Click https://gofund.me/bd9f9273 for the complete story of how a widowed, autistic dad, with two special-needs kids was intentionally defrauded, by this general contractor, out of his entire life savings, leaving his family penniless and homeless. In 2021, I finally saved enough money to start making my wife and I's dream come true. In my pursuit to find the perfect contractor, a representative from a large flooring company in our area recommended that I speak with Mike Macaluso. He owns Making Moves Construction based out of Mansfield, Texas. In our initial meeting, I gave him a tour of our home, and told him about our dream for the house. After reviewing pictures of his previous work and explaining the changes we wanted, he agreed that he could get the work done in three months. All he requested, at the time, was a 10,000.00 dollars deposit. Okay, done! The arrangement we had was very informal. On occasion, he would call stating that he was out of money because of this or that, and I would wire him amounts from 40,000.00 to 60,000 dollars at a time. However, there was no visible remodeling progress on the house. When I called and asked where all the money was going, he would say he had paid the roofers, electricians, plumbers, and laborers up front, and the materials were being held in his warehouse and at Lowe's. When I questioned why he had barely made any progress, he would blame the weather, his crew all had COVID, a family member had died, or he was having trouble getting city permits. Now it's May 26, 2023, and Mike Macaluso has abandoned the project. He won't return any of my money, nor release any of my new items that go into the house: appliances, custom cabinets, two automatic wrought-iron gates, custom wrought-iron front door, exterior French doors, another exterior door, and all the building supplies (paint, sheetrock, lumber, etc.). These are things that he agreed to store securely until the house was ready for those items. I paid $35,000.00 for the new appliances, which was in addition to the $250,000.00 contractual amount.