We hired Dale Urban of Expert to repair termite/water damage to my fathers home. The contract explicitly stated 3 walls would be repaired in addition to other things. However, not long after work began on the 3rd wall, Dale informed me we needed to pay him $10k in overages. I asked him to come to the house and bring an itemized list of the overages and the original contract. He refused to provide an itemized list and had changed 3 walls to 2 walls on his version of the contract. Fearing he would not complete the job, my 76yo father paid him the $10k. I filed a BBB complaint and contacted the AGs office. I learned that changing a contract and asking for more money is fraud under Indiana law. Only after I threatened to press charges did Dale offer to do more work. He refused to return any of the money. The new work was written down and had strict deadlines. He failed to meet all deadlines. After his contractor (Dale doesn't have a single employee and scours the city looking for people who will agree to do jobs for him) finished the extra work, the contractor asked for $4200 which dad also paid. The contractor insisted Dale would not pay him as he did "extra" work in order to do the job correctly. Dale has refused to return the $4200 as well. Dale did not pull a single permit for the job as prescribed by law. We will be suing Dale Urban and Expert. DO NOT HIRE THIS MAN!!!!!!!!
10/13/2022
Thanks for the response Dale. I am now posting photos of the 2 contracts for everyone to see. As all can see, the first contract included the south (third) wall in the original price. It is this contract that Dale altered. Maybe Dale will be bold enough to to post a copy of his altered contract for everyone to see but somehow I doubt he will. After reading the first contract, it is easy to see that the second contract was an additional $10,000 for the exact same work included in the first contract. Dale altered his version of the contract by changing the number 3 to 2, then had my 76yo father sign another contract for the exact same work but for more money. Under Indiana law this is fraud. But the fraud doesn't stop there with Dale Urban. Looking at the contract I've posted everyone will notice that it says Angie's List in the top right hand corner with a thumbs up. I've contacted Angi and discovered Dale Urban and his company are NOT Angi approved and have been using the Angi logo fraudulently. The legal team at Angi has been in contact with me and has informed me they will be pursuing this matter. Dale, if you want to be fully transparent with you customers, post your fraudulently altered copy of the contract for the world to see and share with us the legal documents you are soon to receive from Angi for fraudulently claiming you are Angi certified. You are a liar, a cheat, a manipulator and you extorted $10,000 from a 76yo man who will die before he pays off the loan he had to get to hire you. And please inform everyone that Bill is not your foreman. You do not have a single employee but instead call everyone in Indy to see if they will come do a job for you. A homeowner can save thousands of dollars by calling these people themselves and not paying you a high price to bring these people in while you sit inside your truck and do nothing. DO NOT HIRE THIS MAN!!!!!!