JL Contracting is the worst contractor around. Hired him to do a roof and cut down two large trees. My story is similar to the first review. Jim stresses how great a Christian he is, almost cried when my wife and I sat down with him to say how unhappy we were with the lack of progress just on the tree. He promised, promised to have it done and get the roof started right after Labor Day (he was supposed to start on July 20th) The guys that he had to cut the trees while nice, had no clue what to do, and didn't have the right equipment to do the job. They were also on drugs most of the time. One climber, way past his prime, topped the first tree, right smack on top of the fence. Then the whole crew left with the tree still halfway out in the road. My wife and I had to clean it up ourselves. I'm 60 and my wife is 55 and we are better workers than the 20 year olds he hires. Crew would say they were coming and not show up for a several days, work half a day and then be gone for days. Took over two months to almost finish the tree cutting as 8 months later they still haven't completely cleaned up. I also had to supply the vehicle to haul the tree to the field for burning and they used my chainsaws since the ones they had sucked. The third climber he hired was awesome but the ground crew never showed up so I had to be his ground crew for a day. We got more done in that day the was done in the previous month and half. However the worse thing is, Jim cashed my upfront check for half the roof and never showed up. So I am out $3900, got a leaking roof and a broken fence. He will not return phone calls or texts. I contacted the Attorney General's office and they couldn't get anything from him either. Will have to go to court but will probably be in line for the lien.

After Mr Layman received a deposit of almost $3900, I never saw him again. He strung me along for several months . He would continuously say he would start the job "next week." Next week never came. I took him to court and the judge found in my favor. He now has a lien against him and I am still trying to get my money back.