It all starts with one plan, eagerly wanted, carefully crafted, and finally, proudly owned. That’s how Imperial Builders started as the GTA’s leading home builder. With over 15 years in the construction business, we are devoted to using our understanding of the design and build process to create a homes and business that welcome you.
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We signed the contract with this company on Nov. 29th 2016 to build two car garages along with two carports at partial our residence in Brampton, ON.
Until the end of April, nothing was accomplished other than a big mess, lame excuses, lies, apologies, some excavation and partial foundation done halfheartedly.
On May 1st, 2017, I had emailed Ken asking him to "Return the last payment, cancel the contract, return the money back.and just forget and forgive" as this project was beyond his capabilities. He is a real sweet talker, big liar and a con artist. No professionalism or work ethics.
I had a licensed architect come over to give me a professional estimate of work done by you. I was advised it's approx. $5,000 ($2,500 for excavation and $2,500 for blocks) whereas I had given him around $12K. He owes me the last payment of $5,000 for which nothing was delivered less money for the following damages done to the property since he started working at our property:
1- Disconnected all our exterior light poles on the driveway. Lived in dark in winter months for good 6 months. Security issues.
2- One of your contractor truck damaged and knocked down our exterior light post in the first week of construction. Broke it into pieces.
3- His crew damaged the foundation with their Bobcat, made 3 or 4 cracks in the foundation wall. Ken is fully aware of all this. Due to which, there were water damages and flooding in the basement; thus ruining drywalls, baseboards, carpet, furniture, fireplace, paint etc.
4- Physical labor of non stop vacuuming the basement to suck and pump the excessive water out for days due to heavy rainfall during past few months.
5- Total exhaustion due to intense physical labor & Mental Trauma
6- Rental of sum pump to empty the dug up excavated area.
Please watch out for such con artist, thugs, liars like Ken.
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Imperial Builders
stay away from "Imperial Builders”.
I had terrible experience with this fake company, Imperial Builders, run by Ken/Kenton Scully. I came to know the company name provided was closed 8 years ago. I have never seen or contacted the main contact Mike Smith, I am questioning if this person even exists. The number on the website is Kenton's cell phone number, which I stayed in contact with him.
I signed a contract with Kenton on September 30, 2016 for my basement renovation, he asked for deposit of $3,000, I offered to give a cheque, he refused and demanded I pay by e-mail transfer which I did, I asked for a receipt but he didn't provide one. For receiving his money by e-mail transfer he is getting his money cash and isn't paying taxes, but he added taxes on the contract.
No one was coming to work on the days promised, he said his men are busy with another project and that he is going to find someone else to come to do the drywall work, two workers came and started the drywall work. We later found out they were working under another sub contractor. but they did not get the money promised and stopped working before finishing the job .
After that, my contractor Kenton started not to respond to our text messages/calls and blocked our phone numbers, the subcontractor hired by kenton , sent us messages threatenig he is going to put a lien on our home after two days if we do not pay for the drywall work his men did.
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Stay away from this guy named Ken. He is a fraud. He is not a contractor, has no office where he says he does and the people he hires to work do not get paid, also there is no Mike Smith. He drives a car with Quebec license plates and gives a phony id, he blacks out the expiry date. We also got threaten text from one of his subs named JC concrete, his name is Johnny which I think is part of his whole fraud operation.
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I had terrible experience with this fake company, Imperial Builders, run by Ken/Kenton Scully. I came to know the company name provided was closed 8 years ago. I have never seen or contacted the main contact Mike Smith, I am questioning if this person even exists. The number on the website is Kenton's cell phone number, which I stayed in contact with him at.
I signed a contract with Kenton on September 30, 2016 for my basement renovation, he asked for deposit of $3,000, I offered to give a cheque, he refused and demanded I pay by e-mail transfer which I did, I asked for a receipt but he didn't provide one. For receiving his money by e-mail transfer he is getting his money cash and isn't paying taxes, but he added taxes on the contract.
No one was coming to work on the days promised, he said his men are busy with another project and that he is going to find someone else to come to do the drywall work, two workers came and started the drywall work. We later found out they were working under another sub contractor. but they did not get the money promised and stopped working before finishing the job .
