Roofer takes a down payment and doesn’t do any work
A local contractor could face criminal charges for allegedly taking money from a customer and failing to do any work.
On February 10, 2009, victim William Heston signed a contract for $13,970 to have his roof redone. He wrote a check for the down payment to the contractor, which was cashed the following day, Heston told deputies.
Imagine for a moment that you have hired an Atlanta roofing company to reroof your home. You write a check for them to get the supplies and they promise to be back in a few days to begin the work. But now days turn into weeks and still no work has been done. Even worse… all you get are excuses from the roofing contractor.
What would you do?
That is exactly what happened to this homeowner in Florida after signing a contract for over $13,000 for a new roof. He wrote a check for over $5,000 to get the project started. You can read the details here.
It turns out that the judge requires the contractor to pay all the money back to the homeowner. So justice is served… right?
Not so quickly. It is one thing to win a judge’s… it is quite another to actually get your money back as this innocent home owner is finding out. Roofing scams are rampant in this economy. That is why it is imperative for you to take your time in selecting a finding the right Georgia roofing contractor so this doesn’t happen to you too!
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