Ian Paine Construction Limited

We ended up having to bring a lawsuit to Ian Paine Construction. I think it speaks volumes that we won the lawsuit in our favour with the Judge ordering a settlement payout. The reason why we had to sue IPC is because they tried holding back our deposit monies from a build contract we cancelled with them. They tried invoicing us for services and fees which were outside of the contract and even before the contract was signed/dated. Krista, Ian's daughter, now runs the company even though she is not an officer or director of IPC. Although Ian himself may have 40 years of experience building homes, Krista does not. IPC has a very unconventional billing/fee structure. You pay 10% cost plus on all labour and materials but you also have to pay hourly labour fees in addition to the 10%. There is a conflict of interest here because the more they charge hourly, the more they make. In our case, these extra labour fees added up to $80k which really meant we were paying 18-20% cost plus, instead