Every major rainfall brought water into our cellar, so we contacted Wayne Gould's Peerless Construction Group upon referral by a friend.We signed a contract with Peerless for installation of weeping tile and membrane on our exterior wall, and made an appointment for work to start on a Friday. ?Wayne sent his crew on Thursday instead, claiming it was going to rain the next day and wanted to start right away.  Despite the inconvenience to ourselves and our neighbours (whom we share a driveway with), we were unfailingly polite and accommodating of the surprise timing.That was a minor annoyance, but the worse was yet to come.The crew began excavation and found that our wall had no footing (common in 80+ year old houses in Toronto).  Although they claim to have "over 50 years of experience," Wayne called me to say he was pulling out of the job because they have "never seen anything like this before," and that his crew would be "out of there."  We accepted his explanation that he couldn't do the work without a footing, but made it clear that he had to fill in the hole, which we would pay $500 for his crew to do.When we got home from work that evening, the 3-foot deep hole was still there, a huge pile of dirt was sitting in the middle of our driveway, and asphalt was everywhere.  Peerless just packed up and left.  Worse yet, there was heavy rainfall and now we had a huge cavity full of rainwater against our foundation.  What had begun as a small leak in the basement became a flood because of Peerless' recklessness and disregard for their work and customers.We called Wayne immediately to ask his crew to come out and fill the hole as soon as possible.  Instead of apologizing or offering an explanation, he became belligerent, insulting and sarcastic.In the end, we filled the hole ourselves, and are now working with another company to waterproof our basement.I don't want anyone going through what I went through.  Help spread the word!

I have called (416) 201-0704 repeatedly and left a message on its automated answering program asking that the company who uses that telephone number stop sending me fax flyers from Peerless Mason [Wayne Gould (416) 253-8043].  All to no avail.

I am very interested in bringing this rotten little man to justice.  I have won a judgement against him... and I will not let up until I have liens on his property... or until he is arrested.  If anyone would like to share stories, email me at marlowe5555 @ hotmail.com with PEERLESS as the subject line.  I will put together a mass email from all the people who respond to this ad and perhaps together we can get JUSTICE.  I am interested in sharing my story and my information with other people who have been ripped off by this piece of work.  Thanks.

Peerless Mason reviews in case the other site goes down:

One:

<blockquote>Don't trust this contractor - completely botched the job. Overcharged on everything and left everything a mess. Had to hire someone else to do it right. Did the same thing to two other people in our neighbourhood.

WARNING - Don't deal with them or you'll regret it.</blockquote>

Got another "Wet Basement" fax today.  Our business does not even have a basement.  We first write Gould to stop this in November of 2002.  Proper mailing address and for legal service:Wayne Gouldo/a Peerless Mason2285 Lakeshore Blvd. WestApt. 1503Toronto, ONM8V 3X9

Wayne S. Gould, the principal of 9273660 Ontario Ltd., is also the "President" of "We-Go Agencies".  Below is his contact information:

We Go Agencies
1503-2285 Lake Shore Blvd W
Etobicoke, ON
M8V 1A6
Tel. (416) 259-4922
<b>Fax: (416) 259-2964</b>

Happy Faxing!!