I truly feel for the person who felt it necessary to file this report.
Timber frames are excessively expensive, and we also became victims of deception and greed from a timber framer.
The sad reality is that many timber frame companies take big dollar checks up-front for a highly expensive product that, upon delivery, the consumer is totally vulnerable to being ripped off.
Fraud and deception are rampant in this industry. Do homework and research before doing business with any timber frame company as they are virtually unregulated.