Lopes Construction

I hired Carl Lopes on 7/2/21 to demo a concrete walkway & a deck, pour new concrete, do tuckpointing, add clay/mulch to one side of the house, and install an egress window. He initially quoted me higher and then we ended up negotiating a final cost of $9031. Over a month and half Carl gave me excuse after excuse on why work wasn't getting done, while continually asking for more money and progress payments. There were frequent, almost daily excuses regarding why they couldn't or wouldn't make it over to work on the project or they would just no show. The excuses ranged from my guys are getting COVID-19 vaccines, it's too hot out for them to work, we’ve got a plumbing nightmare, our truck broke down, car troubles, got sick, broken tools, driving my daughters around, primo job today takes precedent, my guys wanted the weekend off, and on and on. I expressed my dissatisfaction with the lack of work being completed and Carl replied rudely telling me that he gave me a discount, that I need to be patient, and he has bigger fish to fry at this time. To date I paid $4360.34 toward the project. After his stated completion date of 8/16, I told Carl that I would be terminating the contract because the project began 45 days ago, and up to that date, just 12 hours of onsite work has been performed. Less than 20% of the overall project had been completed. The little work that had been finished was sloppy and unacceptable. I asked for a refund of $2,812.84 based on the actual completed work from the original estimate. Carl berated me & told me I was ungrateful, inpatient, & 'the world doesn't owe me anything.' He continued to act in a completely inappropriate and unprofessional manner throughout the 45 days that I interacted with him. In fact he had the audacity to say that I owe him more money because his time is so 'valuable' and that I breached the contract by not completing a progress payment (when they changed payment types and work was not being completed) and by not informing them that the street was being worked on for 2 days (which I had no knowledge of).

No money has been refunded. I ended up having to hire two separate contractors to complete the work that Carl was hired for, costing me many thousands more. These contractors were shocked at the state of the previous project and the details I outlined that had transpired. In fact, they urged me to bring suit against Carl and company,

Please do not trust Carl with even the smallest of jobs. He will take your money, string you along, and never complete the work. Any work he may do will be sloppy, unprofessional, and with poor workmanship. I would rate him 0/5 stars if I could.