Shawn Thompson of Thompson Home Serv. has taken our $10,000.00 deposit. Yes, that is a $10 grand deposit! He screwed up the replacement of 2 doors & left my wife in a completely unlocked house with no dead bolts or door knobs for 2 days while I was away. Shawn did not even start or complete the main jobs we hired him for at our Newark De. home. When I complained to him about the work he cancelled the work at my Lewes, De. vacation home and kept our entire $10,000.00 deposit. I am in the process of getting a lawyer to recoup our money. He said he would return the money twice after he cancelled and promised its return in 30 day on 12/20/11. See what happens when you tell someone you are not happy with their work? I offered him $2,000.00 for $850 worth of work but he is trying to keep all of our $10,000.00. As I start investigating I find out his plans and drawing for the job are all wrong with things located as much as 10 ft from where they were supposed to be located. He also lied on the permit application with Sussex County De. for our beach house by saying he was was putting on a small sunroom. This saved him about $1,000.00 in permit fees when he was supposed to build an 18ft x 12ft addition w cathedral ceilings, 2 different synthetic materials porches (1- 12'x8' & other 6'x20'), convert our18ft x 23ft garage to a recreation room with heat & a/c, and build an outdoor shower w/hot/cold water & french drain. We now have another contractor doing the joib as we try and get our deposit returned.
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