Greg’s Concrete Construction

Greg was recommended to me by a parent at my kids’ school. I obtained 3 bids and he was the lowest, so we hired him. He converted a play area with play structure into a flat slab for a sport court. He did all the labor himself and did a fantastic and thorough job. The slab looks great. He did it all on time and for the stated price. We were very pleased.

This is a warning to everyone about this creep. I don’t have one good thing to say about Greg Goyen.
First off he didn’t stick to his original bid of $ 9,500 to pour two retaining walls. Just before he shows up for work he complains that the job is bigger than he anticipated and that now he suddenly want’s $ 2,500 extra (total of $ 12,000). I didn’t hesitate and agreed to the price increase and gave him a 50% deposit up front ($ 6,000) because I believed him when he said it was a lot of work, and he comes off as an honest guy (which he is not). He has his buddy do the excavating, which was not done correctly and blames me. He didn’t even show up to monitor things when the excavation was being done, so no one was checking if the elevations were correct. I’ve never done any excavating in my life, so I have no clue what needs to be done. I left this in his hands.
Anyway, he shows up for work and tells me he has never poured anything taller than a four foot retaining wall (my walls are over 7 feet in a couple of places!!). I was shocked. Then he tells me he never gets a permit or an inspection for any work that he does! I told him that everything MUST be done in accordance with a permit/​inspection, and that I would not accept anything less. Turns out this guy had no idea who to call, or what to do to get an inspection!!! Are you kidding me? He is in the business of construction and has never been through the permit/​inspection process?
Anyway, he ends up getting the inspection done and pours the footings and realizes that it’s more work than he can handle, so packs up his tools and abandons the project with my $ 6,000 deposit check!
I had to hire another outfit to finish the work, and it turns out that Greg Goyen installed all the rebar in the wrong locations, so the new contractor had to retrofit rebar in the footings to correct the problems.
I’ve hired an attorney and I’m in the process of gathering data/​evidence for suing this creep. I just want everyone to know that they should stay away from this guy.