Joel downs Texas horse stalls is guilty of theft by check all you have to do is go down to your police department and fill out a form and send it to the DA a warrant will be issued for his arrest it's not a civil matter if he didn't do anything, it's criminal.
I gave Joel Downs of Texas Horse Stalls $10,500 as a Down-Payment for a metal building behind my house in Plano and never saw him again. We have gotten nothing but broken promises and lies from Joel for 6 Months. I fired him and hired another company that built the building in 4 Weeks. Now we can't get any money back just more lies and excuses (it's never his fault, he is always the victim). Now we are having to hire a Lawyer. This nightmare has been going on for more than a half a year. He gives the rest of us Contractors a bad name. Do not trust this guy! He should be in jail.
We were screwed out of 50k from Joel...going on over a year. I finally did a google search to see what I could find out about him and found this review site. Gosh, I wish I had done my homework first! Lesson learned. Stay away from Joel Downs, he is clearly a crook.
He will lie to you every step of the way, you will beg and plead to get him to come out...I paid him to build a barn and a year later the barn was not built. Don't be a fool to his stories and lies. He will tell you it is the same person filing complaints against him. Well it is not. Even when I begged Joel to start on my barn or finish my barn he made promises and told more lies, it was always something with him. He is a true con and rip off artist, do not be fooled! If you don't believe me...post a reply here and I am happy to provide you with pictures, text messages, voicemails.
PLEASE for your own sanity and to ensure you don't lose money...do NOT pay this man a dime! He has one person working with him, his son in law Dillon. He does not have a crew and he does not do any of the work himself. He just collects the checks from the next unsuspecting person and moves on...he is operating a Ponzi scheme with his victims money. The Consumer protection agency should get involved, I am sure this man has not paid taxes in years and continues to pocket 10's of thousands of dollars.
We are going thru the same thing with Joel Downs and his wife Cathy. Our nightmare started June 5, 2017. We have hired a lawyer and it has also been turned over to the sheriff. It is a criminal offense!! For someone who is supposedly a retired policeman he is a crook and needs to be behind bars. He takes honest people’s hard earned money and leaves them with nothing.
He doesn't even deserve 1 star. Our 30x60 shop was suppose to be done in September of 2016. Here we are on 45/4/17 and its still not done. We paid him about $15,000 up front and just got a lot of lies and promises to be done next week. It's always next week. He's stuck on a job, wife was horse kicked in the head, stepped wrong out of his camper and twisted his foot, truck broke down, too windy, too wet, ordered the wrong size of metal, wrong color color came in, and now he was in the path of the tornado and lost everything. Don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth and don't give him any money! Our permit is expired. I finally got out of him who has our metal and he gave me the name. I called and their system was down but I expect another lie. He use to be a Dallas Cop and I'm so glad he isn't anymore bc he gives our boys (and girls) in blue and really bad name.
I gave Joel Downs with Texas Horse Stalls over $19,000 or half down to build me a metal building back in April 2016. Joel told me it would take about six weeks to complete my building. It has been almost a year now and I have no building as of Feb 9, 2017. Joel has told me many, many times he was coming to build my building, but he never shows up. It is always one excuse after another.
I would not recommend Texas Horse Stalls to anyone. They will take your money and never do what they say.
A year and a half later and the barn is still not done. Joel told me it should take 6 weeks. I made the mistake of paying Joel in advance. Each step of the way I had to push and push to get him to do anything done and then he would do a little and then make me call him over and over for a month or two to get him to do anything more. He claimed the concrete guy kept putting my slate off, but When I talked to the concrete guy he said he had lined up th pour several time but Joel didn't bring the check. Joel promised to add a shed off one side of the barn for all the trouble. But once again it was just another broken promise. At one point he had me pickup a door and some beams for them that he has yet to pay me for the $860 it cost. I had to line up the insulation and overhead door installations because after months of not getting it done because the installers were unavailable, I found guys to do it for less than what he said his guys charged. He paid both of them with bouncing checks. I ended up having to front the door guy the money until Joel finally paid them. I have been after Joel to finish the front gutters and pay me back the $860 for the last seven months. He always says next weekend. I have been kind and understanding during this whole process and all the excuses. I guess I will have to go to small claims court to get this resolved. If there is any rebuttal that says any of this is untrue, contact me and I will provide the pictures and text messages and video of me giving him the cash to prove it. I have given Joel every opportunity to resolve this and have gotten nowhere.
