Electrical, Plumbing, Drywall, Bathroom &Room Reno
I hired Sean who claimed to be a "fully licensed and fully insured" contractor to renovate the living/dining Room.
Sean began the job dry-walling the living/dining rooms + wall paper removal. The result, after only 3 months, was cracking along the joint lines. Sean recomended rewiring and he himself did run electrical wiring throughout the rooms but rather than completing the job, he left wiring poking out of the walls where there should have been switches and created a major electrical hazard in my home by hard-wiring upstairs electricity to an extension cord and plugging it into the kitchen. The Electrical Safety Authority used the services of an investigator to locate Sean after he ran away from the job and did charge and later convict him. I have included only some of the photos of the switches, cords and wiring that Sean performed.
Be very careful before hiring any contractor and verify they are licensed on ESA's website. This was a very negative experience and I would recommend anybody dealing with this fellow not to take what he says for face-value but rather verify everything!
Sean was paid for the job before completion and never returned to finish. He claimed his job was complete (please see photos and judge for yourself).
I suffered a HUGE financial loss on account of this individual operating as a full-service general-contractor and he caused very expensive damage to my home.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $18,105.00
- Company Response
Mr. Frattura purchased a 150 year old house with family money which he wished to renovate and flip as inexpensively as possible. He insisted that instead of removing the plaster and lathe, re-framing and dry walling the house, that only plastering would be done. My warning that there would be cracks was ignored. It was his intention to not pay me for the final stages of the work. I never claimed to be fully licensed which is documented by an Ontario College of trades deposition dated October 15th 2015 in which Mr. Frattura stated “Mr. Siev never claimed he was a licensed electrician or he was a licensed plumber.” I was in fact fully insured. I reluctantly agreed to rough in wiring under the condition that Mr. Frattura would hire an electrician to inspect, sign off and complete the electrical work. I did not “run away from the job”. The work was in fact stalled because Mr. Frattura would not arrange for an electrician and would not make payments amounting in the thousands. He in fact stated to me “I need to give you some incentive to come back”. This is why there was unfinished work.
Mr. Frattura went from a nice fellow to a tyrant in an instant. He forbid me from returning and went on a vendetta with the authorities who he lied to and caused me to have to pay two fines.