Complaint against Premier Renovations & Construction; Bruce Barner

Complaint against Bruce Barner; PREMIER Renovations & Construction, INC.;

Atlanta, GA; 3543 Beachhill Dr.

Atlanta, Georgia, 30340, U.S.A.

This July (2007) I hired Bruce Barner of Premier Renovations &

Constructions, Atlanta, from ServiceMagic website for the renovation of my

house. His profile said he was a member of Better Business Bureau and he

offered me left over marble from another job at a very low rate and I

immediately fell for the fraud.

Even before we had finalized and signed the contract he talked me into

giving him $ 4000.00 to order materials. Without bothering to get a permit,

for which he had charged me, he started on some demolition work, resulting

in stop work order from the city and a delay in getting the permit). For the

next three weeks he kept making excuses on why the material he had

supposedly ordered had not arrived yet, then asked me for another $ 5000.00.

When I asked him to deliver the previous material and meet me to sign a

legal contract before I paid him further, he promptly disappeared and

stopped responding to my numerous e-mails, phone calls and certified

letters. In the meantime, without my knowledge, he dumped a huge amount of

possibly hazardous construction waste from his other construction projects

in my property.

I contacted his references, Better Business Bureau and his advertisers to

pressurize him to contact me. I finally received an e-mail full of false

allegations that tried to shift the blame of his non-performance on me" that

I had breached the contract (that was never finalized or signed) by not

paying him 40% upfront, stolen his material, had not respond to his multiple

calls, that he would be more than happy to finish work if I paid him another

$5000.00. Despite my anger and frustration at these white lies, I urged him

to meet me again in the presence of a mediator to try settling this case

peacefully. Guess, what? No response again. The deadline I had given him to

respond is way past. That one e-mail was simply a weak attempt to not look

dishonest to his advertisers and clients who I had contacted.

It is now almost a month and a half since I paid this crook for material

that was never delivered. He has left my house horribly damaged with no

windows, no cabinet doors, a hole in a roof, water damage from storms, a

demolished wall, damaged plumbing and wiring and a dump of other people's

construction waste in the backyard, while defrauding me of $ 4000.00 that I

had acquired as a loan. The office number (770)934-7533 and the fax he

provided me do not seem to work. I have now found that he had also lied

about being a member of the Better Business Bureau. Not only was he not a

member but had actually an unsatisfactory record and listed under multiple

addresses and a different firm - Renaissance Renovations & Construction, LLC

that according to BBB, seemed to have closed business. My only recourse now

is to take legal action against this fraud; although I don't know how long

it will be when I will finally be able to get my money back, if I can get it

back at all.

I have learnt my lesson the hard way by allowing my self to be duped and

posting my experience in the hope that other people will not be scammed by

this deceitful person or his company.

Pria

Atlanta