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BEWARE BEWARE!!! DO NOT TRUST this company Marjos ...

BEWARE BEWARE!!! DO NOT TRUST this company Marjos and the owner Tom Davis. I had a small studio that I was renovating and he approached me to give me a bid. I had a budget of 10k to remodel the studio. His bid for just the kitchen cabinets came back with a price of close to 11,000.00. After I gasped he came back with a new figure over 9,000.00. Not having done a kitchen remodel ever we thought that price was the going rate for these things. Fortunately we did not sign anything, left and went to Lowes where they designed the exact kitchen for around 5,000.00 including all electrical and plumbing. We called Mr. Davis' company and declined their services and his secretary asked for us to please come back and give him a chance to speak with us. My mistake was going back. He suddenly said that he could give us kitchen cabinets similar to those of Lowe's but they weren't going to be the quality of his... Why didn't he offer those to us when we came into his business knowing our budget the first time? Good question right? Well we unfortunately made a bad decision and we used him. He made us sign a contract for the amount for the cabinets, paid half and then full amount upon completion. When it was realized that I needed two new exterior doors he was very careful as to call me and explain the cost of these doors. I stated it was. He drew up another contract and we signed it and paid in full. This is where it goes south. He did some other smaller misc work that he never discussed price with me or ever had me sign a contract for. After the work was completed I asked Mr. Davis for our final bill so we can square things up. He continued to put me off, month after month for a total of 7 months and then presented me with "bill" with no prices. I then asked him what this was and to please give us the bill. FINALLY we get a bill with a price..That bill was just shy of 10k. No receipts for this work or how he came up with this astronomical price. When we confronted Mr. Davis about this bill he was firm on his price and stated that we were getting a deal. Well, I had two professionals who also do renovations come and review his work and give me a bid of what he would charge which totaled between 3-4k. They also stated that we were ripped off on the previous work Marjos had performed but had already paid in full. The doors that he installed were already falling apart at the frames and when asked to fix them he stated to us that if we paid our bills he would fix our doors. Mind you we did pay that bill in full according to our signed agreement. When I threatened him I would sue him if he did not back his work he was quick to fix the doors. I paid this man an additional 3k, wrote him a letter stating that he would not be getting anymore money from us and included my last payment of 2k stating final and last payment which he cashed. Months later he decides to sue us for not paying the remaining balance of his bill we never contracted with him, was never brought to our attention and NEVER had us sign for anything as I would have not agreed to any of it. This man has done this time and time again, has been fined by DPOR and continues to do business. He has had multiple complaints and suits against him. DPOR fines him each time for 250.00??? That's it? What this man has done and continues to do is unethical and illegal according to violations of the board regulation 18 VAC 50-22-260 {B} {6}. Our lawsuit was filed incorrectly on Mr. Davis' part and had to be refiled. I hired an attorney which cost me more money and after a missed deadline on Mr. Davis' part and him having an attorney of his own look things over it was advised by Mr. Davis' attorney that he didn't have a case and it was dismissed. I will be filing a DPOR complaint against this man who has cost me thousands of dollars not to mention the stress over this past year. Hopefully DPOR will finally do something to this man who continues to break the law and scam people out of money.

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