Chapter 6 - Contractor Fixers
Chapter 6 - Contractor Fixers
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Meet Contractor John.
Fixer Kent referred to Contractor John as 'his GC'.
Documents indicate Fixer Kent was to Supervise the work of Contractor John and approve finished work for payment for Seller Micah.
Documents indicate Seller Micah put trust into Fixer Kent to handle Property Management, Project Management and Work Supervision for him in his absence because of their relationship from Church.
Functionally, Fixer Kent was acting as a General Contractor overseeing the work of Contractor John. Fixer Kent was not involved in the price negotiations for the work, but in all other aspects Fixer Kent was functionally acting as a General Contractor.
From Documents obtained via various document demands, it's clear Fixer Kent put Seller Micah in contact with Contractor John directly to talk about individual tasks and pricing.
Emails obtained show Seller Micah and Contractor John hammered out work proposals, scope of work modifications, and invoicing via email.
It's unclear at this time if Seller Micah was paying for the work in real time or if someone else was paying for his work on Credit. That is a huge concern and needs to be determined as it may contribute further to additional conspiracy concerns involving the Brokerage.
One invoice indicates Fixer Kent actually specified work to be done by Contractor John without Seller Micah's prior consent. It was minor work, but it establishes a level of involvement by Fixer Kent that is way beyond kosher by any stretch of the imagination.
Painter David was also involved in the Fixer's Work.
We were only provided one quote from Painter David, and it seems suspicious. It was an MS Word document, not a pdf, and thus it was subject to manipulation prior to being provided to us. The document suggests the Painter David was working directly for Seller Micah.
However, a document written by Contractor John indicates he was getting a quote for the garage paint job, presumably from Painter David, who in fact did the work.
Ultimately, obtaining the original quotes and invoices from Painter David is relevant , because he may have made comments on those about covering up water and urine stains.
As illogical as that sounds, this 20 year painter used "INTERIOR PAINT" to paint the "EXTERIOR OF THE HOME", so take nothing for granted.
From August 2020 until November 2020, General Contractor John Chatters and Painting Contractor David Woodbury worked on the home. They did approximately $40,000 worth of work that help conceal $100,000 to $150,000 in defects.
The total fraud is quoted at $150,000 to $250,000. The difference is because some defects were not concealed by the work of these two contractors. Defects like grade related flooding, prior flooding in the crawl, and a sewer mainline beyond it's life were simply omitted as part of the disclosure process.
When creating the Complaints against these Two Contractors for the California Contractor State Licensing Board (CSLB), we identified a total of 14 Negligent/Fraudulent Acts.
7 for each Contractor.
In some cases both of the Contractors contributed to work to conceal specific defect, in others only one of them was involved.
The image to the right shows those identified Acts.
This 14 count list does NOT include claims for "Conspiracy to Commit Fraud" which would apply to the many but not all of the Acts.
When it comes to concealed defects it might be good to break them into TWO CATEGORIES.
Those which affect health and safety as well as property valuations
Those which just affect properly valuation
Concealment and Obfuscation is always inappropriate, and never part of repair work or negotiations in "Good Faith", but one must weigh fraud which revolves around health and safety issues to higher degree.
As you will see, the majority of this concealment work does revolve around health and safety issues and that's what makes it exceptionally concerning.
This webpage was NOT designed to convey all the details related to the Frauds committed by these individuals. It was intended to introduce them and their frauds. We've provided a few photos below, followed by a link to a website and some screen shots of that website for those who want more details.
Rotten Floor Joists and Exterior Wall Beyond Useful Life
Rotten Floor Joists and Exterior Wall Beyond Useful Life
This is an example of concealment where the General Contractor and Painter worked in a complimentary manner to conceal structural defects, prior water damage, mold and fungus. All of those are health and safety hazards.
Contractor John Removed a rotten deck from the home and concealed the old cantilevered joist ends that were no longer structurally sound.
5 Joists ends were providing no support at all to the flooring or wall structures above AND at the time he concealed them, he would not have known how far into the home the damage went.
Painter David did some major putty and caulk work and then painted over it to conceal a wall beyond it's useful life.
The image below shows this wall STILL leaked like a sieve after his concealment work.
Just imagine what it was like before he tried to make it look good...
Painter David also painted over the interior garage wall just below the rotten joist ends and deteriorated siding to hide the prior water damage and conceal mold potential.
This is major Health and Safety concealment work. It is jail worthy work.
It was done by a General Contractor who's been in business for over 40 years
and a Painter who's been in business for 20 years.
2nd Floor Attic
2nd Floor Attic
Contractor John closed up a 2' x 8' access to an attic which he know held 900sf of destroyed insulation that was filled with raccoon feces and urine. A health and safety hazard.
Painter David painted over the urine marks in the ceiling that would have been flags to tell any buyer walking through that there were problems.
This is major Health and Safety concealment work. It is jail worthy work.
It was done by a General Contractor who's been in business for over 40 years
and a Painter who's been in business for 20 years.
Mold
Mold
Per Quotes and Invoices, Contractor John charged a ridiculous amount of money for work in a small utility room and the Bathroom next to it.
Something didn't make sense.
We decided we needed to pull it apart after we found new professionally installed drywall had been used to conceal mold under the kitchen sink, with absolutely no shame.
Below is what we found...
Apparently, the ceiling in this room and/or the bathroom next to it that was about the same size had collapsed due to water leaks from the 2nd floor.
The fallen debris, which would have been wet when falling, had been left sitting for a year or more before Contractor John started on the "fix up project".
Mold behind a piece of trim is what led us to the cat urine...
This is major Health and Safety concealment work. It is jail worthy work.
It was done by a General Contractor who's been in business for over 40 years
and a Painter who's been in business for 20 years.
For more photos and details related to the Contractors, Please see:
https://contractor-complaints-2023.bryancanary.com/
The website was created for the purposes of presenting Complaint Information to the CSLB.
The images below are screenshots of that website for a preview of the home page.
This is major Health and Safety concealment work. It is jail worthy work.
It was done by a General Contractor who's been in business for over 40 years
and a Painter who's been in business for 20 years.
How Bad was it? Can you put this in a different context?
How Bad was it? Can you put this in a different context?
The flow chart below details frauds from a larger perspective that is inclusive of the inspectors, the Seller and the Fixer. This flowchart is part of a presentation series that is on another website. The URL with this flowchart series is not being posted here at this time. It may be posted here later.
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