This Toronto area siding contractor is rated 1.3 from 9 reviews with a TrustScore of 0.8. Services offered include siding, gutter and stucco work. Read their reviews, ask about license and insurance information, and request a quote.
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Chris Watt aka Chris Turbide owner @modernexteriorgroup in Toronto (however I believe he has recently changed his company name)
Last year I was looking up modern exteriors which led me to an Instagram page Modern Exterior Group. I was captivated by the homes exterior facade and thought I'd message regarding pricing. After chatting back and forth and sending our homes drawings, we decided to meet with Chris. He gave us a couple of addresses to look at projects he's managed (they both looked beautiful) and ultimately had a contract done up agreeing on deposits, payment structure, pricing and a time schedule. This contract was dated and signed May 20th of last year. Since then theres been way too many lies, schemes, and fraudulent activity to list here and I'm embarrassed to write how much money lost. In a nut shell...we've learned he hires mediocre contractors, most of whom don't get paid and at this point, almost a full year later, our house has been left unfinished and the work that has been done is far from satisfactory. Our most recent dilemma is that we can't have the insulation blown in to the attic with out soffits being done ultimately putting us at a stand still. He sent in contractors to start the soffits in Jan, they did a take off twice and still ran out of material that I had already paid for months ago. He promised me the material was coming April 15th or sooner. April 22nd I was messaging him asking about the material stating our living situation isn't ideal with a child in a wheelchair, we're paying unnecessary rent and storage bills and couldnt stress enough how badly we need to get into our new house. I took it upon myself to call Rona where the wood soffit had been ordered and they said they wouldn't deliver it because there was an outstanding balance which ultimately I paid because its apparent that this guy is nothing but a fraud and a heartless human being. I've threatened lawyers, emailing Sean O'shea @GlobalNews and I've also promised I would make it my mission to drag his name through the mud so no one else has to go through the dealings with him that we have. I have endless text messages of lies from him, a half finished exterior and the workmanship is terrible, we're out a lot of money and worst of all, we are still at a stand still trying to move our son who has Cerebral Palsy into our wheelchair accessible house. Please do not hire this guy!!
I am a sub contractor by Chris. He did not pay us for the job we did at customer ‘s home and came us lots of excuses. Please do not hire him. He will take money from home owner and hire sub contractor and dose not pay the guys. He is lier do not trust him at all.
I would NOT recommend Chris Turbides from Modern Exteriors to anyone. I believe he also goes by Chris Watt. I further believe Chris is running other companies such as Exterior Makeovers GTA and Xterior Makeovers
We are building a new home and we hired Chris Turbides from Modern Exteriors to do all the exterior work (stucco, long board, brick, roof, fascia etc). Chris was responsive to our initial request to meet and came fully prepared with samples, dimensions and full quote. We were impressed by his readiness, knowledge and design suggestions. We hired him and gave a deposit.
Unfortunately this was the only time Chris Turbides was responsive and easily accessible.
Roofing was the first service to be performed.
On the day roofing was to start no one showed up and Chris Turbides was unreachable.
Chris was habitually untruthful to me. He promised us samples, which he never gave us, he would commit to meetings and would miss the appointment, he committed to a start date for the roof but no one showed up and never gave us an explanation and stopped taking our calls.
Due to Chris’s unresponsiveness, missed appointments and failure to start job on time,
we communicated to Chris our desire to cancel our contract with him and requested the return of our deposit. Chris agreed to terminate the contract and promised to return our deposit. It has been over 1 month and Chris is not reachable and has not returned my deposit.
I strongly suggest you google his name and companies before making your own decisions to hire him, even if he was referred to you by a trusted source, which was our case.
We were also scammed by this man, and are looking to pursue legal action. He took a significant deposit from us and never started, he has since been avoiding all forms of communication. He indicated he would return the deposit but never showed.
Please contact me if you are in a similar situation and are looking to pursue legal action.
