CAT: home-improvement
Home Improvement scams
Contractors who take deposits for roofing, paving or repairs and never complete the work.
- Reports
- 29
- Reported loss
- $168,907
Iverson Designs
$15,000 lost
Laura Iverson and T Selle contracted to provide architectural design plans to submit to the county on a home remodel. She was engaging and personable and a total fraud. She…
Locksmith Emergency
Loss undisclosed
He came to install four locks on two doors. I asked him what he was going to charge me. He said he was going to home depot to get the locks for about 30 to 40 dollars and he would…
Bill's Garage Door
$1,431 lost
/25/26 – Garage Door Spring Broke 8/26/26 – Called Bill’s Garage Door – 301-753-3342 - Was given an appointment of 6:00PM - 6PM – Tech arrived and stated that he could replace…
A1laborservices
$2,500 lost
A1laborservices claimed home improvements job for my house and asked for deposit of 50% which was $3087 and I paid him $2500 cash and when he got the money and he said I am going…
Chris Sons Infrastructure
Loss undisclosed
This company asphalted my driveway. Did an extremely poor job. Said they would come back for repairs and never did. Now the website is gone, and phone number not connected.
Pure Custom Builds
$24,500 lost
We hired a contractor to build a deck. After taking $24,500 as a 50% deposit, he began, but did minimal work. Then we received multiple excuses, finally with no follow up. We…
techhomesolutions
$32,000 lost
I had a leak in my roof that I wanted to get repaired. I had 4 or 5 bids from roofer companies, but they did not want to patch my roof and advised that I needed a total roof…
Master Garage Door OH
$1,501 lost
WPXI exposed this “company” for scamming a lady in Pittsburgh out of $11k. This company did not provide a contract or estimate before work started. They are not certified.…
Blue Arc Roofing
$3,000 lost
Paul came to the front door offering a deal to fix the stone pathway in front of the house and the patio behind. He gave an exact description of the work to be done, including…
Garage Door Service
Loss undisclosed
I called 858-682-0428 for a local garage door repair. The person showed up and I felt like the parts were extremely over priced. $595 per spring with only 1 year warranty. After…
Apex Window Cleaning
$200 lost
I located this window-cleaning business on Nextdoor.com and called to discuss the work needed and the price. I was quoted $200 for complete exterior cleaning of all windows,…
City central construction Roofing
$40,000 lost
I called this company for a roof inspection after a leak. They came in and said with videos that the roof needed to be changed. They quoted 8,000. After opening they roof they…
Kodiak home pros
$1,400 lost
They post as a professional ductwork dry venting cleaning company asked for cash payment of $1400. Will not refund my money for non-service work.
HN
Loss undisclosed
Offeredto chip and seal driveway for reduced rate. Asked for estimate 2x while they continued to resurface drive, stating we wont know til done. I assumed price quoted was per…
Black Pine Home Services LLC
$4,300 lost
Contacted this company to do work on my house. I needed replacement of new siding/trim on my chimney in preparation for a new chimney cap. I also needed my stairs to my deck to be…
Not sure. They wont say the name
Loss undisclosed
This individual keeps calling me to see if i will be home on certain days under the guise of wanting to inspect my roof for damage.
FixUp Contractors
$800 lost
We were quoted a price for parging the chimney. One they looked at it it was determined that bricks would need to be replaced. An appointment was made for the next day at noon.…
Blackhawk Tree Care
$750 lost
The individual asked for payment up front to take down a tree and trim another tree. They never came back to finish the job, he left the dead branches and never ground the stump.…
Buildex General Contracting LTD.
$25,000 lost
Operates under Bathrooms Plus as well, started off saying he had 30+ years of experience, a team, would give us a good deal. Only came with his teenage son and performing some of…
A1 Mobile Locksmith
$370 lost
I searched for a local locksmith on Google and hired this business based on their top ranking and "verified" status. When the technician arrived to handle a standard lockout, he…
Nana’s Window Cleaning
$200 lost
Robert James/Oconner (he has two names) runs a scam of window cleaning business. He did a very poor job cleaning my windows. He actually made the windows worse.He told me to take…
JC appliance repair
$400 lost
Came here to warn others about this business. I asked them to look into fixing my fridge and he came out right away. After diagnostic, I was told the issue was a broken part that…
Pacific Urgent Locksmith LA
$465 lost
Today 9/11/26 I got locked out of my apartment so I called this company around 7:30a for their lock out service. Their technician came and gave me quote of $350. I told the…
All Year Around Handyman AYARC All year around contractors LLC
$12,000 lost
We hired this company to do a kitchen renovation. He wanted cash or Venmo but also would do small amount on credit card. He did two small projects for us (fixed crack in sidewalk,…
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