i did not want to have to say negative about anyone but Joel has left me no choice.
In summary if Joel says he will try, then it won't. If he says he will do something then you have a 25% chance he will. Sadly I would not recommend using Joel or Texas horse Barns to anyone and would offer a strong warning to any who are cosidering using them.
Joel told me it should take 6 weeks. A year and a half later and the barn is still not done. I made he mistake of paying Joel in advance. Each step of the way I had to push and push to get him to do anything done and then he would do a little and then make me call him over and over for a month or two to get him to do anything more. He claimed the concrete guy kept putting my slabe off, but When I talked to the concrete guy he said he had lined up the pour several time but Joel didn't bring the check and that he would only do work for Joel cash in advance. Joel promised to add a shed off one side of the barn for all the trouble. But once again it was just another broken promise.
At one point he had me pickup a door and some beams for them that and he has yet to pay me the $860 it cost.
I had to line up the insulation and overhead door installations because after months of not getting it done because the installers were unavailable, I found guys to do it for less than what he said his guys charged. He paid both of them with bouncing checks. I ended up having to front the door guy the money until Joel finally paid them.
I have been after Joel to finish the front gutters and pay me back the $860 for the last seven months. He always says next weekend. I have been kind and understanding during this whole process and all the excuses. I guess I will have to go to small claims court to get this resolved.
If there is any rebuttal that says any of this is untrue, contact me and I will provide the contracts, pictures, text messages and the video I made of my giving him the money and what he said he would do for it to prove all the claims made here. I have given Joel every opportunity to resolve this and have gotten nowhere.
i did not want to have to say negative about anyone but Joel has left me no choice.
In summary if Joel says he will try, then it won't happen and if he says he will do something then you have a 10% chance he will. Sadly I would not recommend using Joel or Texas horse Barns to anyone and would offer a strong warning to any who are cosidering using them.
I contratced Texas Horse Stalls / Joel and Cathy Downs on September 11, 2015 to build us a 36x36 horse barn. I have paid 23k at this point and over 10 months later we only have a slab with 8 perimeter posts. He promised to have it built in 4 to 6 weeks, but there were delays with the weather. I have been given nothing but excuses and I have told him I want my money back, which he has told me that it will take 30 days to get my money back. I have given Joel countless opportunities to make it right and still get nothing but excuses. There are several other reports of the exact same situation, so it is not just me that is having the issue. I have kept all of the conversations that we have had through texts and it makes me sick to go back through and read them. I have filed a complaint with the BBB and Angies List as well and next week my attorney will be sending him a letter of intent for a lawsuit. Joel Downs has turned what is supposed to be a good/fun experience into a complete nightmare.
Joel and texas horse stalls owe me $4,800.00 for insulating one of his clients buildings. He continues to say he doesnt have the money. I spoke to his customer that said thay paid him two months ago for the work we did. His customer told me that he is contact with his lawyer over incomplete work and not paying his sub contractors.
I paid him half up front for construction of 12 sheds. He kept the money and he never did the work. A year later I had to go to court to get judgement against him and he still hasn't paid. Beware he is a crook.
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Joel downs Texas horse stalls is guilty of theft by check all you have to do is go down to your police department and fill out a form and send it to the DA a warrant will be issued for his arrest it's not a civil matter if he didn't do anything, it's criminal.
