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

RIVES JUNCTION, Mich. (WLNS) — Various cellular phone phone calls have been manufactured to 6 News about Aaron J. Austin failing to do the house repairs that he was paid for.

A person girl said his neglect charge her a ton of dollars and her wheelchair-certain mom to pass up out on a particular working day.

“I just do not have an understanding of what form of human being does this,” Jennifer Tice claimed. 

Jennifer Tice desired to have a wheelchair ramp built on to her home in Rives-Junction so that her 62-12 months-old mother could pay a visit to and be comfy at her house.

“I posted on a neighborhood Fb group looking for tips for builders placing it out there to see who was out there in the spot,” Tice stated. 

So when she arrived across A & A Exteriors and observed that the enterprise experienced an cost-effective value, Tice jumped at the possibility. 

Tice explained when the operator Aaron Austin requested for a down payment, she knew that factors were being seeking up.

“Everything appeared good. We weren’t much too nervous about offering him income down for the reason that every one builder necessary a share of it carried out,” she mentioned. 

In accordance to Tice, Austin communicated properly, experienced created up a deal, and explained he’d do the do the job, but when she gave him the $7,000 down payment, matters begun slipping apart.

“He experienced his daughter and his daughter was sick and he had to just take her to the clinic, he was sick and had to go to the clinic then the incredibly very last matter he mentioned was that the transmission went out on his truck and that is what he was waiting around for. But by that level we kinda figured it was not gonna come about,” Tice reported. 

Not only are they out all of that cash, but Tice also explained that Austin’s neglect prompted her mother to miss out on out on a exclusive working day.

“My mother was likely to occur up and look at her oldest grandchild graduate high college and she wasn’t capable to arrive,” Tice mentioned. 

Jennifer has recognized the loss and now wants other people to beware.

“He owes so substantially money to so several individuals. We’re by no means gonna get that revenue again. It is much more or fewer seeking to halt him from accomplishing it to other persons,” she claimed.