that s how it happened. they were told up front long before this happened, because it was their choice. if you want me to help you, i need to have a company license. they said, yes. that s how it happened. they knew that you were not licensed? definitely. i d say he s a flippin liar. we would have never agreed to use an unlicensed person or an unregistered person. why would somebody do that? we had just come to this state. we didn t know any of the rules. we relied on paul stickney to keep us wholly and straight. despite his claims, this state document shows that birgh founded his company in 2001, three full years before the job. birgh insists the work he did for the decourseys was good, quality construction and he had nothing to do with the electrified bathtub. when we asked contractor birgh about stickney s official
the decourseys haven t used the bathroom since. the final insult according to the decourseys was the bill that the contractor delivered. the work from this contractor was to be $90,000 plus change. when he was finished he gave us a bill for $211,000. not only that, but much of the work was done without permits. it was much of the work was done by unlicensed people who were doing the electricity and the plumbing, and much of the work will have to be demolished and redone. like many homeowners who discover problems in the middle of a remodel, they say they were trapped. the problem with a contractor like this is you can t stop in the middle and say, okay, that s enough, i m going to bring in somebody else. there is no somebody else. no other contractor wants to come in on a botched job and repair it.
wife, carol, spend sleepless nights worrying about their future. it has been an absolute nightmare. the person that we blame for it is the real estate agent who swore to us repeatedly that this contracting company was the best that he s seen. that agent is this man, paul stickney, who they blame for what has become a three-year nightmare. i wanted to talk to you about a story we re doing about the decourseys. yes. and about the fact that you were financially involved with the contractor that they hired. the decourseys say their problems began in october 2004. like millions of americans who relocate each year, they placed their trust in a real estate agent, who helped them find this house in redmond, washington. 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
and there was a dedicated circuit, a 20-amp circuit, right to the main circuit panel. they couldn t understand why anybody would electrify a bathtub. and who was the vp at the company that did the original electrical work? dick birgh s son, stefan. the decourseys haven t used the bathroom since. the final insult according to the decourseys was the bill that the contractor delivered. the work from this contractor was to be $90,000 plus change. when he was finished he gave us a bill for $211,000. not only that, but much of the work was done without permits. it was much of the work was done by unlicensed people who were doing the electricity and the plumbing, and much of the work will have to be demolished and redone. like many homeowners who discover problems in the middle of a remodel, they say they were trapped. the problem with a contractor
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