I gave Joel Downs of Texas Horse Stalls $10,500 as a Down-Payment for a metal building behind my house in Plano and never saw him again. We have gotten nothing but broken promises and lies from Joel for 6 Months. I fired him and hired another company that built the building in 4 Weeks. Now we can't get any money back just more lies and excuses (it's never his fault, he is always the victim). Now we are having to hire a Lawyer. This nightmare has been going on for more than a half a year. He gives the rest of us Contractors a bad name. Do not trust this guy! He should be in jail.
Reviews are true!
We were screwed out of 50k from Joel...going on over a year. I finally did a google search to see what I could find out about him and found this review site. Gosh, I wish I had done my homework first! Lesson learned. Stay away from Joel Downs, he is clearly a crook.
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Yep I too fell for the lies of Joel Barns
He will lie to you every step of the way, you will beg and plead to get him to come out...I paid him to build a barn and a year later the barn was not built. Don't be a fool to his stories and lies. He will tell you it is the same person filing complaints against him. Well it is not. Even when I begged Joel to start on my barn or finish my barn he made promises and told more lies, it was always something with him. He is a true con and rip off artist, do not be fooled! If you don't believe me...post a reply here and I am happy to provide you with pictures, text messages, voicemails.
PLEASE for your own sanity and to ensure you don't lose money...do NOT pay this man a dime! He has one person working with him, his son in law Dillon. He does not have a crew and he does not do any of the work himself. He just collects the checks from the next unsuspecting person and moves on...he is operating a Ponzi scheme with his victims money. The Consumer protection agency should get involved, I am sure this man has not paid taxes in years and continues to pocket 10's of thousands of dollars.
Joel Downs is a criminal
We are going thru the same thing with Joel Downs and his wife Cathy. Our nightmare started June 5, 2017. We have hired a lawyer and it has also been turned over to the sheriff. It is a criminal offense!! For someone who is supposedly a retired policeman he is a crook and needs to be behind bars. He takes honest people’s hard earned money and leaves them with nothing.
Do Not Trusy Joel Downs!!
He doesn't even deserve 1 star. Our 30x60 shop was suppose to be done in September of 2016. Here we are on 45/4/17 and its still not done. We paid him about $15,000 up front and just got a lot of lies and promises to be done next week. It's always next week. He's stuck on a job, wife was horse kicked in the head, stepped wrong out of his camper and twisted his foot, truck broke down, too windy, too wet, ordered the wrong size of metal, wrong color color came in, and now he was in the path of the tornado and lost everything. Don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth and don't give him any money! Our permit is expired. I finally got out of him who has our metal and he gave me the name. I called and their system was down but I expect another lie. He use to be a Dallas Cop and I'm so glad he isn't anymore bc he gives our boys (and girls) in blue and really bad name.
Joel downs
Joel Downs is guilty of theft by check you need to go fill out a criminal complaint against him or use a criminal lawyer to make sure it sticks
Beware of Texas Horse Stalls
I gave Joel Downs with Texas Horse Stalls over $19,000 or half down to build me a metal building back in April 2016. Joel told me it would take about six weeks to complete my building. It has been almost a year now and I have no building as of Feb 9, 2017. Joel has told me many, many times he was coming to build my building, but he never shows up. It is always one excuse after another.
I would not recommend Texas Horse Stalls to anyone. They will take your money and never do what they say.
