Late Update

I thought I had updated this blog, but I haven't. Please accept my apologies--I know that thousands of people have been waiting with baited breath for news on this fiasco.

I finally carried out my threat to contact the Attorney General's office. —wait! I just noticed that it's been more than a year since I've posted here. I better do some other catching up, first.

We eventually got the correct windows for the remodeled garage. The floor was finished--I laid out the pex tubing, the guys came and fastened it in place, and the cement contractor poured the floor. We got the insulators to come—I tracked them down myself, and Mario eventually paid them in 2009, after several repeat invoices. Some nice guys did the sheet rock. Val and I laid the entire floor with porcelain tiles, including fixing up the walk-in handicapped-accessible shower and bathroom, and did the painting. The room is finished, and the grandparents have moved in.
After the garage, Superior Building Service or Services (the latter is on Mario's business card) he has done nothing. The tar paper on the exposed walls is falling off, and the place is looking even more run down. Go to http://mushroomstomotorcycles.com, my personal blog, and scroll down a ways to read about an adventure with hornets.

I finally called the Attorney General's office. It took several calls to get any response. At that time I was still corresponding with Mario (I think he had stopped replying; I forget, but I have all his correspondence) and kidded saying that the AG was a slow as he was. Anyway, an investigator eventually came out, having read all my correspondence (annotated) that I had mailed to them, and looked at the photos I had on Picasa, and he interviewed us and looked around carefully.

I called again a couple weeks later (I guess you have to be a squeaky wheel) and learned that there were three complaints against him, one involving a fire, apparently, and one a complaint to the police, so the AG office has decided to file a criminal indictment the first or second week in April. He said they would prevent him filing for bankruptcy to protect his assets. Construction fraud. Aggravated, apparently, by elder abuse because I'm older than 62.

I'll try to remember to post an update the first or second week of April. Feel free to send questions and comments to the comment link. I'll read everything, and reply.