Email: Scampb68@gmail.com
Hired Chris in September to clad (Stucco, brick, maibec siding and aluminum fascia/eaves) the entire home. I gave him a 10k deposit as per his request. It took him a month to get started with Brick and in the end he subcontracted the job to another company who subcontracted it out to a few brick layers from Barrie which he never told me. They did a horrible job on 30% of the brick and never showed up until a week later when they came to take down their scaffold. Apparently they came twice and the material they requested was not delivered as promised by Chris. They also said he owed them $1500 out of the $3500 they were promised, as a result they got fed up and moved on to another job. I later on found out Chris has no crew he subs everything out to guys from Kijiji. I had to rip down the brick that was done and pay double the price to complete the brick because nobody wanted to take on this mess without a premium. Mind you I paid for all the material seperate to the 10k I gave Chris. It was now November and time for stucco to get done, after several promises Chris' stucco guys never showed up, I had to pay another company to do the stucco. Meanwhile Chris still had my deposit and also cost me the material that was wasted for Brick. At this point I asked Chris to refund me the deposit, he told me it would even out after his guy finishes the wood siding and aluminium. Now December Chris was avoiding text messages and screening my calls, I only got a hold of him calling from different numbers. Once again unfulfilled promises for a start date. I finally threatened legal action and order some of the maibec siding however his contractor never showed up. It is now January and nothing has been done, I will be pursuing this matter in small claims court and filing a claim for 25k plus legal fees.
Don't ever use chris watt aka chris turbides... he is a scammer... If anyone else has lost money please feel free to post your email and we can pursue a class action lawsuit.
DO NOT HIRE THIS CONTRACTOR UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. Chris quoted that the job would be complete in 1 month and it took 5 months. I paid Chris in full (his request) with the following work outstanding: a section of siding uninstalled, an eaves trough uninstalled, flashing not complete and site waste not disposed of (skids etc.). For 5 months Chris has been saying he will finish the job however he has not and will not. I will now have to pay another company to finish the job and will be taking him to Small Claims Court. It seems that all who hire Chris have the same experience. DO NOT HIRE THIS CONTRACTOR.
Chris Watt is completely unreliable and his crews do poor work. I gave him several chances to recover and over 3 months the job is still not done and what is done is not good. The mistake I made was paying before the job was complete. After chasing him for 3 weeks, many missed appointments I need to move on. He seems like a nice guy but don't trust a word he says.
Exterior Makeover's has a TrustScore™ of 0.8. The average TrustScore™ for other businesses providing similar services in Toronto and the surrounding areas is 2.9. For detailed information on how TrustScore is calculated, click here to learn more.
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Customer Reviews | Last 12 Months | All Time |
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Total Received | 0 | 10 |
Approved | 0 | 9 |
Unverified | 0 | 1 |
Suspicious | 0 | 0 |
Overall Rating | 1.3/5 |
Complaints Received | Last 12 Months | Last 3 Years |
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Suppliers & Creditors | 0 | 0 |
Employees & Sub-Contractors | 0 | 0 |
Transparency | |
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Posted License Information | Not yet provided |
Posted Liability Insurance | Not yet provided |
Posted Workers Compensation | Not yet provided |
Company Website | No |
Social Media Profiles | Not yet provided |
Endorsed by Peers | Not yet endorsed |
In Business Since | 2008 |
Member of TrustedPros Since | 2014 |
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Our design & build service includes exterior decor, design and installation service. One of our professional consultants prepare different options of products and colour selection. If you are planning a larger project we offer complete architectural drawings as per specifications of permits.
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Exterior Makeover's has received complaints from their suppliers and/or creditors
Complaint: Chris is a total con man, we completed the installation of a metal roof and Chris paid by cheque that you guessed it, it bounced. Never got paid!
Complaint: I am a sub contractor by Chris. He did not pay us for the job we did at customer s home and gave us lots of excuses. Please do not hire him. He will take money from home owner and hire sub contractor and does not pay the guys. He is lier do not trust him at all.
Complaint: Big scammer Chris I did one job he never paid me and he also blocked me from his number so please don t hire or work for this ?? scammer
This Toronto area siding contractor is rated 1.3 from 9 reviews with a TrustScore of 0.8. Services offered include siding, gutter and stucco work. Read their reviews, ask about license and insurance information, and request a quote.
Main contact(s) | Chris Watt |
Listed with TrustedPros since: | 2014 |
Residential work | Yes |
Commercial work | No |
Warranty | No |
Accepts credit cards | No |
Year established | 2008 |
Offers financing | No |
24 Hour emergency service | No |
Legal structure | Sole Proprietor |
Licensing information | Contact Exterior Makeover's to request licensing info. |
Insurance information | Contact Exterior Makeover's to request insurance details. |
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