Laura
Lorton,#2Author of original report
Mon, February 06, 2006
I have been following Mr. Bennett's career. Concreate Designs did not "disappear." The license was revoked by the Virginia Board of Contractors for an incident nearly identical to the one I reported in 2005. Had I looked Concreate Designs up with the state board of contractors before I signed my contract, I may have seen that had already been several complaints filed, and I would have been more cautious. http://165.176.19.20/regulantlookup/ BusContractorDetail.CFM?CFID=8165653&CFTOKEN=3728027&lrn= 2705076198 My recommendation? Look up any contractor before hiring him. Make sure that he has been in business for some time, but has no complaints. Mr. Bennett's new company, "Stone Images LLC," has had no complaints, but it has only recently received its license.
Todd
Alexandria,#3Consumer Comment
Fri, December 16, 2005
This is in reponse to Laura's concern that Dan would simply close down the business (Concreate Designs) and start under a new name, while producing the same poor product. Indeed, Mr. Bennett has started again in the same line of work with the new name "Stone Images." I own a company that competes against Mr. Bennett and get several calls each year from people trying to rectify problems created/left unattended by his work force. A nice guy to talk to, but not to be trusted further than you could throw him, and a real blight on this industry.