Mainer Building Service

Kenny is a smooth talker and comes across as a ""good ole"" country boy. But he is nothing more than a lazy con-man that will take your money. \r \r We hired him to do some work on our house. We were told it would be done in ""two weeks"". It took over 4 months and daily phone calls (that were never returned). He never did finish the work, we finally hired someone else to clean up his mess. \r \r In our initail meeting with him he gave us a fair price quote and came across as very frienldy and honest. He started out great...showed up with his crew the first two days and seemed very eager to work. Then they basically diappeared after that. He would promise to send out workers on certain days, we would arrange to be home and they would never show up. Of course he NEVER returned a phone call. He showed up out of the blue, do some work and ask for more money-- then of course he would disappear again. We wouldn't see him (or his crew) for DAYS/WEEKS. Luckily, we only paid him in very small installements after work was completed- so we didn't feel like we were cheated out of any money. But it was a horrific expericence. What started out as a simple project turned into 5 months of pure greif! He stopped returning phone calls, and just basically ignored us. \r \r DO NOT be taken in by him. He is a fraud! Pros: Initially he is friendly and seems eager to work Cons: UNRELIABLE, won't finish what he starts more

On 12/05/06 I signed a contract with Mr. Mainer to install a ramp on our deck for my mother who at the time was 92 years old and to replace numerous flooring boards (26) on our deck due to age. Mr. Mainer was nothing but trouble during the whole time he worked on the ramp...which by the way he never finished. He ended up just walking off the job one day and never came back and would not return any phone calls. The last phone calls I made to his office and left phone messages was on 1/1/06. My wife saw him several weeks after he walked off the job at Bloom grocery store in Harrisburg. When she asked him about what he did to us, he answered I left Tom enought money to finish the job. I was 61 years old, going on 62 at that time and I have a heart condition. The reason I hired a contractor to do this work was do to my health. I ended up having to finish the ramp, that is after I had to redo part of the work due to the workmanship, which was terrible (the last day on the job they just ripped the boards , all the cuts were terrible and the hand railing vertical boards were not cut the same lengths, they just eye balled the 2 X 4's and ripped away. It took me 8 days to do this work, this was due to my health as I had to go slow due to my heart condition. I had to purchase a miter saw in the process to make the proper cuts and all the supplies to finish the work. Also, Mr. Mainer promised that the work would be completed in two weeks, as written on the contract. This was providing, weather permitting. He should of been able to complete this work in the time he promised, that is if he would of worked full days, he only worked three to four hours maximum at a time, that is on the days he showed up. The over all weather was good doing this time. He verbally informed me the day we signed the contract with him that the work should only take three to four days to complete. I would advise anyone not to use this contractor for any reason, no matter how small the job is! Pros: Seemed to be a very nice person, very smooth talker...said all the right things. Cons: Can not be trusted! All he did was complain once he was on the job. more