Grandview Renovators

We hired Vince at the recommendation of our carpenter who was installing a custom closet. Vince was supposed move one outlet and one light switch in our closet. We were quoted a rate of $65/hour and told it would only take him a few hours. I then received a non itemized bill for $500. When I asked him to break down the bill in parts and labor he clarified $30 parts and 4.7 hours of labor at $100/hour. He wouldn’t provide any explanation why is hourly rate changed nor would he say how/why the project took much longer than quoted. When I pressed the issue he said it actually took him 6.5 hours to move an outlet and switch on a wall that already had power run to it. When I inquired further about the discrepancy in scope of work and asked why it took so long he insisted the scope was agreed upon and the balance was due. He went on to elaborate saying my wife agreed to a $500 quote, which I know she didn’t because we have an electrician in the family who could’ve done the job for free. We only hired Vince to not burden family and because we were misled to think his rates were reasonable. Every time I asked about the change in price he changed his story. In our last exchange he said he gave us a discount from his normal rate of $95/hour but he sent me a written invoice charging us $100/hour. None of it made any sense. It was clear he planned to get $500 out of the job regardless despite not bidding it by the job. Based on our experience we can’t recommend him. His work was good but the overall experience was not.