Hired him at the end of October to add a concrete, stamped and colored patio as well as replace 2 fences and add a gate to existing fence. He bugged me about giving him the job, constantly texted me and even drove back to the house and sat in front of it after he texted me a quote. He agreed to a lower price than his quote, kept telling me to name a price so I did and he acceptd it, said he'd start right away (which he did) but a week after concrete was done (no color added, not graded properly on walkway) they came back one time to dig post holes and leave some wood posts for the job but he has not been back to do any of the fencework at all. He will not respond to me or my GC at all. We have texted and called him, no replies from him at all and I have paid him over 2/3 of the payment total.
He kept telling me how happy I will be that I will want to hire him again for other projects I'll be so happy.... I looked him up AFTER I got his REAL name (Finau Palu) once i wrote the first check out to him (Jake Sakopo) is what he goes by now. Apparently, he used to go by Artistic concrete as his business name and I saw another complaint on this site very similar to mine saying he basically took most of the money and ran off with it, never to be heard from again. It is now Nov 21st, last I heard from him was on Nov 7 when he took the 2nd check from me saying he needed an extra $500 added to it to pick up fence materials.
I just want to warn people about him. Do not use Jake Sakopo (aka: Finau Palu) for any of your landscaping needs. He talks nice, promises a lot, takes your money, does half the job and runs off with the rest of your money. I now have to look for someone honest to do my fences and hope I don't get another dishonest person. I guess I should have stuck with licensed contractors.
AAA Concrete and Landscaping Reviews
Hired him at the end of October to add a concrete, stamped and colored patio as well as replace 2 fences and add a gate to existing fence. He bugged me about giving him the job, constantly texted me and even drove back to the house and sat in front of it after he texted me a quote. He agreed to a lower price than his quote, kept telling me to name a price so I did and he acceptd it, said he'd start right away (which he did) but a week after concrete was done (no color added, not graded properly on walkway) they came back one time to dig post holes and leave some wood posts for the job but he has not been back to do any of the fencework at all. He will not respond to me or my GC at all. We have texted and called him, no replies from him at all and I have paid him over 2/3 of the payment total.
He kept telling me how happy I will be that I will want to hire him again for other projects I'll be so happy.... I looked him up AFTER I got his REAL name (Finau Palu) once i wrote the first check out to him (Jake Sakopo) is what he goes by now. Apparently, he used to go by Artistic concrete as his business name and I saw another complaint on this site very similar to mine saying he basically took most of the money and ran off with it, never to be heard from again. It is now Nov 21st, last I heard from him was on Nov 7 when he took the 2nd check from me saying he needed an extra $500 added to it to pick up fence materials.
I just want to warn people about him. Do not use Jake Sakopo (aka: Finau Palu) for any of your landscaping needs. He talks nice, promises a lot, takes your money, does half the job and runs off with the rest of your money. I now have to look for someone honest to do my fences and hope I don't get another dishonest person. I guess I should have stuck with licensed contractors.