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***Editors Note: The company detailed in our Contact 2 report on a pool problem is Bi-State Outdoors. Bi-State Outdoors is not affiliated in any way with 'Bi-State Pool Management'.***
An Illinois couple spends thousands of dollars for a custom swimming pool but workers walked off the job after digging the hole. Mike and Dena Kreher paid Bi-State Outdoors to build a swimming pool at their Smithton, Illinois home. "He dug a hole in our yard. He actually dug it in the wrong spot. That was it. He never returned," Mike Kreher said.
The Krehers plunked down nearly $19,000, one third of the total cost for the project and say promises, from their contractor Derek Onstott, were broken. "Promises, oh, I'll get my guys out there. We'll be out there next week," Kreher said. When things didn't seem they could get worse--they did.
"The insurance company basically gave us 30 days to have the hole filled in, right away, otherwise they were going to drop the policy," Kreher said.
It cost hundreds of dollars to have the hole filled. The Krehers had had enough and hired Granite City attorney Tom Schooley. "The lawsuit is asking for the return of the down payment plus the additional cost the Krehers incurred for having the hole back filled, which is a little over $20,000," Schooley said.
Schooley has a December court date with Onstott, hoping to retrieve his clients' cash. "I don't care if it's 100 bucks or 100,000 dollars it's not right," Schooley said. Three months ago Onstott told Contact 2 he would install the Krehers' pool, but he did not so we stopped in at his restaurant, Beso, in downtown St. Louis. A worker told us Onstott wasn't there. Bi-State is still operating and the Krehers want others to be warned. "You hope that it's not going to happen to you, but it's very easy. It can happen to anyone," Kreher said.
An Illinois couple spends thousands of dollars for a custom swimming pool but workers walked off the job after digging the hole. Mike and Dena Kreher paid Bi-State Outdoors to build a swimming pool at their Smithton, Illinois home. "He dug a hole in our yard. He actually dug it in the wrong spot. That was it. He never returned," Mike Kreher said.
The Krehers plunked down nearly $19,000, one third of the total cost for the project and say promises, from their contractor Derek Onstott, were broken. "Promises, oh, I'll get my guys out there. We'll be out there next week," Kreher said. When things didn't seem they could get worse--they did.
"The insurance company basically gave us 30 days to have the hole filled in, right away, otherwise they were going to drop the policy," Kreher said.
It cost hundreds of dollars to have the hole filled. The Krehers had had enough and hired Granite City attorney Tom Schooley. "The lawsuit is asking for the return of the down payment plus the additional cost the Krehers incurred for having the hole back filled, which is a little over $20,000," Schooley said.
Schooley has a December court date with Onstott, hoping to retrieve his clients' cash. "I don't care if it's 100 bucks or 100,000 dollars it's not right," Schooley said. Three months ago Onstott told Contact 2 he would install the Krehers' pool, but he did not so we stopped in at his restaurant, Beso, in downtown St. Louis. A worker told us Onstott wasn't there. Bi-State is still operating and the Krehers want others to be warned. "You hope that it's not going to happen to you, but it's very easy. It can happen to anyone," Kreher said.
