Shoddy Work Example #2

This post is Shut the Front Door post #2, the second of three posts regarding the door problems thanks to Adam Bowling of Bowling Built Construction. He is a licensed Georgia General Contractor under the name of Adam Christopher Bowling, License #RBQA004113.

So here we are... shoddy work example #2!

One of my goals with our basement finish was to not have cookie-cutter finishes. Included in the quote from Adam were standard, hollow 6-panel raised doors with the faux wood grain.  These are the doors that were ubiquitous in homes built in the 90s, and I hate them!

I did not want those doors, so paid what my husband and I consider to be a substantial amount of money upgrading to a smooth (hollow) 3 panel shaker door. You can see the door below.  Isn't it great?  You may be wondering, "so what's the problem?" Well, the problem is that he ordered the wrong size for the door under the stairs. When he realized this, he took that door away and told us he had ordered another one. Yet, he placed a 6-panel raised door at the stairs, never reimbursed us or proved that he ordered the correct door, even though he "said" he did. He has, of course, walked off the job and now I have a door I loathe that doesn't match the rest of the basement.

Here's the correct door:

And here's the mismatched door:

 

Secretary of State Dissolution Update

It appears on July 17, Adam Bowling decided it might be a good idea to actually pay the Secretary of State his corporate licensing fees, which had been neglected for years. My guess is that he probably knows a lawsuit is in his future and wanted to try to protect himself personally.

Unfortunately for him, he may not be protected because he still lists his registered agent address as the UPS store in Canton: His UPS Store "business" address.  I'll be discussing this with our attorney tomorrow but it appears I may be able to sue him individually because I can't serve a box a lawsuit notice.

Shoddy Work Example #1

This is one of many examples of the shoddy work that was performed by Adam Bowling of Bowling Built Construction, in our basement finish. He is a licensed Georgia General Contractor under the name of Adam Christopher Bowling, License #RBQA004113.

Consider this Shut the Front Door one of three posts about our door problems.

In the picture below, you can see that he used a shim to anchor the door on the unfinished side of the basement.  This is correct.

However, on the other side of the same unfinished room he didn't have shims for that door. His solution? He opened an entire pack of our unused flooring, that's right, flooring, to take one piece and create shims. Now we own a ~$100 pack of flooring we planned to return. No contractor worth anything thinks this kind of work is acceptable.

This is the now opened pack of flooring that is not returnable.

 

 
 

Adam Bowling and Built Construction Review

Do NOT use Adam Bowling of Bowling Built Construction.


He did not finish the job and walked out on the contract, but owes several thousand dollars worth of work that has been paid for. (He still has the money with no intention of returning it.)


He paid subcontractors so late that a lien notice was filed and subcontractors were knocking on the door asking for their money, which had already been paid to Adam Bowling (the general contractor) often weeks to over a month before the subs even began their work.


In addition, he is a human being without integrity, as mentioned above, or a solid work ethic. He often went, quite literally, many days to weeks at a time without any work being done or scheduled, and rarely to never returned calls or texts of homeowners or subs in anything resembling a timely manner.


It's now been over five months for a job that he promised would be done in 4-6 weeks, and we have been assured via a letter without legal basis he will not finish the several thousands of dollars in work that he has already been paid for.


He is also out of compliance with the Secretary of State (SOS) and has a PO Box listed for lawsuit notifications (registered agent), which is against Georgia Corporate Regulations (OCGA). His company is also being dissolved by the SOS because we've notified them of his noncompliance and he hasn't paid his fee in several years.


Notice there are no reviews online, either. How is that possible with his "12 years of experience" as mentioned on his website?  That's a red flag.


Once again, he is Adam Bowling, and his Georgia General Contractors license number is RBQA004113, under the name of "Adam Christopher Bowling".  I provide this information in case he decides to set up business under a different name.


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