Owner of American Asphalt, in Chesterland, Ohio.
Todd has been known to rip-off homeowners in Lake, Geauga, and Cuyahoga Counties.
Todd is also a felon, having once posed as a US Air Marshal aboard a flight out of Cleveland Hopkins airport. Remarking, "I have enough bullets to take everyone on this plane, out!"
Todd is now barred from ever flying in US airspace, again...
His father is the same pos as his son. Seems the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Please let this go viral to keep this family from harming anyone else.
ReplyDeleteI cannot speak for anyone's personal experience with Todd directly or while dealing with his company, for a long time Todd was one of my closest friends (I moved and we lost touch) and I can tell you that a lot of what you see here is completely nonsense. Everyone knows the expression "you can't please all the people all the time", this is especially true when it comes to contracting work. Everyone wants the lowest possible price and is then shocked when Michelangelo doesn't arrive to do the work. This company lays asphalt, I've had him seal coat for me and the work was fine. Sure there was a little overspray on the grass and the job wasn't perfect but must be completely honest… This is asphalt, not heart surgery. As far as the disparaging comments regarding Todd personally, I can only tell you that he is always been a good friend and literally the hardest working person I know (including myself). I don't know his father I do know his mother and she is a very kind lovely woman. The Internet is full of pathetic cowards who love to write hate mail because it's anonymous… I question whether or not any of these so-called employees, former clients, or even the idiot that got the description next to Todd's photo incorrect know him at all. Todd is not perfect, if you know someone who is I'd like to meet them. The specific incident regarding the airline involved alcohol and he made a stupid and very expensive mistake. Because I know that Todd does not walk or drive to his home in Florida I also know for a fact that he is not barred from flying in the US. Before you are quick to judge Todd or anyone else that you read some childish review about online take a moment to meet them and draw your own opinion. Do what I do with contractors, refuse any advance payment and if they won't work that way find someone who will. This way you never pay for something you don't get. One last piece of advice, if you're reading this because you are considering American asphalt and had mixed opinions because of reviews of ex-girlfriends posing as clients (yes I know you are), just know that they actually do decent work but it's not cheap. There are plenty of people out there that are less expensive than American asphalt and the quality of their work reflects that. I have a concrete driveway so I don't have Todd to work for me anymore however I live in Hudson and several of the homes on my street (substantial properties) do, and have been using Todd an American asphalt for years.
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DeleteI'll bet they learned from MR.EXCAVATOR , you want to talk about a POS , drug king of Chesterland
ReplyDeleteYeah he is right up stiegerwald is right up there with the both of them it has to be a chesterland thing
Deletewhy are people bashing respectable reputable long standing family companies like Mr. Excavator and Stiegerwald? Disgruntled fired employees possibly?
DeleteDo you have any proof to go with your accusations????
DeleteSounds more like jealousy to me.
I have proof of him raping me.
Deleteand for a contractor don't use Kenneth Adams and All Together Construction. Rip off artist as well
ReplyDeleteSeriously let's start bashing all the contractors in town, get the facts before you gossip like your in high school, this was years ago fact 1, fact 2 Todd is the hardest working man i'v ever seen, most business owners don't get their hands dirty nor do they go paving in 90 degree weather with their crew, fact 3 if you could read you would see the date of the incident, we all make mistakes but we are not business owners so no one cares about our dirty laundry and I'm sure you all have it! Everyone should get a life and Brian you obviously have none Todd probably wouldn't even know who you are but I'm glad u spent time writing this about him lol maybe if you spent time on other things you would be as successful as Todd, his number one rule is customers first and anyone that knows Todd well or is a customer of his knows that, hope you get a life soon
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DeleteTodd is a douche bag worked for him a few years ago biggest dick as a boss doesn't have respect for anyone and obviously this article already shows you that who cares how long ago it was guys a joke
ReplyDeleteI dealt with Todd Tornstrum, the owner's son, who really is the owner, whom we purchased a new asphalt driveway from.
