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Or better yet, heed my advice and JUST DO NOT CALL!!!!
He will take your money and run.... and never complete the work.
And if you already called them.... be very, very cautious. If we had known then what I know now, we would have NEVER signed a contract.
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Cajun Construction, LLC
Owned and Operated by Shane Romero
DOB 1-30-87
3110 Lamas St, Erath la
Cajun Trailers is the SAME PERSON!
Unfortunately, we hired Cajun Construction for a renovations project in an empty house. Their ad was in daily rotation on a local radio station and things looked legit on their Facebook page. It has been a nightmare. "Shane Romero" was professional and pleasant, even meeting with us on a Sunday. He said they would start that week - prep work for the floor and such. It sure sounded good, so we bought it hook, line, and sinker. We signed the contract put down a 30% deposit on February 17. The deposit was supposedly applied to the flooring cost.
He parked a trailer in the yard and nothing happened. He spent one day at the house (doing what I don't know) and never returned.
When questioned, he claimed illness had delayed him. Shane showed up that week with invoices for electrical and carpentry materials stating they were starting tomorrow, doing this that week, and they'd work on the weekend, etc.... and it would all be finished in about 2 weeks, depending on how long it took the grout to dry on the floor. Then he came back with an invoice for the garage door replacement, which that was going to get started in 3 days. Total paid out for materials including the deposit was $6400.
And he vanished. We never saw him again.
Literally all they at the house did was pop off a section of baseboard and did about $100 of electrical work.... and HAVE NOT RETURNED IN SIX WEEKS!!!!! None of the materials we paid for have been delivered. There are no tools or supplies onsite. Our inquiries are ignored. We made many calls, voice mails, texts, emails.... all ignored. We even asked if he would deliver the materials that we paid for and we'd find someone else to do the work - no response. When we do hear from him, it is always the electrician is going 'tomorrow' or the floor will start 'next week' or this weekend.
The most recent communication via email:
Having trouble with the local electrician I hired. If I can't find one by Monday, Tuesday ill have my from Lafayette go back out there. Next week you will see things get done Mr. XXX. Once electrician is done, I'm going to knock out the carpentry work then jump on the floor and other stuff. Once I'm done, I'm going to make you a really good deal at your personal house. Sorry for the inconvience. See you next week with some production!!
No one ever showed up that week. Nothing in the house has been touched. No one has even entered the house in over a month. Here it is.... April 2. Remember we hired him on Feb. 17 and they were starting "the next day." Absolutely nothing has been done.
Shane doesn't return calls, answer texts, or emails. He is impossible to reach. His crews are no shows with no explanation. I resorted to posting numerous FB messages on their wall. Nothing rude, just asking for a status update because it had been weeks and nothing had been started. Almost immediately, my posts were deleted and I was blocked from the company's page. Really - who blocks a paying client from their page for asking for a status update?? When I asked about being blocked, he denied it and blamed FB. Well.... I was smart enough to take SCREEN SHOTS of my posts before they were deleted. It has been nothing but SIX weeks of the run around and we have paid out over $6,000 for "materials" and have nothing to show for it. He has vanished with our money. He ignores our request to deliver the materials. We get no response when we ask for answers. We have already consulted with a lawyer and police/sheriff's department to discuss our options. Tick tock.... I'll update as more details unfold.
After doing some digging, we learned were not his first "victims."
And actually... Shane "Romero" just isn't that at all.... his real name is Shane Michael Leblanc. Mr. Leblanc has an arrest record for guess what? Home improvement fraud.
See?
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Now just why would someone operate a legitimate business under a false name? Perhaps there's a reason.
Who knows...
I also learned that Shane Michael Leblanc has two outstanding warrants for his arrest for home improvement fraud in Lafayette.
If you have had any dealings gone bad with Cajun Construction, LLC share your story here and be sure to REPORT IT TO THE AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!
I have found yet another victim. Same story - $5000 and the work was not completed. That makes 4 of us....
And also, the trailer that was parked in my yard?? STOLEN!!! No kidding. It has been returned to the owner, so at least something good has come of all this.
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Please, contact me. kgdup@aol.com same guy, same story. hired him three weeks ago, 4500 in the hole and He removed 16x 2.5 pieces of t1-11 off my place. It is now covered with plastic . My insulation and 2x 4s are exposed. I,m afraid my house is going to get ruined.
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