Complaint Review: Wayne Cobb - Southern Restoration Company - AAA Georgia

Company came to Louisiana from Georgia to "help" with Hurricane Katrina victims under the name of Southern Restoration Company. Stated he feels the "Lord" made this his calling! Promised to complete home restoration "turn key" operation and also to have home the "showplace" of the street. Should have finished within 8-10 weeks (their words).

Have affidavit filled in and signed by Mr. Wayne Cobb (President) stating job would be completed by 4/29/06. This was needed to obtain final draw from Mortgage Company.

It is now 6/20/06. Contract was signed (actually 3 different contracts signed so he could circumnavigate the law requiring a State License) on 12/2/05. A draw schedule was agreed upon and all draws given to him have been in the $10K range. Once he received draw then work stopped for a week or more!?

Coincidently, work on his investment homes, in which he had purchased here in Slidell (after entering into our contract)picked up, after receiving these draws. Two of the three have since been completed. When questioned, Mr. Cobb swears none of our money went into any of these homes, then he state when one dollar is used from the pot, another dollar follows and gets put back into the pot!

This tells me he has no set accounts for each job and probably has no records worth a s#@t to prove otherwise. He is good at deception and has stated he is only a salesman and over his head as contractor. He has even stated he doesn't know what he is doing! States he has to seek out his "pastor" when you catch him pulling his stuff, like his Pastor runs his businesses.

An average of three hours of work per/week has been spent on my house over the last 3 months (and that is being generous). Mr. Wayne Cobb sets up the subs to do work, then when they complete work, denies having money to pay subcontractors, for which I have had to do on several occasions, in order to keep them from placing liens on my home.

I have even had to buy my own materials/supplies to get work done, since he refused to pay subcontractors enough to do scheduled jobs (according to subs). I have subtracted these expenses from amount owed. Mr. Cobb has been paid more than enough monies needed to complete home repair. I have a bit that I owe, for which will remain as hold back until 100% completed. Job has not been completed! Each week we see less and less work being accomplished.

Many promises have been broken by this Contractor. Since he emphasizes how much a "Christian" he is and a HIGH ranking member of a Pentecostal Church somewhere in/near the Stockbridge, GA area, you would think he could be trusted and relied upon. I did and now I am getting burned.

I personally think he is an embarrassment to his Church and to the Christian community he proclaims to represent! If his deceitful actions and mistruths are part of the Pentecostal Doctrine, then my heart goes out those of you being led down the wrong path. I only bring this up due to Mr. Cobb's continuous reminding of his so called faith and honesty which is the exact opposite of how he handles business, but yet mixes the two (I call this a Hypocrite) Much more work remains to be done and/or fixed. I don't think he will ever finish to my satisfaction as he keeps trying to cut corners, in which I keep catching.

I will end up hiring another contractor to fix their mess, having him investigated, possibly arrested and going to court! The Judicial system here is coming down hard on un-savvy construction companies, particularly the ones from out of state. Not a route I wish to pursue, but will do if it comes to that! Southern Restoration Company, also known as AAA Georgia, have proven to be slow, irresponsible, untrustworthy, undependable and without any integrity what so ever!

A check with the BBB will show about half dozen or more businesses under his name with a couple complaints, but do not state nature of complaints. This should be a red flag in of itself. Just use their office phone of (800) 273-1799 in the search of BBB to find them. As they say, "hindsight is 20/20".

If I knew then what I know now, I would have never hired them. For those considering using his services, I have found that his Profit line can be as high as 35%-45% on average. Normal overhead and profit for contractor's should not exceed 20% total.

Additional Doing-Business-As Names:
AAA Georgia Seamless Gutters
Cobb, Wayne Home Improvement, Inc.
Southside Builders
Southside Home Improvement
Southside Seamless Gutters Company
Additional Addresses: P. O. Box 1798 , Stockbridge, GA 30281
Additional Phone Numbers: 800-273-1799
Additional TOB Classifications:
Home Improvements
Roofing Contractors
Construction & Remodeling Services

Nasty2ude
Slidell, Louisiana
U.S.A.

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