After that, my contractor Kenton started not to respond to our text messages/calls and blocked our phone numbers, the subcontractor hired by kenton , sent us messages threatenig he is going to put a lien on our home after two days if we do not pay for the drywall work his men did.
Imperial Builders has a TrustScore™ of 0.0. The average TrustScore™ for other businesses providing similar services in Toronto and the surrounding areas is 3. For detailed information on how TrustScore is calculated, click here to learn more.
The following elements are used to calculate TrustScore:
| Customer Reviews | Last 12 Months | All Time |
|---|---|---|
| Total Received | 0 | 6 |
| Approved | 0 | 4 |
| Unverified | 0 | 2 |
| Suspicious | 0 | 0 |
| Overall Rating | 1/5 |
| Complaints Received | Last 12 Months | Last 3 Years |
|---|---|---|
| Suppliers & Creditors | 0 | 0 |
| Employees & Sub-Contractors | 0 | 0 |
| Questionable Affiliation/Association | |
|---|---|
| Busines Name(s) | kaslissholdings / Brampton |
| Transparency | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 2010 |
| Member of TrustedPros Since | 2016 |
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Basement Lowering, Bathroom Renovations, Cabinetry and Millwork, Carpentry, Commercial Renovations, Concrete Work, Countertops, Demolition Work, Design Build, Drywalling, Excavation Services, Foundations, Framing, Garage Construction, Home Additions, Home Construction, Home Restoration, Kitchen Renovations, Painting, Plastering, Structural Engineering, Swimming Pools, Tiling, Waterproofing
Imperial Builders has received complaints from their suppliers and/or creditors
Complaint: Prior to Friday February 16th 2017, an agreement between myself and Kenton Skully was made for the sub-contract to excavate and remove soil and debris from a Mississauga project.
The work had been schedule to start on the 14th of June 2017 but Kenton Skully had notified for various reasons that his Excavation team would be starting late.
On February 16th 2017, work began at the property where the Excavation team began to complain about the expanded scope of work due to unclear instruction. Where the contract had outlined excavation in the front and back of the house, the team was only notified of a small amount of excavation to be done in the back and had no instructions about work in the front of the house.
Before 2pm, the owner of the Exaction Company had drop by the site to see the progress of the work and receive payment. At that point in time, a phone conversation with Kenton Skully, revealed that he was in Scarborough and would not be able to make it to the site in time to pay his workers.
Immediately the excavation team began to make threats to myself, stating that they will back fill all the work that had been done the day and possibly the house may be damaged in the process.
The threats put pressure on my to pay the workers as Kenton Skully had informed the owner of the Excavation company that I would pay him. At this point in time I when Kenton Skully called me and notified me that he wanted me to go to the bank and withdraw $1800 to pay his workers.
Since I had paid up front a deposit of 50% ($3400) I notified Kenton Skully that I would not be paying his workers on his behalf and It is not reasonable to ask me to make payments with less than 24 hours notice.
After a few hours of conversation, it was discussed between the excavators that Kenton Skully would deliver payment to the workers the night of Friday February 16th.
On the night of February 16th Kenton Skully came to my home to ask for more money in order to pay his workers and at that point in time I reiterated that there would be no further payment until his workers are paid and we evaluate the progress of the work to determine the required progress payment if any.
The morning of February 17th, the Excavators contacted me around 730am threatening to back fill the site as promises to pay him the prior night was broken.
At that point in time I went over to the site and attempted to calm the Excavator and discourage them from backfilling and damaging the property.
During this time, Kenton Skully did not answer any calls and over the next few days would periodically pick up to say, don t worry about it and I ll deal with this tomorrow
Since then, I have discovered that neither the Excavation team or the Bin and Removal workers had been paid.
I have incurred all cost of the full excavation paying monies demanded by the Excavation team and the Garbage Bin Company.
Since then, I have turned on my phone call recorder and have successfully recorded various phone calls with Kenton Skully, The Excavation team, and the Garbage Bin collected which corroborates the events in this statement as well as continually broken commitments by Kenton Skully.
