Klatke Construction Corporation

We completed work for Mark Klatke, Klatke Construction approximately 5 months ago. Mark and his company have failed to pay a final invoice in the approximate amount of $1200 after multiple billing attempts. I texted him and he said he would have a check for us ready at his office . When I showed up he had one of his employees say that he never said that. I showed the employee the text, then Mark said that he thought he was talking to someone else. He said he was not going to pay us even though his Construction Manager sent an email stating that our work was complete and satisfactory. We reached out to his client who says that they paid him in full and all their checks have cleared their bank. The client has also stated that our work is complete and satisfactory. Mark has used excuses that the client didn't pay him, that the client bounced a check, he was waiting for the last check to clear, and as stated above the clients stated that all of their checks have cleared, and that Mark has double and triple billed them for the work that was completed.. Mark also said that we should try to collect from his Construction Manager, which is ludicrous since we completed the work for Klatke Construction and the client is paying Klatke Construction for the work that we completed. Mark suggested that we file a lien and collect from the clients because he was not going to pay us. I told him that we completed the work for his company and that we had to change our schedule to get his job done because they were dry-walling and he said that he "didn't give a *expletive* if that job would have ever been completed." Mark changes his story every time. Avoid doing business with him or for him. His BBB profile has another business that he failed to pay as well from several years ago. Check his reviews at Yelp, Glassdoor, local guides too.