Business ProfileforBrilliant Circle

I hired this company on 10/18/2023 to remove some trees from my backyard. It was a significant amount of trees and I was expecting a hefty price tag but when the gentleman came and provided a quote I was pleasantly surprised to find it was well below my expectations. He even lowered the price further when i told him we had already agreed to give the job to someone else. It was the proverbial "offer to good to be true" however. He struck me as someone young and eager to work and I was more than willing to pay a generous gratuity more commensurate with the going rate for the job had it been done as described. I had budgeted much more than what he was asking and I really wanted to help this guy. I paid half the money ($900) that day and the next morning he showed up with two other guys. He left but the two men stayed and cut down the trees. However, when they finished they asked for the rest of the money. I hesitated because the job had not been completed. They said they were only hired to cut down the trees and he was supposed to come and do the cleanup. I told them I would give it to them once he arrived but he never showed. I ended up giving them $450 (half of the remainder) and he promised to come the next day. The next day he called and said he had complications and would come the following day. This continued for over a week. I finally got fed up and hired someone else to clean everything up. I paid them almost $2000 just to cleanup and only got them to go that low as I agreed to help them myself. I'm severely disappointed in the business practices of this individual. He basically pocketed $900 from me and did absolutely nothing. I plan on looking into legal options and I hope anyone reading this learns from my experience and doesn't hire this person. He is UNRELIABLE & UNTRUSTWORTHY!!!