ReplyDeleteOn the scheduled day, I took off work to oversee the process. They never showed up and phone calls went unanswered. I finally received a call from Todd the following week, after bombarding his phone with messages. He acted disgruntled about the numerous messages and told me he was a busy man. His excuses was they were backed up on work due to poor weather and he stated he tried to notify me, but I didn't answer, which was total BS, as I was home with my cell phone in hand all day, calling him, over and over. Work was rescheduled and they were to show up at 8:30am on the arranged day.
They finally showed up at 11:30am, and I suspect one of the crewmen was drunk, as he was swaying back and forth. I had to go to work for half a day, so left the crew there to do the job. When I returned home, my neighbor stopped by to report she witnessed two men urinating behind my house several times, although a service station was less than 500 feet from my home. But, that’s not all; when she went to show me where they were relieving themselves, we found a pile of shit behind my garage! WTF??!! Also, when I got home, the drive was not complete. There was just the trough they dug where the drive was to be poured, so I had to call the city to arrange for parking on the street. They left mud and clumps of grass all over my porch area that took me an hour to clean up.
The following day, I spoke with Todd when the crew didn't show in the morning. He denied that his crew took a crap behind my house, and then stated I would need to pay the balance before the drive was finished. I told him I wasn't comfortable paying the balance until the job was complete, but he said it wouldn't get finished until it was paid. So, unfortunately for me, I paid him the balance of $7000...
It was arranged for them to come on a Friday to finish (a week later). I went to work with Todd's assurance, I'd come home to a driveway. By this time, I had been parking in a neighbor's drive and I just wanted my work done. When I came home, the driveway was done, to the company's standard, although I was extremely unhappy.
There was at least an 2 foot strip of drive, all the way up the right side, abutting my neighbor's property, that was missing! The trough they dug was there, where they prepped for the drive, but no drive. It was also on the approved plans, so I know what I was supposed to get; a 18 ft drive, wide enough for 2 cars! Now, there’s not enough room for another car to park and be able to open their door!
All calls to Todd Tornstrum have gone unanswered at this point. I will have to pursue legal action. Unfortunately, during this whole fiasco, I discovered the whole family has sham businesses around the Cleveland area, where they all work for one another. I’ll be lucky to get anything back.
Todd Thrnstrum is just a lying Piece Of Shit, thief!
"...we found a pile of shit behind my garage!"
DeleteHaaahaahaa! I used to work for Todd and it probably was one of the guys he "sub-contracted", that took a dump behind your garage. He'd hire total crack-heads and pay them under the table to dodge the taxman. Hell, HE was a crack head! Lucky for you, they didn’t break in your house while you were at work, and rob you!
He'd pay me and the other guys for half a job, and then I'd be weeks, chasing him down, trying to get the rest of my pay. Sometimes, it would take weeks to start a job, because everyone had to get half their pay before they'd start a job, because they didn't trust him to pay them.
That's no doubt, what happened to the other part of your drive, Cate; he burned through his wad and didn't have enough money to pay his guys and buy enough asphalt to cover the job; happened all the time. I bet he even told you he’d come back and finish your drive. Yeah, right!
I got sick of his bs and stopped working for him, because, even among shits, Todd was a shit!
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ReplyDeleteYou should learn to spell, also Todd's family doesn't work for him, he started his business alone before you could probably talk and walk, you must be thinking of another company
DeleteOh excuse me... I spelled his last name wrong. Here, let me correct that: Tard Fuckface.
DeleteThey own a car wash, right next to Rt 2 on 615 in Mentor. Also, they do a second asphalt business under the name of US or USA Sealcoating.
DeleteWhat an asshole
ReplyDeleteTodd is a disgusting excuse for a human let alone a business owner. He is abusive towards his workers. They dont get lunch or breaks, hence the comment about someone shitting by someone's house. He verbally abuses all of his workers on the job, and doesn't correctly pay them. Charges customers double what they expected. Has an F with the BBB. The list goes on and on, whoever the anonymous is standing up for him, clearly has their head up their asshole. Fuck American Asphalt, and Fuck you Todd piece of scum.
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ReplyDeleteTodd did my driveway and it came out great. I needed it done before a graduation party, and they had it done in time. Their price was about $1500 less than two other quotes, and we got it sealed one year later for free. Honestly, it looks great, and Todd was very understanding and patient with my late payment.
