We loaned our custom home plans to Charlie Biggins of Charlie Biggins Construction a few weeks ago to get a written estimate on building our new custom home. Mr. Biggins never gave us the estimate and wanted to rush into building the house by doing soil testing, sewer treatments, and so on. We asked for the estimate first because we wanted to know the cost of the house. We were not comfortable with building a house without knowing the total cost. I don't know anyone that would be.
Mr. Biggins kept putting us off saying he was out of town or whatever. This was a red flag for us. Finally we asked for the plans back and long story short, he never gave us the estimate. We asked that he just give the plans back. The plans cost us $1,200 for the license to build. At our request for the plans he then informed us that he thought he needed to be paid for his time. I don't know where he pulled this from. We've had several home builders review at the plans for an estimate and no one asked to be paid for their estimate. We told him that he never mentioned anything about a payment for the house estimate and we didn't sign anything saying we'd pay him for the estimate. We asked for the plans again. At that he said he was keeping the plans and hung up on us.
In our opinion, this man is a very shady character, unreasonable and a thief that can not be trusted. Lucky for us we only gave him a copy and not our original set of blue prints. I thank God this man showed his true colors before we got into a business deal with him. His actions prove him to be a dishonest liar and a thief. Beware of Charlie Biggins, avoid him like the plague.
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