Although the company is listed as Active, it is believed that Kenton no longer resides at the residence the business is registered to.
All attempts so far to recover any monies from Kenton Skully has been meet with long drawn out explanations about failure to make further progress payments to him based on a nonexistent verbal agreement.
Complaint: Prior to Friday February 16th 2017, an agreement between myself and Kenton Skully was made for the sub-contract to excavate and remove soil and debris from a Mississauga project.
The work had been schedule to start on the 14th of June 2017 but Kenton Skully had notified for various reasons that his Excavation team would be starting late.
On February 16th 2017, work began at the property where the Excavation team began to complain about the expanded scope of work due to unclear instruction. Where the contract had outlined excavation in the front and back of the house, the team was only notified of a small amount of excavation to be done in the back and had no instructions about work in the front of the house.
Before 2pm, the owner of the Exaction Company had drop by the site to see the progress of the work and receive payment. At that point in time, a phone conversation with Kenton Skully, revealed that he was in Scarborough and would not be able to make it to the site in time to pay his workers.
Immediately the excavation team began to make threats to myself, stating that they will back fill all the work that had been done the day and possibly the house may be damaged in the process.
The threats put pressure on my to pay the workers as Kenton Skully had informed the owner of the Excavation company that I would pay him. At this point in time I when Kenton Skully called me and notified me that he wanted me to go to the bank and withdraw $1800 to pay his workers.
Since I had paid up front a deposit of 50% ($3400) I notified Kenton Skully that I would not be paying his workers on his behalf and It is not reasonable to ask me to make payments with less than 24 hours notice.
After a few hours of conversation, it was discussed between the excavators that Kenton Skully would deliver payment to the workers the night of Friday February 16th.
On the night of February 16th Kenton Skully came to my home to ask for more money in order to pay his workers and at that point in time I reiterated that there would be no further payment until his workers are paid and we evaluate the progress of the work to determine the required progress payment if any.
The morning of February 17th, the Excavators contacted me around 730am threatening to back fill the site as promises to pay him the prior night was broken.
At that point in time I went over to the site and attempted to calm the Excavator and discourage them from backfilling and damaging the property.
During this time, Kenton Skully did not answer any calls and over the next few days would periodically pick up to say, don t worry about it and I ll deal with this tomorrow
Since then, I have discovered that neither the Excavation team or the Bin and Removal workers had been paid.
I have incurred all cost of the full excavation paying monies demanded by the Excavation team and the Garbage Bin Company.
Since then, I have turned on my phone call recorder and have successfully recorded various phone calls with Kenton Skully, The Excavation team, and the Garbage Bin collected which corroborates the events in this statement as well as continually broken commitments by Kenton Skully.
Although the company is listed as Active, it is believed that Kenton no longer resides at the residence the business is registered to.
All attempts so far to recover any monies from Kenton Skully has been meet with long drawn out explanations about failure to make further progress payments to him based on a nonexistent verbal agreement.
Complaint: On 2016-08-22, Imperial Builders purchased a TrustedPros Premium membership. In conjunction with the foregoing, Imperial Builders agreed to pay a set membership fee. Imperial Builders has failed to pay such membership fee and has not, to date, rectified such failure.
It all starts with one plan, eagerly wanted, carefully crafted, and finally, proudly owned. That’s how Imperial Builders started as the GTA’s leading home builder. With over 15 years in the construction business, we are devoted to using our understanding of the design and build process to create a homes and business that welcome you.
| Main contact(s) | Mike Smith , Kenton Scully |
| Affiliations or other locations: | kaslissholdings / Brampton |
| Listed with TrustedPros since: | 2016 |
| Residential work | Yes |
| Commercial work | Yes |
| Warranty | Warranty details not yet provided |
| Accepts credit cards | Yes |
| Year established | 2010 |
| Offers financing | Yes |
| 24 Hour emergency service | No |
| Legal structure | Incorporated |
| Licensing information | Contact Imperial Builders to request licensing info. |
| Insurance information | Contact Imperial Builders to request insurance details. |
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