ReplyDeleteSounds like todd wrote the above comment, lol. What a scumbag
ReplyDeleteActually, it is not Todd that wrote above. I am a mother of 4 that lives in Chesterland. Im not saying that the above horror stories are not true, i just wanted to share my experience.
ReplyDeleteTodd doesn't have social media and people love to focus on one negative thing not to mention the story was and is twisted, he takes care of his customers and honestly if he was a nobody you guys wouldn't be talking about him, he wouldn't believe how popular he is right now, this is pathetic get a life
ReplyDeleteSuch a waste of life. He has even gone as far to use young girls to go to dinner to bribe his clients. when a young single mother denied him she was fired and not payed her wages. He belongs in jail or hell.. Such a pathetic loser.
ReplyDeleteTodd owes my daughter who is a single mother over $600 from working for him and he won't pay her. She even won a judgment against him and he still won't pay. I know of at least 4 other young adults that he has ripped off paying who has worked for him. He made inappropriate comments to her while she worked for him and was not a nice man. I can't believe he is still in business with a F rating with the BBB
ReplyDeleteThis guy's messed up my driveway beyond repair. It took me 6 years of fighting him in court but finally got all my money bad. It was a horrible experience and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Still to this day I don't know how this man even is able to do any work. I wish him nothing but the worst and hope he gets what's coming to him.
ReplyDeleteWhat a complete douchebag! Somebody should make him their bitch in prison.
ReplyDeleteTodd Tornstrum took $4000 from my 86 year old mother, to give her a driveway. This is what he quoted her, on paper. After much chasing him down, on my part, and numerous no shows, he finally showed up, unscheduled, without me being there, and started the job. Halfway through the day he told her he needed another $2000 to pay for materials, or else it wouldn't get done! He assured her, he'd reimburse her add soon as a few outstanding payments cleared. When she called me on my way home from work, crying, saying she had no choice, I immediately drove over, but he was gone. I kept calling and calling, but he wouldn't answer. I called the police and they contacted him. Lucky for us, there's a law about scamming the elderly, so he paid back the money. But it took him 4 months to do it! Todd is a criminal and a pathological liar, in my experience.
ReplyDeleteCheck out Todd in The Cuyahoga County Criminal Docket: 10 count indictment, for robbery/theft, assault, kidnapping/abduction.
ReplyDeleteTodd is being charged with kidnapping, theft and robbery now in Cuyahoga County. He held her on his yacht one night in august. Todd is a functioning alcoholic. He drives around drunk all the time. He will have a drink in the morning in coffee cups to hide it and mix it with red bull so that you don't smell it.
ReplyDeleteHe raped me. He is the worst person I have ever had to encounter. My advice would be to stay as far away from him as you can. He is a crook, psychopath and a rapist.
Deletehttps://cpdocket.cp.cuyahogacounty.us/CR_CaseInformation_Summary.aspx?q=wnUbwaAj9OnAFvPlq8uSrA2
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NANCY MARGARET RUSSO
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PRETRIAL CONFERENCE (FINAL) SET FOR 12/01/2016 AT 10:00 AM IN ROOM 18C JUSTICE CENTER
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TODD W TORNSTROM
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Interesting... I heard his Wash Me car wash, on 615, in Mentor, is closed and he's in prison right now! How delicious!
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ReplyDeleteI used to work for this low life waste of life he's the biggest con artist piece of shit to walk around as a business owner. Hopefully he gets what's he deserves one-day and they make him shut his shitty business down. FUCK YOU TODD
ReplyDeleteHe just screwed us. My husband and I got a quote to do our driveway and he quoted 5914 to do patching power wash crack, fill heavy sealcoat and he required half down which we did. Nobody introduce themselves to me they just came filled. I don't know maybe three quarters of the patchwork and just left without saying a word. Couple days ago I was just chosed for $3,000 and I called and told them that I wanted the money back. The job was not complete and they told me to them it is the 6000 was only for patchwork. If I wanted every anything else done it was an extra 3000 plus stay away from this company from this guy. They're toxic
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