Consumer Protection PLUS

There is continuously people at this apartment outside doing drugs, lighting items on fire in parking lot causing fire department to show up, and other disorderly conduct. Not sure who to report this to but I've had a lady from this building bang on my door (I live in building next door) along with multiple other of my neighbors at 6 in the morning demanding to use my phone and calling me foul names when I said no. They're have been several people in my next door unit who have complained about the behavior.

Complaint against Mr. Randall Martel Timeline of Events

September 7, 2022 – Mr. Nick Ekonomou executed a contract with licensed general contractor Randy Martel of Randall L. Martel General Contractor, LLC and his contractor Jaco Briones Pinto Sampaio (AKA Jaco Briones) of Sky Home Solutions, LLC.

September 12, 2022 – A $25,000 down payment Flagship bank cashier’s check was issued to Sky Home Solutions and it was subsequently deposited into the bank account of Sky Home Solutions.

February 2023 – 5 months after the contract was signed. After doing approximately $4,000 of work, the job was abandoned. The wooden trusses that I purchased for the project, at the request of the contractor, were left uncovered on site and have sustained water and mold damage. My pleas to both Mr.
Martel and Mr. Briones via emails and voicemails for them to resume work have been ignored.

It has recently come to my attention that Jaco Briones Pinto Sampaio (AKA Jaco
Briones) of Sky Home Solutions, LLC. obtained more than $55,000 in accounts receivable financing by using my contract for this project as collateral/basis to obtain said cash advance, although he had abandoned this project, and he knew there are no receivables for anybody to collect from this project. See attached accounts receivable financing collections letter from Park Avenue
Recovery.
Jaco Briones Pinto Sampaio (AKA Jaco
Briones) of Sky Home Solutions, LLC contact
info is:
Phone: (941) 413-8223
Email: skyhomessolution1984@gmail.com

March 10, 2023 – Mr. Nick Ekonomou sent a demand letter to Florida State Chapter 558, in a final attempt to resolve the construction contract disputes between us, before proceeding to litigation.

March 16, 2023 – We have received an email feedback from Mr. Jaco Briones saying that he is willing to return the money and leave it up to Nick to find someone else to finish the job.

April 10, 2023 – Mr. Ekonomou wrote a final demand letter for Randy L. Martel General Contractor

June 7, 2023 – Mr. Ekonomou filed a PCCLB Complaint Against Randy L. Martel General Contractor

June 21, 2023 – We have received a confirmation email from Eric Warfield, Investigator that the complaint against Randall L. Martel, (CGC56682), d/b/a Randy Martel General Contractor, LLC, has been received at our TAMPA Regional Office for further investigation.

October 18, 2023 – We have sent a follow up email with this subject “Follow up case status - State of Florida DBPR Case 2023032659 - Randall Martel”

October 18, 2023 – We have received a reply from Mr. Warfield stating that the case is currently under review with the DBPR Office of General Counsel and as result, information related to that case is PRIVATE and not available to the public at this time.

I made a payment online & it said it didn’t go through so I repaid it. The amount came out of my checking account twice. Pinellas County Utilities stated they never received first payment & would not issue a refund. Filed a claim with Wells Fargo that they denied stating the utility company did receive the money. I am now out $273 that I had to pay again in order to keep my water on.