Joel downs
Chole down for this guilty of criminal theft by check you need to go fill out a criminal complaint against him with your Police Department
Beware
A year and a half later and the barn is still not done. Joel told me it should take 6 weeks. I made the mistake of paying Joel in advance. Each step of the way I had to push and push to get him to do anything done and then he would do a little and then make me call him over and over for a month or two to get him to do anything more. He claimed the concrete guy kept putting my slate off, but When I talked to the concrete guy he said he had lined up th pour several time but Joel didn't bring the check. Joel promised to add a shed off one side of the barn for all the trouble. But once again it was just another broken promise. At one point he had me pickup a door and some beams for them that he has yet to pay me for the $860 it cost. I had to line up the insulation and overhead door installations because after months of not getting it done because the installers were unavailable, I found guys to do it for less than what he said his guys charged. He paid both of them with bouncing checks. I ended up having to front the door guy the money until Joel finally paid them. I have been after Joel to finish the front gutters and pay me back the $860 for the last seven months. He always says next weekend. I have been kind and understanding during this whole process and all the excuses. I guess I will have to go to small claims court to get this resolved. If there is any rebuttal that says any of this is untrue, contact me and I will provide the pictures and text messages and video of me giving him the cash to prove it. I have given Joel every opportunity to resolve this and have gotten nowhere.
i did not want to have to say negative about anyone but Joel has left me no choice.
In summary if Joel says he will try, then it won't. If he says he will do something then you have a 25% chance he will. Sadly I would not recommend using Joel or Texas horse Barns to anyone and would offer a strong warning to any who are cosidering using them.
Don't trust what Joel tells you
Joel told me it should take 6 weeks. A year and a half later and the barn is still not done. I made he mistake of paying Joel in advance. Each step of the way I had to push and push to get him to do anything done and then he would do a little and then make me call him over and over for a month or two to get him to do anything more. He claimed the concrete guy kept putting my slabe off, but When I talked to the concrete guy he said he had lined up the pour several time but Joel didn't bring the check and that he would only do work for Joel cash in advance. Joel promised to add a shed off one side of the barn for all the trouble. But once again it was just another broken promise.
At one point he had me pickup a door and some beams for them that and he has yet to pay me the $860 it cost.
I had to line up the insulation and overhead door installations because after months of not getting it done because the installers were unavailable, I found guys to do it for less than what he said his guys charged. He paid both of them with bouncing checks. I ended up having to front the door guy the money until Joel finally paid them.
I have been after Joel to finish the front gutters and pay me back the $860 for the last seven months. He always says next weekend. I have been kind and understanding during this whole process and all the excuses. I guess I will have to go to small claims court to get this resolved.
If there is any rebuttal that says any of this is untrue, contact me and I will provide the contracts, pictures, text messages and the video I made of my giving him the money and what he said he would do for it to prove all the claims made here. I have given Joel every opportunity to resolve this and have gotten nowhere.
i did not want to have to say negative about anyone but Joel has left me no choice.
In summary if Joel says he will try, then it won't happen and if he says he will do something then you have a 10% chance he will. Sadly I would not recommend using Joel or Texas horse Barns to anyone and would offer a strong warning to any who are cosidering using them.
I contratced Texas Horse Stalls / Joel and Cathy Downs on September 11, 2015 to build us a 36x36 horse barn. I have paid 23k at this point and over 10 months later we only have a slab with 8 perimeter posts. He promised to have it built in 4 to 6 weeks, but there were delays with the weather. I have been given nothing but excuses and I have told him I want my money back, which he has told me that it will take 30 days to get my money back. I have given Joel countless opportunities to make it right and still get nothing but excuses. There are several other reports of the exact same situation, so it is not just me that is having the issue. I have kept all of the conversations that we have had through texts and it makes me sick to go back through and read them. I have filed a complaint with the BBB and Angies List as well and next week my attorney will be sending him a letter of intent for a lawsuit. Joel Downs has turned what is supposed to be a good/fun experience into a complete nightmare.
Joel and texas horse stalls owe me $4,800.00 for insulating one of his clients buildings. He continues to say he doesnt have the money. I spoke to his customer that said thay paid him two months ago for the work we did. His customer told me that he is contact with his lawyer over incomplete work and not paying his sub contractors.
He is a liar and a crook. Dont be a victim...
I paid him half up front for construction of 12 sheds. He kept the money and he never did the work. A year later I had to go to court to get judgement against him and he still hasn't paid. Beware he is a crook.