Hired Anthony Catanzareti (DBA ExactFit) of Scriba, NY for a major, five month house renovation in November, 2017 paying 30% up front. Contractor showed up the first few weeks, did the demo, including removing the roof and siding, asked for second 30% draw after 1 month (which we paid), claiming the need to buy materials, contractor then went dormant for two months, while the house was exposed to weather and getting soaked. We begged Anthony to get the roof done for 2 1/2 months in order to stop water penetration and subsequent damage, he claimed a shortage of money to buy materials, even though we had already paid well ahead and he could not account for already committed funds. In desperation, we paid him a third, partial draw to hire a sub do the roof, Anthony never hired a sub, and instead disappeared for two weeks while he took his family to Disney World. When he returned, he worked apathetically (2-3 hour days) for 6 weeks on the roof that was never completed (should be a 1 week job). We also paid him additional money for windows in February of 2018 for the house ($12,000), which he lied about having ordered, has never delivered, and refuses to refund with no reason given. The window losses were in addition to the $100,000 we paid him for home renovation on a $134,000 contract, where Anthony did at most $20,000 in labor/materials, leaving us with a loss of approximately $80,000. This is not accounting additional damages from not drying in the site, which exceed $20,000. In Summary: Anthony took the money for windows ($12k), never delivered them, no refund. Anthony was paid $100K dollars for a home renovation, of which he did at most $20,000 in work, ruined our house (uninhabitable), refuses to account for missing funds and hasn't refunded any money to date (12/2018), Criminal Charges (grand Theft larceny) are pending against this Contractor... DO NOT HIRE!
