Square One Contractors. Dishonest, Incompetent and complete lack of Integrity. I posted photos of his work here before but then removed after we reached a legal agreement for reimbursement for the damage they did to our property. Robert Lucas owner of Square One signed a legal agreement and has now defaulted on it. He has ignored a letter from my attorney. So now we will go to court to litigate. I don't really expect to get any money from him but I will get a judgement against him and his phony company that will come back to haunt him in the future. We hired Square One Contractors/ Rob Lucas on 5/24/18 to remodel our shower and bathroom. Robert Lucas, owner of Square One presented us with a proposal that included 42" X 72" tiled walk in shower, a half shower wall with glass, ceramic floor installation,4' x 4' exterior glass block window, frame and construct walk in closet with door. All fixtures including vanity, shower unit, lights, door handles etc were included in proposal. We paid Square One Contractors $5000.00 ck #4715 on 6/1/18 and $4530.90 on 6/7/18 ck # 4718. Proposal stated $4910.00 due at contract signing, $2500 due at completion of demolition and frame up and the remainder due at final walk through. On 6/1/18 Square One asked for additional funds due to cost overruns which we paid. We were told construction would take approximately 2 weeks from start to finish. After we paid the second installment the work pace slowed to a trickle. On numerous occasions the workers did not show for 3-4 days and other days they would work for 2-3 hours and then leave. More often than not the subcontractor would turn work over to his demolition assistant or from what the subcontractor told me his 16 year old son. We did not intend on hiring a 16 year old to remodel our bathroom. On 14 June 2018 we expressed concern that the pace of work was slow and sloppy. The period of 10 July to 16 July, 2018, no one showed to work. This pattern continued until we terminated their services. We paid upfront for a remodeled bathroom including a vanity, shower hardware, door knobs, shower glass and other items. We never received any of these items. We received a text from Square One on 11 June, 2018 that our vanity had been ordered. Fast forward to 11 July, 2018 we questioned why we didn't have our vanity yet. Square One either could not produce a receipt or any proof that the vanity had been ordered. Square One Contractors' owner acted like he was concerned and promised to get receipt but he never did. We questioned Square One regarding the quality and the pace of work on numerous occasions and was always told it would be taken care of but it never was. We arrived home on 19 July, 2018 to find water pouring from the shower floor through the downstairs ceiling on or dinning room table. Again, an excuse was made and was told it would be corrected. It wasn't. On or about 10 August 2018 we had enough. As we inspected their work it was all was all substandard. We terminated them and told them not to come back. Square One was told they could pick up their tools by knocking on our door. He wanted us to leave them on our porch and he would come by at his convenience to pick them up. He also stated he would leave all the materials that we had already paid for on the porch. I refused to do this and insisted he come in person. He threatened me by stating I stole his tools and he would call police. His helper eventually came by to retrieve tools and of course he did not have any of the materials we paid for. Now for the real problems. The shower floor is not code. it leaks. Square One put several 2x4's flat on the floor with some tile shims and then laid a couple pieces of wafer board with cement board on top of that and then rubber Oakley liner. Square One then placed ceramic tile directly on top of the rubber liner. The tile grout cracked immediately as one person stood on it. The directions for the Oakley liner specifically details proper installation. It shows in clear pictures and writing that a mortar bed, then liner and then another mortar bed before tile is applied. Square One installed 4ftx4ft exterior window using 36 single glass blocks that are traditionally used for interior decoration for the exterior window. The window was not framed out properly and the opening was too large for their homemade window. No flashing applied to keep the water out. Raw insulation was placed in the void and then covered with a piece of tin and then reapplied the house siding It leaked immediately after the first rain and destroyed the insulation in the wall. Square One installed shower tiles are cut uneven and asymmetrical and are not flush to the wall with numerous cracked tiles that were not corrected. The grout lines are crooked especially where the corners meet the wall. 4) Square One installed gray ceramic tile and left the clay colored edges visible and represented as finished work. . Check my Google review for photos of his work. read more

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