me get set up for just a sec. you have a financial partnership with richard birgh, the contractor? i do co-own some land with dick, yes. that was something that we ve done for years. uh-huh. it s something we ve done for years. but in regards to that, it was a innocent and unfortunate, non-intentional issue. according to dick and you could, you know, call him and chat with him. yeah, we are. he said that he called me in 2001 and he said that he was at the secretary of state when he was incorporating home improvement help and he needed a third name according to the secretary of state. okay. and he said it was no big deal, he just needed a name. he but you didn t benefit financially at all from this partnership with richard birgh? zero. but you had a financial relationship and were vice president of the corporation that did the work on the house. but i didn t know i was vp.
this man, agent paul stickney, who introduced them to local contractor richard birgh. he said they had superb finish work, they had a unique pricing system, they were just absolutely fabulous. he brought the contractor in to evaluate the house before we purchased the house. we would not have purchased the house had we not thought that the work could be done for the price we d wanted to pay. this was the original bid they gave us. they say the contractor assured them that the total cost of his renovations would be no more than $90,000. it was represented to us that the prices would not go over this amount and it would not go under this amount. so we were fooled for quite a long time into thinking they could do what they said they could do for the price they said they could do it. the decourseys say within six months the contractor fell behind schedule, over budget, and the renovation rendered the house unsafe. we really panicked because we could see they didn t know what the
okay. and he said it was no big deal, he just needed a name. he but you didn t benefit financially at all from this partnership with richard birgh? zero. but you had a financial relationship and were vice president of the corporation that did the work on the house. but i didn t know i was vp. oh, the insanity defense. mark decoursey doesn t buy stickney s explanation. not only was he on paper the vice president of hih, he operated like the vice president of hih. he gave us a list of jobs. he had actually gone out and sold those jobs for hih. paul stickney admits that it looks bad but insists he didn t do anything improper. we took no action. the intention of that statement is what happened. looks bad, wasn t bad. there was no actions taken. so you never profited at all? zero. from nor any intention to profit. wasn t aware of it.
they d like to know if there was any if you profited at all by being vice president of the corporation of the company with richard birgh the contractor. no. i was not a, you know, vp. happy to explain that, but let me get set up for just a sec. you have a financial partnership with richard birgh, the contractor? i do co-own some land with dick, yes. that was something that we ve done for years. uh-huh. but in regards to that, it was a innocent and unfortunate, non-intentional issue. according to dick and you could, you know, call him and chat with him. yeah, we are. he said that he called me in 2001 and he said that he was at the secretary of state when he was incorporating home improvement help and he needed a third name according to the secretary of state.
this time the home wrecker was a fully licensed professional, a long-standing member of the local real estate community. the house the decourseys bought was in desperate need of upgrading, something mark and carol say they were not prepared to do, but were convinced by this man, agent paul stickney, who introduced them to local contractor richard birgh. he said they had superb finish work, they had a unique pricing system, they were just absolutely fabulous. he brought the contractor in to evaluate the house before we purchased the house. we would not have purchased the house had we not thought that the work could be done for the price we d wanted to pay. this was the original bid they gave us. they say the contractor assured them that the total cost of his renovations would be no more than $90,000. it was represented to us that the prices would not go over this amount and it would not go under this amount. so we were fooled for quite a long time into thinking they could do wha