Rockin A Construction & Remodeling

We hired Travis Aymond, owner of Rockin A Construction, to put up a fence, a new yard (sod) and build a 35x45 metal shop. Travis hired a subcontractor, Zackary Holt, to put up our shop and we knew from day one we didnt trust him. We tried telling Travis we did not trust him and we were right to feel this way. After paying for labor and materials Zackary Holt took off with our money and materials and has not returned. We cant get Travis Aymond to return phone calls or come by and see us as requested many times by us. Travis is avoiding us and has no intention of finishing our project. I would highly recommend anyone looking for a contractor, please do not use Travis Aymond!! Im giving his name because he could easily claim bankruptcy under Rockin A Construction and start up another company. I would not use Zackary Holt due to the fact he is a liar and a thief. I hope this helps someone out there not get taken by these 2 crooks.

Very pleased with the work they did for us.

I was wrong...I just went back to file my BBB claim and they are not listed with the BBB. Who knew this was also a lie

To begin I have had to get a lawyer involved in order to get the $120,000.00 I paid Travis Aymond and Rockin-A-Construction and remodeling. I have also filed a claim with the BBB and now I am working with the Texas Board of Licensing to have his license revoked. If you want an unlicensed thief working for you, disregard this review and hire him. Hey, maybe it works out? Maybe he steals your money to finish my job and I win. Give it a shot!

O/A 25 February 2022, I contracted Travis Aymond and Rockin-A-Construction to build a fence on my new 1.22 acre peppery, build a deck and then build a media room for my upstairs. As of 4 June 2022, the work has only been partially started and nothing completed. In April, they came out to start the fence, Travis and his company did not order the correct quantities of materials and never completed the job. Moreover, Rockin-A-Construction left my material in the yard which the rain began to destroy. I eventually had to clear my yard myself, and I got bit by a spider doing so. Thank god the spider wasnt poison.

I digress. After going back and forth with Mr, Aymond, there was always some reason why there was a delay. Finally, I asked to see the invoices for the purchases. I still have not seen them and he has stopped answering my calls or returning my text messages.

Finally, after months of building frustration, I called Rockin-A-Construction (the number of the invoice) and it was disconnected. I called Travis and he proceeds to tell me that he will send me the receipts because he keeps them. I have still not seen the receipts. I am including our entire text log for your review and as soon as I figure out how to attach the invoice, I will.

THIS HAS BEEN A NIGHTAMRE AS HE HAS RUINED MY NEW HOME PURCAHSE.

I remember my initial conversation where I said, I guess I dont have to worry about paying you in full because you arent going to steal my money.......wel that was a lie

Please see below for the text message chain. Ill come back after the lawsuit and let you know how it goes.

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Sergio Contreras <[email protected]>

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to me

Is it pretty dry back there to park in back to unload ?

Depends on how heavy

We can take a look…i have no issue as long as you can make it out

Ok we can look at it

8 minutes

Travis…we gotta start this week. The wife was asking why we haven’t started in the media room yet…I had nothing…she getting pissed. Thanks for everything though…it’s getting rough on this end

We will definitely get started this week

I appreciate it

Your welcome

Travis…I’m getting excited…is today the day?

Thursday the day sir. I’ll be out Thursday morning and delivery will be Thursday as well. I received a confirmation email about 5 minutes ago

Got it

I’ll get excited on Thursday all over

See you Thursday

Day 1 excitement !!!

Yes sir, I should be out there by 10:00 materials should be there by noon he said

Awesome

My guy Obed should be getting there He’s waiting on delivery driver and will be moving outside if you want to tell him where you want it at

Sod*

Awesome

I’ll see you guys when you get here

Hey Travis…my in laws are coming down in April 15th…is there anyway we can have the media room finished by then? Thanks

He’s working on fabricating them. He said about two weeks.

We can try our best to be done with it by then

That should work

Wanna impress dad

Hey Travis…since we are going to widen the drive way, Doris wants to remove the part of the deck that extends past the front of the house. Is that going to be an issue?

No problem I’ll let them know

Thanks

Your welcome

My lead guy has a doctor appointment tomorrow so he’s going to try to come out afterwards

Yup

Hey Travis…are they not coming today either. I wanna let the wife know what to expect

Yes they should be on the way or there

I’ll let her know to get dressed

Thanks

Your welcome

Hey Travis..the deck is coming along well. Any word on the start of the fence and the inside? I’m going to get the dog door this weekend and I’m trying to line everything up

Thanks

Still waiting for fence materials to come there.

Hopefully he has everything ready for install this week on the inside

Awesome

Not so much for the fence but still…I understand

Yeah. I’m calling every day just trying to get it here

I appreciate it and you

Travis…are we going to have enough material to build a small set at the highest point if the deck…the dogs are old and can’t make that jump anymore and the wife can’t step down…let me know if this is possible. Thanks

Should be. If you can show Ivan that would be great

Sure thing

Thanks

Your welcome sir

I’m at work all day can you give him my number or send me his so we can talk

I can call him

Thanks

Is gonna be at the center where the gate allows access to the rest of the yard which is at the highest point if the deck

Ok great

Morning Travis, the deck is coming along great. The only thing i sr so far is that there is no access to the dog run through the back of the fence. Can the guys cut a small joker and perhaps install two end poles so the dogs can go off the back of the deck? Per pans a step because it’s a bit high? Thanks

I’ll have him look. He will be done around noon he said

Cool, thanks

There are some weak spots and floor boards that aren’t nailed down but the wife is there and will do the final inspection…good luck

And there is no gate to restrict access to the backyard so that needs to happen also

He still has to screw some down he said.

