Walked out on Walk out Basement
I learned about DK Construction or Dejan K Construction from advertisements off kijiji.
I was looking for someone to complete my basement walk-out as per my approved permit / drawings.
I contacted this person’s references including: Ivic Construction, Pour Concrete, Bojan Renovation and Brian Fernandez ltd and I was informed he was an honest reliable guy and they had no hesitation with me hiring him.
I spoke with the representative, Danny, and he came to my site and had a look at the work.
We discussed the work and started drafting a contract. Even before we could finalize the details of the contract this contractor got started working on my job site. Finally, when we did sign the contract on June 2, 2018 and I gave him an initial ~30% deposit he promised to return on June 4 to continue the work and form the walls and everything would be done by June 20. Instead, on June 4 he returned and collected his belongings and then blocked my phone number. I know this because I kept going to voice mail and so when I contacted him through another number I got through to him at which point he claimed he “went to Europe for the next 20 days for a family emergency and that I should hire someone else.” And regarding the deposit as far as he was concerned, it paid for the work he completed and that we were square.
The little work he completed was good (including establishing the footing and weeping tiles) however was certainly not equal to the ~30% deposit ii gave him as I have learned from new contractors who have come to give me new estimates. The main point is he left my job site with a lot of uncompleted work and was in breach of our contract. See picture.
Ultimately Dejan K Construction is not an honest company and I would recommend you do not hire them. Perhaps he works well with other contractors but not so well with home owners.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $15,000.00