Ortiz Brothers & Associate Construction

We hired Raymond to do outside stonework, over 1,000 sq. feet of ledger stone on some walls and columns. The man lied to us.
The first mason he had that completed our front yard did an excellent job; he took some time but he was an artist. Then came our backyard, evidently the first guy had to go back to Mexico and wouldn’t be returning for about three months. That’s ok, but the guys he then brought in were not even masons; Raymond admitted that to me after the second time I got upset. He said they normally only did stucco work. I asked him why it was my responsibility to train his men. They did a horrible job. Stone placed was not level, seam lines going in all different directions. And the cement they used to attach the stone was a dark orange, nowhere near the color of the stone.
Some days only one worker showed up. Many days there was nobody. He brought out different guys, again, and the results were a little better. After not showing up for many days, AGAIN, yet another worker showed up that was just as bad as the others. AGAIN with the orange cement and uneven lines.
Now for the lying… besides telling us that now «these» guys were masons, on the last day that I fired him he told me that my husband texted him that morning telling him to show up and work. Lie. No matter that the first mason who came out was perfect, I feel that Raymond cannot be trusted.