Where is the gate going

In the front where the opening is

That is what forces the do’s to that run

Ok I’ll let Ivan know

Thanks

Your welcome

Morning

…any word?

I’ll call the custom cabinet guy when they open at 9:00

Nothing on the fence yet it’s the sane supplier as the deck

This is getting fun

How’s the patio

Not bad at all

I love it and Doris does also

Just need the last touches

And the bottom left blocked off so the dogs don’t crawl under and scare us

Yes sir they are working on the gates

This has been fun

I feel bad sometimes because I know you didn’t want this delay

This supplier is killing me. Sadly I had a few other delays on other jobs this month

Sorry about that

Travis…morning…give me some good news bro.

He should have the media room stuff ready by Thursday he said.

Fence material is still on delay they are waiting on post

Well, that’s progress

Any word on the posts

Are we looking at end of the month or longer?

I’m trying to find that out

Thanks

Hello sir I haven’t received gates or media room items yet

Do we have ETS’s

Travis…what’s the word?

Tomorrow, I plan to contact an attorney to look into a possible breach of contract and damages. Let’s hope this doesn’t have to go this way but should it….ahhh well

Hello sir in a meeting at the moment

No worries

Thanks for the note

Travis, I need you to give me call so we can figure out what’s going on. The problem tends to arise when we haven’t heard anything from you in a week and we are still waiting on construction. I understand delays but not the feeling of being ghosted or that I have to bother you for updates. Again, we should talk soon so we can come to some sort of mutual understanding.

My fence supplier is supposed the be giving me updated info via email so I can share with y’all.

Gates for deck railing had to be ordered because I didn’t know we was doing gates on the railing.

Just very busy. Again I sent over photos of the deck to my supplier and they had to send them to corporate then corporate has to send them to manufacture.

I only deal with a sales rep so they have to go above them to get information.

Thanks man

Just shoot me a note on like Friday even if nothing changes

I do appreciate you

Will do sir

Sorry for the inconvenience

No worries man…Doris and I both know it’s not you…I gets frustrating when I got dog pissing in the house…it came out wrong on my end so I apologize for that

Good morning, nothing new yet I have not heard from them. I just got back in from out of town. This weekend let me try to get some good news I hope

I appreciate the note

Good luck

Have a great week though

Your welcome, you too sir

Gates for patio will be in this week.

Fence materials they can ship almost everything they are just back ordered in the gate post and insets and the bigger gate.

The cabinet guy that’s making the cabinets still isn’t done I may have to find someone else for that

Awesome news

Fir the cabinet guy…didn’t you pay him already?

Yeah sure charge me shipping on the fence material twice since they’re not delivering everything at once trying to work that out with them and they’re trying to get me an ETA on delivery

And we can lot up the fence without the gate posts, correct

?

Yes cabinet guy is paid mostly

How much longer does he need

We just won’t be able to put up the gates put we can put something there temporary

I’ll find out on cabinets

Ahhhh

I means we have waiting on the cabinets up to this point… do you think it makes sense to let him finish?

Yes.

Whatever you think best but I think it makes sense ti let him finish too

Travis…can you give me a rough estimate on how much it would cost to have sprinklers in the entire back yard?

Yes sir. Let me map it up to figure it up

Thanks…I need water before I start planting trees

I know we spoke about a concrete pad for a shed but I’m also looking to extend the drive way…estimates in those would be cool too

And a paragola on the deck at some point

Morning…..Any word on the arrival date for materials?

I have not. Let me reach them

Awesome…thanks Travis

Travis…what’s the word? I just got bit by a spider moving the wood the deck guys left…Trying to see when this concludes

Cabinets are done and almost done with doors I’ll send over a picture.

They never did email me a ship date or tracking number like they said I’ll call once they open

Thanks man…I appreciate the note…enjoy the weekend if I don’t all to you. Are we gonna do it all at the same time or will we do the cabinets first?

Whatever is in first but if I do the cabinets right now then it won’t be fully completed because of the doors they made them wrong so hopefully soon this is driving me crazy

Wow

Let me know..how long do you think the doors will take?

I’ll let you know.

I’m not not sure on that hate to tell you how long because it’s never been on time

I understand

Have a good weekend Travis

Welcome back…hope you enjoyed the holiday

Can we see if we got a delivery date?

Working on that sir

Appreciate it

I hoping for 4th of July

I keep wondering why this is taking so long and then I thought about how much wood this is going to take. What does the shipment look like on a truck?

I think it’s a lot

It’s two loads at least I believe

There’s no wood it’s already made into sections

Oh

I was thinking it was like trucks full of wood

Did they ever revise the shipping date?

Travis. The wife is getting upset. Where are we with getting our money refunded and staring this over?

Almost finished for the day. I do not have a ship date they said 3 trucks of shipment it would be.

What about the deck and the inside

Travis…we never got the fence invoice to show the purchase of material from the supplier. Can you send that today?

Good morning. I tried calling you yesterday and this morning but it keeps going to voicemail. My wife is under the impression that your Compnay has no intention of completing this work…based on the lack of a definitive timeline and contact. This is making her concerned. With that, how do we go about terminating the contract and getting a reading for the +$87K of performance that has not been delivered? At this point, it seems best if we just start this project over.

Thanks

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Very helpful and friendly.

Professional, timely and excellent work installing my hard wood floor to include stain applied