On Sept 16th Kanallakan General Building Contractors were hired to remodel a small bathroom and shower. Mr. Kanallakan stated the job would take 4 days to complete. The nightmare began when Mr. Kanallakn hired a Gentlemen to lay the tile who had never layed bathroom tile before. That was just the beginning of our problems. The shower was not even sloped properly so water does not drain properly and just sits in the corner. Nothing is leveled or straight it all has to be ripped out by another contractor and started all over that includes the floor tile that also is not level. The walls behind the tile were not prepared properly for the tile to be layed but he charged for work he didn't even do.
His worker that he hired off a street corner (not to our knowledge) walked off the job and told us in spanish that Mr. Kanallakan was not doing the job properly and he didn't want any part of it.
At that point Mr. Kanallakn tried to do the job himself he was drinking and cursing in front of my 9 year old daughter. He had no idea what he was doing.
My sink is being held up by a 2x4 underneath it with a huge gap between the counter and the sink. He said he would have to build something to make the sink higher 36'inches which standard is 31'inches and charged me more. This was a total lie.
He abandoned the job on Sept. 29th 2003 after he told me he was done and I paid him in full $6,031.76 (not including materials of $2,000 which I paid for). The contract was originally for $4,660.95 but he just kept adding on fraudulent charges and I did not realize he was a con man. When I added up the contract he should of only charged $5,833.21. He overcharged me $199.55 per the contract agreement and has never returned my money.
He left the wall between the toliet and shower totally unfinished and it honestly looks like a child came in and did the work.
I have had two other contractors come in and both have said that the job has to be completely redone and the cost would be $5,4000. I do not have the money to fix this and we have been without a bathroom for 4 weeks now.
I am upset and frustrated and would appreciate any help or guidance from anyone. He is licensed and bonded. His license # is 548427.
He sent me a letter saying we bought sub-standard products from home depot but he went with us and told us what to buy. I have also talked with the Home depot and they have had no problems with any of the merchandise that I purchased.
He never had one licensed or professional person on this job and he was the most incompetent person I had ever met.
After his guy walked out on him he didn't even know what he was doing.
He also stained my brand new cement driveway with some sort of chemical when he was trying to do his work on it.
He would show up at my house at 3:00 or 4:00 pm and stay until 11:00 pm on school nights on a Sunday.
At this point I have paid over $8,000 dollars for a small bathroom remodel and it still cannot be used and has to be completely redone.
I was ripped off and I feel like the dumbest person alive. I would just like my money back so I can pay another contractor to fix the job.
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