Woman loses more than $7K in bad home improvement deal

RIVES JUNCTION, Mich. (WLNS) — A number of phone phone calls have been manufactured to 6 Information about Aaron J. Austin failing to do the household repairs that he was paid out for.

1 lady said his neglect price her a ton of revenue and her wheelchair-certain mom to pass up out on a unique day.

“I just really don’t understand what type of individual does this,” Jennifer Tice mentioned. 

Jennifer Tice required to have a wheelchair ramp crafted onto her property in Rives-Junction so that her 62-calendar year-old mother could take a look at and be relaxed at her dwelling.

“I posted on a nearby Facebook team hunting for tips for builders placing it out there to see who was out there in the space,” Tice reported. 

So when she arrived across A & A Exteriors and saw that the organization had an very affordable price tag, Tice jumped at the chance. 

Tice said when the owner Aaron Austin questioned for a down payment, she understood that points have been looking up.

“Everything seemed good. We weren’t far too worried about providing him income down since each individual one builder necessary a proportion of it carried out,” she claimed. 

According to Tice, Austin communicated effectively, experienced penned up a agreement, and mentioned he’d do the get the job done, but when she gave him the $7,000 down payment, matters started out falling apart.

“He experienced his daughter and his daughter was sick and he had to consider her to the medical center, he was sick and experienced to go to the healthcare facility then the really past thing he claimed was that the transmission went out on his truck and that’s what he was ready for. But by that position we kinda figured it wasn’t gonna come about,” Tice explained. 

Not only are they out all of that dollars, but Tice also said that Austin’s neglect prompted her mother to miss out on out on a special working day.

“My mom was likely to appear up and view her oldest grandchild graduate superior faculty and she wasn’t equipped to arrive,” Tice explained. 

Jennifer has acknowledged the decline and now wishes other folks to beware.

“He owes so a lot revenue to so many men and women. We’re in no way gonna get that money again. It’s additional or less trying to halt him from carrying out it to other individuals,” she reported.