A Manitoba builder has come under fire after three clients say the company didn’t complete their home and cottage projects as planned — and in two cases, the construction projects were riddled with mould and other deficiencies, the clients allege.
Two of those clients have now filed lawsuits against the contractor and the other had stop work orders placed on the property.
Marco and Michelle Costantini hired Steve Collins Contracting Ltd. in December 2021 to build their dream cottage in Hillside Beach, on the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg.
They’re now suing the company for what they claim was shoddy work on a cabin they aren’t even sure they can safely use, and which they fear they will have to tear down.
“The deficiencies are very clear,” said Marco Costantini. “My floor is sagging. It looks like a banana.”
They hired the contractor after hearing a positive reference from another customer.