The homeowners say after paying thousands of dollars for expansion, Tom Cline Construction left their driveway in ruins.
TOLEDO, Ohio — Having construction done on your home can be stressful even when it goes right.
But one Toledo couple dealt with a project that went very wrong: a bumpy, uneven, and in some spots completely removed, driveway.
The homeowners of the nightmare construction project say it’s part of a big scam by the contractors who worked on it. They say it all started when the couple wanted to expand their driveway by several feet on each side.
The couple found Tom Cline Construction LLC. through word-of-mouth. They said Cline agreed to the work for only $2,000, but Cline said he needed half the money upfront in cash.
“He took half of our payment up front, which we were already hesitant to do, but we did. We agreed to pay half up front,” the wife said.
The couple asked to have their names withheld and faces hidden to protect their identities.
After work started, that’s when they say things went downhill.
The first attempt at laying new concrete resulted in a bumpy, uneven and unsafe driveway. Cline then allegedly tore up…
