nightmare for us! I literally harassed him and his wife until she finally gave me half ($700) of our money back! I see that his Vision Woodworks website has vanished, and he's now using Splinters Construction! They asked me to remove my Google review, and i was honestly going to remove it because his wife has been very nice. However, after finding this yelp review, him going by different names, and the fact that i had to agree to get half of our money back just to recoup some funds, my review will stay put! Please do not give MIKE STRUBLE, AKA MARK WILLIAMS ANY OF YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY! HE IS A TRUE SCAM ARTIST! read more