AJAR Management
reviews and complaints

About a year and a half ago I gave him $11, 000 to renovate my top floor and complete it and make it a suite including bathroom . What he did for the $11, 000 was got my top floor area and act like he was going to install my bathroom fixtures but instead he ran back-and-forth to Detroit and to Jamaica on excursions and took my money and funded these ventures also stole a $300 showerhead for me and some thought that anything else in my house that he needed after he go to the house which were minor things like door knobs light fixtures that he thought he could personally take . Took my keys because he had my keys and wouldn't return them it took him months to finally say that he would put them in the mail this is before we had a conversation where he said that he wanted to come back and continue the job which actually meant that he wanted another $3000 because I gave him $3000 before I had a family room urgency to find out the following two days after I gave him the $3000 he was in Jamaica at a booth you Bantann contest and then he called me and said he was emotionally stressed he needed to get away . He is a fraud complete fraud and because I knew, I'm a neighborhood that I'm familiar with but obviously the persons that told me that he was even remotely reputable or could handle any kind of job without being ill or tired or emotionally stressed they were fraud as well

In July 2015, Guasia Jones of AJAR Management LLC was hired to complete a renovation of the property located Brooklyn, NY 11207. At this time a deposit was given . Occupants (who were paying the bills in the home) were advised to move out while Guasia Jones used the bottom floor as storage rather than using the deposit to get proper storage bins to remove junk causing the home owner to have to pay for mortgage month to month out of pocket while no one occupied the premises. At the end of August another check In September Gausia asked for more money to complete the top 2 floors. (To this date, has not been completed, it’s still framing and sheetrock) A check was given on 9/5/2015 on 9/26. At this point with the amount of money distributed the top 2 floors should have been completed in its totality. However this was not the case. After weeks upon weeks went by with us seeing that any work has been completed, Guasia had surgery and used this as an excuse not to finish work. This dragged through out Thanksgiving holiday. From September – December he was to have his workers complete work but did not. We saw no progress in the work. The same amount of work that we saw in September we saw coming up to December and now in May 2016. At this point we became furious no longer wanted to dish out more money and we didn’t see the progress of the work. Cash, personal and certified bank checks have been given to Guasia with work not completed. Guasia then came up with an agreement his words verbatim “you don’t have to put money in my hand, pay for the material and let’s finish this job”. In desperation, I agreed on that but that still didn’t help the situation. In December we paid over 10K in material (which is still sitting there) and also paid $4000 cash with a complete deadline of Mid-January for completion. From December the only work that has been done is painting for one floor, and installation of doors and door knobs. No additional work has been done and no one has gone to the property. In January still trying to get through to Guasia and work something out, he has been promising to go to the property and hasn’t. The most recent personal excuse was that his vehicle was towed and he could go over to the residence. I volunteered to pick him up his workers up rent tools anything just to get the work done. We are now in May, Guasia is now asking for more money, supposedly to pay his workers (with the money that we have paid out before it should have covered paying the workers, but I sincerely believe that he used the money for personal use and have no money to complete the job) He also arranged for us to pay for cabinets (as another tactic to stall the job) This makes no sense, he keeps asking us to pay for more material but he has yet utilized the material that is just sitting there. Nothing has been done. He keeps asking for more money to “pay his workers” and even more ridiculous “gas money” To date we have paid approximately60K to Guasia in Check, Cash and new material. Everything that he is asking for extra money for should have been covered under the money that we have already paid. This is FRAUD by deception; Guasia Jones had no intentions on completing our job (from the beginning) and is also extorting my family out of money. He is very aware of our eagerness to finish the project and using that to extort more money out of the situation

A number of people have come to the residence stating that Guasia owes them money as well. Workers have not been paid and just like he isn’t returning my calls he isn’t returning their calls.

This renovation has caused debt at the hands of Ajar Management:
• A home equity line of credit was taken out in which we are accruing at about $100 a month in interest (currently 10 months later $1000)
• Mortgage on a home that is not being occupied $1100 a month (currently 10 months later 11000)
• Con ed has no access to the premises so homeowner is responsible for a budget billing of $300 (3000)
• After dishing out approximately 60K on this project plus all the expenses above, I am NOT paying any extra money to Ajar Management LLC; my contract lists the amount for labor and supplies. Based on the contract I should have had atleast 2 floors fully completed and the last floor pending completion. The amount that is left in the balance will be given at the end of the project. I just want my project finished. If he doesn’t finish after this complaint I will continue to pursue both civil and criminal charges against Guasia Jones/ AJAR Management LLC.
• The owner of the property is a senior citizen and is on fixed income. The stress this agreement has had on the senior citizen as well as the families acting on her behalf has caused strain and stress.