Readers,
I want to thank you for the
continued support and help spreading the word about this evil duo. I have put a brief timeline together below
that spells out all of the important transaction and interaction dates. I will add a ton more color in the future,
but for now, I wanted to give you the 10,000 foot overview.
1) Kitchen contract was signed with UDAC on
4/11/2017.
2) Kitchen project was started
August 17th. The UDAC contracts states completion
approximately 12 weeks from the start date. That date would be
11/9/2017.
3) The kitchen project progress
was slow, but we were pleased with the ideas that Jeff had, so we considered
finishing the basement, and agreed to hire Jeff.
4) When signing the contract for
the basement on 10/4/17, I asked Jeff when the kitchen project would be
completed. He stated “about two weeks”. I said “about October 18th”?
He then said “yes”.
5) On November 2nd,
work started on the basement project.
6) From November 6th
to November 27th, UDAC pulled the majority of their resources to
another job that needed to be done by Thanksgiving. During this period,
work was only done at our house for two business days, with no work being done
on the basement.
7) On November 22nd,
I called Jeff stating that the kitchen projected needed to be completed ASAP,
as we were now a month past what he promised when we signed the basement
contract (October 4th) and over the time stated in the
contract. He then promised that the kitchen project would be done by
November 29th.
8) On December 4th, I
had another conversation with Jeff, stating that it was the holidays, and we
wanted to entertain. We desperately needed to kitchen completed. He
agreed, was sympathetic, and said it would be done by the end of the week
(December 8th).
9) On December 11th,
I reminded Jeff that he agreed to have the basement done by Christmas Eve, as
we had family coming in. I also said the kitchen needed to be done
ASAP. At this point, he projected the basement would be done by Christmas
Eve and the kitchen would be done by December 15th.
10) During the week of 1/1/18,
Jeff demeanor and attitude changed drastically.
He was pressuring us for money and seemed nervous and jittery. I liken it to a scene in a movie where the
drug dealer owes the kingpin money. It
was very odd.
11) The kitchen project was
completed on 1/5/17 subject to a few additional items. Jeff sent a bill adding about $3K in
additional expenses that were not accounted for in the contract. I reached out to have a conversation, and
Jeff said “the only conversation I want to hear is here is my check” and he
then threatened putting a lien on our property.
At this point, the conversation was handed over to Michele, as she
stated that Jeff was too emotional to handle it.
12) We engaged with Michele and
Jeff via email for the next three days, being fair, but stating the case that
you can’t charge additional money on a contract without the proper signed
documentation. We also stated that work
needed to continue on the basement, as it was nowhere near being finished. On 1/8, the conversation deteriorated, and
Michele said UDAC would be placing a lien on our house. That evening, we received a notice to lien
for about $18K on our house via email.
13) That evening (1/8/2018), I
was discussing the whole situation with my neighbors. One of them got creative with Google, and
found the links documenting the scam that are on the right side of this
blog. At that point, I sent an email
stating our final offer for the payment on the kitchen and that work must
continue on the basement. For the
record, I knew no work would continue, as I knew of the scam, and knew they
were out of money.
14) On 1/10/18, I informed UDAC
that they had officially walked off of the basement job, and owed us $9K back
for the unfinished work.
15) At this point, we reached out
to many of the subcontractors that worked on our house, and found that all of
them were owed money from Jeff. The amounts
ranged from $1,500 to about $20,000. We
also found out about UDAC’s upcoming planned Chapter 7 Bankruptcy.
16) We then got estimates to
finish the basement. We found that the
HVAC was done incorrectly and it needed additional work. There were also a multitude of other issues
that needed to be corrected. At the end
of the day, we are out between $22K and $27K on the basement project.
17) The bankruptcy was filed on
February 19th, 2018. Here is
a link that will keep you updated: https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/23744044/UDAC,_LLC
18) We have not talked with Jeff
or Michele since 1/8/2018.
Again, thank you for your support, and I will be in touch
soon.
Jordan
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