Business ProfileforPrime Builders

On July 28, 2023, we met with Connell ‘Neal Foster/Prime Builders, and discussed having a garage built. On July 29, 2023, Neal sent an email, which he said serves as his contract, per his attorney, outlining work to be done and costs involved. We agreed to enter into the contract with him, and he told us he would have the garage built and completed by October, 2023. On July 29, 2023, we gave a down payment of $13,841.67 to Connell Neal Foster/Prime Builders to build a 20ft x 30ft metal garage. On July 31, 2023, Neal called and said he needed to order the metal siding and roofing immediately or there would be a six week backlog and he would not be able to complete the garage by October, as projected. My husband and I were hesitant about this, but after discussion with Neal, we agreed to pay him an additional $15,000 for the metal siding and roofing. Since that time, Neal has consistently put us off, with a myriad of excuses, between texts and phone calls up to June 5, 2024. June 5, 2024, I sent a text to Neal and told him we were tired of being put off and have hired another contractor to build garage. I also told him we would like him to deliver to our home, materials we paid for. He responded the next day with “what?” I called and left him a voice mail to say the metal roofing and siding that we paid $15,000 for on July 31, 2023. As of today, no response. To date, the only work he has done is he roughly cleared a square patch of dirt, and placed a rod on 4 corners, with small orange ribbons tied to them. My husband and I have done further research and found a couple of other complaints, and a posting in the Coeur d’Alene press in October, 2023, that Neal Foster/Prime Builders is being sued. Plaintiff is being represented by John Finney, Esq, of Finney, Finney, Finney and Finney,of Sandpoint, Idaho. I called the attorney twice in the last week to see if he would file suit on our behalf and have not received a call back.