Complaints

• Initial Complaint

  08/27/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Unanswered

  More info

  This man is a fraud. My husband and I hired David to install 2 mini split air conditioning units and a breaker box as the home we'd purchased was on the old fuse electrical system. The whole situation was off from the start. He never provided us with an actual estimate. Just a conversation via text messages. Which we never had any reason to suspect he was going to end up ripping us off. He requested 50% of the $10,000 quote up front which we paid. The first day one of his employees came out, he requested more money. I stated I wasn't comfortable paying more until more work had been done. He gave us a sob story about being sick and needing to pay his employees. So we blindly paid him another $2,000. So this is $7,000 we've paid him and only one employee had been out one time. Over the nxt 4 wks, he sent someone out a few more times. 1 of which times, the contractor who came didn't have any of the materials needed. So my husband had to spend $400 on parts for this contractor. We got to what we thought was the end of the job. Supposedly the last thing left to do was for someone to come out, inspect the work and then someone from the city would switch us over to the new breaker box. We never heard from him. No one ever came out from the city. Fast forward 6 months later and the old fuse system went out. It's mid Aug and we have no power. We reach out to David who acts surprised that no one came to the house. After 5 days of him saying someone would call or come to the house and no one ever calling or showing up. We finally realize this man is not going to finish what he started and right this wrong. So we contact another electrician who is also a contractor for the city. Come to find out, David never had a permit to begin with as the meter box he sent out to our home did not come from the city. Thus proving there was never a permit. He is no longer responding to calls or text messages. I will be filing a police report as well as contacting an attorney.

• Initial Complaint

  08/31/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Product Issues

  Status:

  Unanswered

  More info

  Mr ******************** contracted with us and our builder ***************** to determine AC tonnage, purchase and install. We paid for 17seer. He installed 14 seer and they don't cool sufficiently. He refuses to replace. He was paid in full by our builder before he checked to ensure contract was fully executed. Contract attached.

• Initial Complaint

  03/30/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Unanswered

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  On 10/28/2022 my wife *************************** and I hired David Lamensky to install plumbing to our new metal shop building located at **********************************************************. David quoted $3,500 for the plumbing work. On 10/28/2022 David required a $2,000 initial payment before any plumbing work was to commence. On 10/28/2020 my wife ****** and I paid David $2000 of the $3500 he quoted to do the plumbing job. David said the plumbing job would be completed in 2 phases. Phase 1 install rough in plumbing. Phase 2 complete all plumbing work quoted after metal shop building is completed. On 11/4/2022 David's **************** completed phase 1 i.e. rough in plumbing.On 11/17/2022 the cement contractors completed the cement slab work. On 12/22/2022 the metal shop building was completed. On 12/22/2022 I contacted David via phone call and texts that the metal shop building was completed and asked when will phase 2 will begin. David did not respond to my voicemails and texts. On 12/27/2022 I contacted David again that the metal shop builders completed building the metal shop building and asked when will phase 2 will begin. David did not respond to my voicemails and texts.On 12/28/2022 I contacted David for the 3rd time that the metal shop builders completed building the metal shop and asked when will phase 2 will begin. David did not respond to my voicemails and texts. On 12/29/2022 David finally responded via text that he will send the plumbers to complete phase 2 by 1/4/2023. David failed to send the plumbers as communicated. On 1/9/2023 I contacted David that he failed to send the plumbers as communicated. He did not respond to my voicemails or texts.On 1/10/2023 I called David and left another voicemail that I have not heard from him and that if he is unable to complete phase 2 of the plumbing work to promptly return the $2,000 that ****** and I paid him on 10/28/2022. On 1/10/2023 David responded via text that due to health issues he was unable to send his plumbers as indicated and that he will send the plumbers by 1/16/20223. David failed to send the plumbers out as communicated. On 1/25/2023 I spoke with David early by phone and he said he will make a visit to our home late to discuss phase 2. David failed to make a visit as communicated and never called or texted to advise me. I texted David after 7pm, since he did not show up to ask him if he will show up on 1/26/2023. David responded that a work emergency occurred and that he will make a visit to our home on 1/26/2023. David failed to make the 1/26/2023 visit to our home as communicated. On 1/31/2023 I called David and left another voicemail. On 1/31/2023 David responded to my voicemail via text that he is not sending his plumbers out because of inclement weather and that one of his plumbers mother died. On 1/31/2023 I called David and left another voicemail. On 1/31/2023 David called and said he will send his plumbers on 2/6/2023 to complete phase 2. On 2/6/2023 I called and texted David to ask for the time his plumbers will be at our home to complete phase 2. David never responded to my texts or voicemails.On 2/7/2023 I called and texted David to ask for the time his plumbers will be at our home to complete phase 2. David never responded to my calls or texts.3/29/2023 I have not heard from David since 1/31/2023 when David called and said he will send his plumbers on 2/6/2023 to complete phase 2. 3/29/2023 I'm requesting that the BBB help me get a full refund of $2,000 from David Lamensky.

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