Atlanta Services

Marrietta couple ripped off with roof scam

frankthomas1965 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:15:29 +0000

A couple in Marietta Georgia trusted an Atlanta roofing company to put a new roof on their home. But the contractor took their money and was never heard from again.
Charley & Mary Wheeler live on a fixed income and struggled to scrape up some money for the new roof.
Notice what happened next…
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Your roof is about to cave in!

frankthomas1965 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:14:26 +0000

Excuse me … but your roof is about to cave in!
Can you think of an opening line that is going to scare senior citizens more than that? Scam artisits love to use fear and scare tactics to get the elderly into opening their checkbook to write a check to cover repairs.
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Con Artist Roofing Scam With a Twist

frankthomas1965 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:14:33 +0000

Is it possible to hire an honest roofing contractor in Atlanta and still get scammed?
Believe it or not… the answer is yes and your Atlanta roofing company can still be innocent. Allow me to explain.
So you have done your due diligence and have hired an Atlanta roofing contractor using the suggestions we have outlined in [...] http://bit.ly/bw5TPi

Roofer takes a down payment and doesn’t do any work

frankthomas1965 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:10:37 +0000

A local contractor could face criminal charges for allegedly taking money from a customer and failing to do any work.
On February 10, 2009, victim William Heston signed a contract for $13,970 to have his roof redone. He wrote a check for the down payment to the contractor, which was cashed the following day, Heston told [...] http://bit.ly/cmKKCy

Fire Station 13 in Need of Repair

frankthomas1965 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:14:31 +0000

Atlanta firefighters are being submitted to conditions you would expect would be in prisons somewhere in a third world country, including rats, water leaks and no heat. Put yourself in their situation for a moment. Imagine being on a 24 hour duty having to rest in between fires under these situations.
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From dream home to hellhole

frankthomas1965 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:14:03 +0000

Alexis Preston and her mother were very excited when they finally found a home in Atlanta’s West End neighborhood big enough for their extended family of 13. They agreed to a lease-to-own deal to rent the neatly painted 12-bedroom house for $2,100 a month from the property’s owner through foreclosure, from the bank.
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Police arrest area roofer, money repaid

frankthomas1965 — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:34:02 +0000

Homeowners in this New England commumity alerted the Better Business Bureau and police when a local roofing contactor took deposits totaling about $20,000 to replace roofs, but never actually did the work. The article posted in the Telegraph and Gazette goes on tp sayabout the roofing contractor:
“He was down and out with the flu or [...] http://bit.ly/92xnDS

Roofer alleging lack of safety equipment sues employer for $500,000

frankthomas1965 — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:34:39 +0000

GALVESTON Texas – A roofing laborer from Galveston Texas claims he was injured while working on a home because he was not provided with any safety equipment. Because of this he is suing his employer for a half of a million dollars. The laborer reports he had no experience in doing siding work and yet [...] http://bit.ly/7JEzUh

From the Ground Up (Santa Barbara Independent)

frankthomas1965 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:49:41 +0000

“Some Santa Barbara fire survivors are choosing to rebuild their homes greener and safer.”
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These poor folks have more than their fare share of fires this past year. This article discusses some of their plans for the fire and water damage restoration they will need to receive.

Related posts:Apartment fire leaves 11 homeless (Kerrville Daily [...]

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Brief thaw brings fresh misery after hundreds of water mains burst (Belfast Telegraph)

frankthomas1965 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:49:43 +0000

“Hundreds of households have been affected by burst pipes as the big thaw spreads across Northern Ireland…”
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Like a deep freeze isn’t bad enough now these poor families have to deal with the melting ice and water damage that resulted from the frozen pipes that broke. Here in Atlanta we are still in the [...]

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