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I got shafted by a contractor - what to do? HomeBrewer 06-30-2005
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Posted by HomeBrewer on June 30, 2005, 7:06 am
In the middle of a $15,000 kitchen remodel my "self-proclaimed"
contractor was put in jail. It was 3 weeks ago and he failed to finish
the job. I had a contract with him in which I paid $3500 a week until
the job was finished. The bad part is I had already paid him $12,500
when he went to jail. I have since hired a new "professional"
contractor to bail me out (for $3000) and along with my 80+ hours of
labor and $1000 in materials. Lot's of the work had to be redone.

The dead beat is out of jail now and He will not talk to me. He said
that he had 2 days on left on this job before he left, and that he
doesn't owe me anything. I have spent 2 weeks fixing his work and it's
still not complete. I have since found out that he is not even licensed
and probably doesn't have insurance. I have learned a valuable lesson -
about checking license numbers...bonded, insured etc..but it's too late
for this deal. Either way, I really want to burn this guy, before he
burns someone else, but now I don't have a lot of money to pay court
fees. I have been told that here in FL - even if I win in court, there
is no guarantee that I'll ever see a dime of my money back.

What are my options?


eodx2_at_cox.net

Posted by Joseph Meehan on June 30, 2005, 7:39 am
HomeBrewer wrote:
> In the middle of a $15,000 kitchen remodel my "self-proclaimed"
> contractor was put in jail. It was 3 weeks ago and he failed to
> finish the job. I had a contract with him in which I paid $3500 a
> week until the job was finished. The bad part is I had already paid
> him $12,500 when he went to jail. I have since hired a new
> "professional" contractor to bail me out (for $3000) and along with
> my 80+ hours of labor and $1000 in materials. Lot's of the work had
> to be redone.
> The dead beat is out of jail now and He will not talk to me. He said
> that he had 2 days on left on this job before he left, and that he
> doesn't owe me anything. I have spent 2 weeks fixing his work and
> it's still not complete. I have since found out that he is not even
> licensed and probably doesn't have insurance. I have learned a
> valuable lesson - about checking license numbers...bonded, insured
> etc..but it's too late for this deal. Either way, I really want to
> burn this guy, before he burns someone else, but now I don't have a
> lot of money to pay court fees. I have been told that here in FL -
> even if I win in court, there is no guarantee that I'll ever see a
> dime of my money back.
> What are my options?

You have one option. See a local attorney. Laws are not the same
everywhere so you need a local legal professional.


>
>
> eodx2_at_cox.net

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit



Posted by m Ransley on June 30, 2005, 7:52 am
I know you are mad but what are you realy out in $ . You say it was a
15000 job and you paid 15500? Sure you paid a premium to get in someone
else, but that was your decision alone, you could of waited. He did not
plan on getting arested. What if he was in the hospital, would that have
made a difference? If so then I dont see your point.


Posted by Usmiech on June 30, 2005, 11:37 pm
3137.bay.webtv.net:

> I know you are mad but what are you realy out in $ . You say it was a
> 15000 job and you paid 15500? Sure you paid a premium to get in someone
> else, but that was your decision alone, you could of waited. He did not
> plan on getting arested. What if he was in the hospital, would that have
> made a difference? If so then I dont see your point.
>
>

Are you crazy or what? Yeah, crazy!

Posted by Dan C on June 30, 2005, 7:44 am
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 06:06:57 -0500, HomeBrewer wrote:

> I have learned a valuable lesson - about checking license
> numbers...bonded, insured etc..but it's too late for this deal.

> What are my options?

Unless you want to flush some more money down the drain, you have no
options. Take the lesson you mentioned above, and move along.

--
If you're not on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
Linux Registered User #327951


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