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

RIVES JUNCTION, Mich. (WLNS) — Quite a few cellular phone phone calls have been produced to 6 Information about Aaron J. Austin failing to do the residence repairs that he was paid for.

A person female mentioned his neglect value her a whole lot of dollars and her wheelchair-bound mother to skip out on a particular working day.

“I just never recognize what variety of person does this,” Jennifer Tice claimed. 

Jennifer Tice wanted to have a wheelchair ramp crafted on to her household in Rives-Junction so that her 62-yr-aged mom could visit and be snug at her property.

“I posted on a local Fb team hunting for recommendations for builders placing it out there to see who was out there in the location,” Tice claimed. 

So when she came throughout A & A Exteriors and saw that the corporation experienced an inexpensive price tag, Tice jumped at the chance. 

Tice claimed when the proprietor Aaron Austin asked for a down payment, she realized that matters had been looking up.

“Everything appeared good. We weren’t also nervous about providing him funds down for the reason that every single solitary builder necessary a percentage of it carried out,” she explained. 

In accordance to Tice, Austin communicated well, experienced penned up a deal, and claimed he’d do the do the job, but when she gave him the $7,000 down payment, items started falling aside.

“He had his daughter and his daughter was sick and he had to acquire her to the hospital, he was sick and had to go to the healthcare facility then the very very last thing he mentioned was that the transmission went out on his truck and that is what he was ready for. But by that stage we kinda figured it wasn’t gonna materialize,” Tice stated. 

Not only are they out all of that dollars, but Tice also reported that Austin’s neglect brought about her mom to miss out on a particular working day.

“My mother was going to come up and look at her oldest grandchild graduate substantial university and she was not capable to arrive,” Tice reported. 

Jennifer has recognized the reduction and now wants other individuals to beware.

“He owes so a lot cash to so many individuals. We’re hardly ever gonna get that revenue again. It’s much more or a lot less attempting to cease him from executing it to other individuals,” she stated.