Complaint Review: Last Call Handyman

We contracted with David Lewis, to do a big remodel on our house. He did 80% of the work but took us for 8,000 dollars. Some of the materials we had to repurchase and finish what he didn't ourselves.  Also had to redo some of the work he had already done, due to him not doing it well or wrong.

While he was working on our remodel, we thought he was a good guy, so we referred him to our 80 year old mother-in- law. She needed a new roof and David had said he would replace her roof. Her having complete faith that he would do the job since we referred him, gave him the whole insurance check. He never replaced the roof and took her for about 7,700 dollars.

Not only was she out 7,700 dollars, she still needed a new roof. She ended up having to come up with an additional 4,500 of her own money to put into having her roof done.

We contracted with him also to do our heating and air conditioning. We gave him the money to give to Elmers Sheet Metal for the heating and air conditioning, which he led us to believe that he had taken care of. Elmer's had installed it. We contacted Elmer's and they informed us, David had never given the 6,000 dollars we gave him to use for that, so now we owe them. So he had taken the 6,000 from us as well and we have to come up with another 6,000 to pay Elmers.

We had to change our locks to our house, because not only did he take off with our money and not finishing the job, he never gave our house key back to us.

We are distraught. We put our money and faith into this guy when we shouldn't have. All together he has taken 14,000 dollars from us. The worst part is my mother-in-law is out a lot of money as well and wasn't going to have a new roof.

After some reseacrh, we have found he had lived in Denver and had given us a fake address from there. Also he indicated that he had lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado as well, and had a business called Grassroots Handyman Services. He then moved to Pueblo and changed his business to Last Call Handyman Services.  

We are working with the DA's office on this matter, because we want justice. Who knows how many other people he has done this to. We also want people to be aware of him and these businesses. We don't want anyone else to have to go through this and be victomized.  If anybody as any info on him or has also been vitimized, please come forward. File a report or try to contact me. Anything helps.