Rothwell Associates

Rothwell Associates LLC Rothwell General Contractors LLC Fraudulent, lies, incompetent, unfair & false expectations Edgewater, New Jersey

19th of Jun, 2011 by User137253

Entered in agreement with Amit V. Shah on July 15, 2010 for home remodel. Amit Vinod Shah made multiple claims that the permits for the remodel were filed that were untrue. He stated via email on 7/28/10, that permits were filed and winding their way thru the process. Later after I contacted the city to complain about the length of the process, the permits were actually filed on 8/11/10 (application), plans received on 8/16/10. Historical approved it on 8/17/10, paid $10 on 9/1/10. Then the building department did not receive the plans until 9/20/10. Approved on 9/29/10 and still not picked up with a balance of $500 + due. Amit was asked multiple times to provide proof of insurance and sub-contractor insurance to the building manager and never supplied the required documents to begin home remodel; thus never had the intention to conduct any work for which a deposit was paid. Since Amit Shah was making no effort to start the remodel and provided fake progress updates, I was forced to cancel the agreement with him effective 1/20/11. In my request to cancel, I clearly state I will pay for any material purchased. Instead of charging for materials purchased Amit Shah billed $75 hr to acquire and return materials, for a job with no supplied project start date. To acquire materials was 6 hours ($450) and to return was 4 hours ($300). Amit Shah charged for work that was never provided, and still has an unpaid balance at the permit office.

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4358 days ago by Rothwell

While it is true that the project in question, contracted with the Homeowner Todd Tagliere, was not performed, Todd leaves out many of the details as to why. There is no fraud, lies, incompetence, or unfairness as indicated in the title of Todd's report. If I had no intention of working on the project why would I have applied for a permit and provided the building management at D. Mills, my insurance? Additionally, prior to the start of this project I had custom work commissioned which has since been delivered to Todd that he fails to mention. After the permit was approved at the end of September 2010, Todd required that the project be completed by October 14th. Quoted directly from an email, he stated that "I have guests arriving on 10/15 and are staying thru 11/3. Then I have a break, but will be entertaining on and off for the holidays and do not want to have an incomplete bathroom during that time. So, my leeway is to either have it completed (partially) between now & 10/14 or completely finished between 11/3 & 11/22 or wait until 1/10 to start."

Completing in this time frame was impossible. It was also at this time that we discovered that Todd's condo association had not yet approved the work. This application and approval was his responsibility to procure. Once I had provided my information to the management, they required the same of my subcontractors. It is true that my subs did not get the information to me or the building management in a timely manner. However I was told prior to signing the contract for work that approvals were in place at the building management level.

Still, on November 5th, 2011 I forwarded new insurance certificates and a sole proprietor letter to the building management. Upon a request from Todd to cancel the project a formal cancellation agreement was sent to him on 1/20/2011. He called to ask questions about the charges and once answered deposited the amount refunded without raising further concerns. In January of 2011 I forwarded Todd the information for the company that produced his custom furniture pieces. I did not hear back from him or hear that he had not received the same until June/July 2011. At this time I called my vendor and made sure delivery was made.

While I am sorry that Todd was not happy with the outcome of the project, I feel that it is completely inappropriate to leave out any part of the story that involved his lack of approval from his building, and his time constraints that pushed a project that could have been completed in October into January and finally into cancellation.

I have completed many projects ranging from $3, 000 to $1, 100, 000 of scope in the last 8 years in business. I am happy to supply many references of satisfied past customers. I am sorry that this project was cancelled prior to performance, and wish that the issues would have been resolved amicably.

The Department of Consumer Affairs found that there was no wrongdoing on the part of my company in their eyes, and that is why no disciplinary action was taken.

Finally, Rothwell Associates, LLC continues to operate as a general contracting business under my direction. I have neither closed the business or changed names as Todd suggests. I do however own businesses in other industries including Firstgen Ventures. These businesses have nothing to do with any sort of scam as indicated on Ripoff report. They also have nothing to do with construction, Todd Tagliere, or his angry report on several websites that omits much information.