I found Provenance on Angie's List and was encouraged by the 'A' rating. I was a little concerned because the project that I wanted completed was out of the price range where Provenance normally performed. But, I took a chance .. wanting to support a small business. I canvassed about 7 or 8 vendors, 4 from Angie's list. Provenance was the second highest, but within reason. The project was initially an $80k deal, but my financing fell through at the last minute and so we reduced the scope and signed a contract somewhere around early to mid Sept/2011. Gordon guestimated 8 weeks to two months to complete the project. I told him that time was EXTREMELY important because I was leaving the country in early November for an extended stay. In fact, I stated that if he were not certain that he could complete it, that I had other work on the house that I was moving from ... that I would prefer for him to do first and upon it's completion, he could begin the work on the house to which I was moving. He assured me that he would have it done by the 1st of November. I paid him according to his schedule, once more than scheduled and once again, earlier than scheduled per his verbal request. The last week of October, he stated he could have the work completed by November 8th and asked me for $12K +/- I gave him what he requested minus $500 and he stated that he would 'throw every man-hour available' at the project and even have his team work on weekends to finish on time. I also, reduced the scope by taking out $4,000 worth of sheetrock work and elected to have that done on my own. Gordon, basically stopped working after receiving the $12,000. I left the country at the beginning of November and returned in January. Almost nothing had been completed. I claimed he breached the contract and he claimed I breached by taking away the sheetrock work. We amended the contract on January 9th, giving him two weeks to complete the project in exchange for $2,300 which I paid immediately, $1,400 worth of materials for which I would be responsible and upon successful completion of the 'Time is of the Essence' contract ... an additional $3,500. I paid WELL OVER $1,400 in materials and he failed to complete the project by the 23rd. Built into the contract were a few days to get a Certificate of Occupancy from the city of ATL, based solely upon their potential scheduling constraints. Gordon sporadically worked up until the end of that time frame, the 27th of January and still had not completed NEARLY as much as was agreed upon in the contract. The work that he did complete was woefully subpar in many areas, adequate in others and rarely good. I had to fire him, after giving him A WHOLE LOT OF OPPORTUNITY to make things right. However, on the final day (27Jan2012) when he had to be complete and he called to get an inspection ... it appeared to me that he was trying to deceive the inspector by not informing him that he had torn down a balcony which was reached via a loft bedroom door that opened up onto a shingled roof without any barrier. He had not replaced it and I wholeheartedly believe he was attempting to obtain the Certificate of Occupancy without re-installing the balcony altogether. I had to fire him and I sincerely did not want a negative relationship. But, Provenance and Gordon Goodman specifically provided one of the WORST experiences I have ever endured. <br /> <br /> I DO NOT TRUST HIM <br /> <br /> I am in the process of mitigating my damages and have had to spend already, approximately $15k additional dollars to undo, redo and complete the items that he either performed poorly or failed to perform. I have sent him a demand letter and am about to begin litigation. He has yet to respond.