Hamilton Baxter Construction

This is an update. Katie Hamilton (representative of Hamilton Baxter) contacted me June 21, 2012 (The very next morning after writing my review here on Unilocal) at approx. 9:00 AM on behalf of HB/​Kollin Hamilton. She informed me she was now working with HB/​Kollin Hamilton, (her husband) although her actual profession is supposedly working as an attorney. During this phone call, Katie Hamilton proceeded to retaliate against me and call me a «fuc-​ing b-​tch» for writing a negative review here on Unilocal and for filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. She also stated to me that I would receive my «fuc-​ing receipts» in regards to the theft of the refrigerator by Kollin Hamilton that was promised to Habitat for Humanity. Following the verbal abuse and irrational manner Katie Hamilton exhibited during this phone call, I was very uncomfortable and very distressed about such a phone call that was made with the approval of her husband, Kollin Hamilton. Katie Hamilton screamed at me, berated me and threatened me during this call. The phone call was weird and bizarre actually. Such behavior is disconcerting, at the very least, and clearly represents the level of retaliation Hamilton Baxter Construction will go to when a client expresses dissatisfaction with their service. I mean really? What kind of company does this? Hamilton Baxter Construction certainly does.
Unilocal and the BBB are here to keep people/​businesses like this accountable for taking advantage of clients and to hopefully prevent this type of behavior in the future. As of today, I have never received lien releases, they have not yet paid the subs in full and I have yet to receive the donation receipt from Habitat for Humanity for the refrigerator Kollin Hamilton stole and put in his garage as opposed to donating it as promised.
I have followed up my complaint with the BBB but I am actually exploring other options to address what this company and these two individuals have subjected me to. Calls from subs wondering where payment is, Intent to File a Lien warnings, an uncompleted project and then top it all of with an abusive, harassing phone call that consists of calling me names, threatening statements, screaming and attempts to intimidate by Katie Hamilton, (who as an attorney should know better), well, you can be sure the 4 other referrals for total remodels much bigger than mine will be going to other contractors among other remedies.
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Kollin Hamilton, owner of Hamilton Baxter Construction, was hired as GC for my whole house remodel. The remodel of my 1400 sq foot home has been a disaster. The remodel was supposed to take about 8 weeks. It is 20 weeks into the project and it is still not done. In fact, he abandoned my job after receiving $ 36,000 in payments of which he did not pay the tile, electrical or plumbing subcontractors. The last $ 6000 I paid to him, instead of paying the outstanding balances of the subs, he took his family on a vacation to Colorado the very next day after receiving the cashiers check from me. He has been slandering my name and telling all the subs that the reason he is not paying them is because I have not paid him, even though I have copies of every last cashiers check I have given him the past 20 weeks. He flat out lies to his subs, his clients and is very unethical.
Also, I had a refrigerator that he was supposed to donate to Habitat for Humanity and he told me he would make sure it was delivered there. It is a 2 year old, $ 1800 appliance and instead of taking it to Habitat for Humanity, he kept it for himself and put it in his own garage for his own use. What kind of person steals a refrigerator meant for Habitat for Humanity?
During installation of several items, my brand new vanities were damaged, my new washer and dryer now have deep scratches across the washer digital screen, a $ 1200 sink was cracked, he knowingly sent a foreman to the job who had alcohol on his breath, he used an unlicensed Journeyman for the electrical work, he lies about when materials are ordered and he used the money I paid him to partially cash flow other jobs and didn’t finish mine.
There is not enough room on this board to detail every single thing he did over the course of the past 20 weeks.
All of these issues and statements I am making can be proven and are documented via copies of checks, invoice dates, emails, text messages and photos that detail the lies he has told me and have been witnessed by other parties. His actions are clearly breaches of trust/​fraud/​misconduct, slander and outright stealing of property.
Horrible company and I don’t want anyone to go thru what I have experienced with Kollin Hamilton of Hamilton Baxter Construction.