***—-DO NOT HIRE—-*** STOLEN MONEY and only finished 50% of the work. I’m from West Mifflin PA (a borough of Pittsburgh PA.) In August, I had hired a contractor to perform major repairs on 2 homes I own in the amount of $21,650 for all work. On one house, I needed the detached garage sided and painted, I needed a new roof, the chimney needed pointed and the exterior needed painted. On this home, the roof, garage and half of the exterior of the house had been painted with major runs and overspray on the previously painted white trim. On the other home, I had a roof installed and the house was prepared for the siding job. I Made the mistake of prepaying for the siding, at the contractors recommendation in order for him to purchase the siding. The guarantee from the contractor was that all of the work would be completed prior to Pittsburghs 1st snowfall. If you know anything about Pittsburgh, it starts snowing in November. Nonetheless, I have 2 very incomplete homes and I had prepaid the contractor $7650 with my out of pocket expenses being at $19,000 thus far. It has been 3 months since I’ve heard from this contractor at this point. The contractor will not return calls, texts or emails and when he knew I wasn’t home he came and took all of his valuable tools and ladder equipment, leaving behind used up materials. I simply want the work completed ASAP or I will be taking any and all extreme legal actions possible to get my prepaid funds returned. Furthermore, I’d like to ensure this contractor will no longer be providing services to other victims unless they can research his complaint history. Jim