Canda Construction, LLC

Shady contractor with subs that do sub-par shoddy work. I hired Chuck Dwyer to do work on my double shotgun home in New Orleans in October 2017. Since I am not a rich person I started construction on one half of my house and planned to move on to the other half when one side was complete. Chuck's crew shoddily completed one half of the house. I'm talking trim with nails sticking out everywhere, cuts so off no amount of caulk in the world could make it look right, door trim that doesn't even touch the floor, seriously, ever hear of taking an accurate measurement before making a cut? Tile installation that looked like a drunk blind person did the work. Prior to me realizing how terrible his workers are I signed another contract with him and stupid me, I gave him deposit. If I had known at the time the work would be so bad or he would steal over $13,000 from me I would have never signed. Stupid trusting me. In November 2017, we agreed on a final contract that would complete the other side of my house. At signing I paid Chuck a deposit in the sum of $13,290 on that contract. Now it is mid February 2018 and he has yet to fulfill it. The last thing I heard from him three weeks ago (the end of January 2018) was, "I quit, I'm taking my name off the permits and you aren't getting shit back.". He has not returned phone calls, texts or emails. I also have a separate and open electrical contract with him that was only halfway completed. There are live wires hanging everywhere in my house, giant gaping holes in walls where no wires were ever run, damaged switches and outlets and switches that go to nothing. When his electrical crew initially showed up to do the work, these "electricians" came in smashing holes all over my sheetrock, even walls that were not in the contract to be replaced, in short costing me more money. Now I have gaping holes and no electrical work was even done. Oh! This is a great part of the story too! His crew literally left my house unlocked at least 7 times, no amount of asking them to please lock the doors and windows would help. On one such occasion I came home from Alabama over Thanksgiving and my backdoor was literally swinging in the breeze. It gets better...his invoicing? Wow. No logos on some of them, no dates, no format, handwritten numbers with details that are scribbled out then re-written by hand. Oh and this guy literally had the nerve to show up to my house asking for checks without invoices half the time. When I finally told him if he wanted a check he had to show up with an invoice he got very weird and almost seemed offended. When I showed all of his paperwork to my attorney this week he was shocked that I would do business with such a person. Stupid me, I was trusting. Do you want the best part? He was a referral from a friend of a friend. Long story short, do yourself a favor and don't get robbed, walk away from this one.