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unfinished repairs to home by unlicensed coontractor

sadie

2007-05-19, 9:25 am

I hired a friend (unlicensed) to do repairs to my home. Although no time
limit was given, I did expect repairs to be completed within a year. He
started repairs Jan 05. Between Jan-Nov 05:I paid him $2500.00;
compensated him with loaning him my auto for six weeks, when his was
stolen;
supplied him with meals (too many to count);
ran numerous errands, which included agreeing to purchase City of Phoenix
permits for repairs he needed to do for his landlord on the apartment
complex's wiring that, was damaged during a thunderstorm;
accepted collect phone calls from the County Jail from him in order to
assist him in getting his release;
agreed to take out a loan for him when he asked me to pay the court a sum
of $3300.00, which was the amount the court said needed to be paid
before they would issue his release. He was arrested for non
payment/child support.
During the latter part of 2005, he worked less and less on my repairs.
Around Nov 05 the repairs were still incomplete, and it was at that time
that he abandoned my project. I tried to contact him by phone
everyday for at lease 3 weeks, but he did not return any of my
calls. I knew some men who were working with him on another job, and
they told me that he had stopped showing up on their job too.
After waiting for approximately 4 weeks, I hired someone else to complete
the repairs. Before my new repairman could start on my project, he had
to clean up the mess and garbage that was left behind. I notified him
via mail that it had become obvious to me that he was not going to
complete the repairs, that the locks were changed on the doors, and
that he could contact me to make arrangements to pick up materials left
behind (nothing worth any value) He wrote back after two months, and took
no responsib'ty for his actions, in fact, had the audacity to blame me
for his not completing the work. He stated that since I went
ahead and hired someone else, his job was complete, and I should
call him to make arrangements to discuss compensation owed him. I have
not contacted him in any way since.
A year after of abandoning my project, he showed up at my workplace in Jan
2007 asking me to meet with him to disucss the compensation he felt I
owed him. I told him that I would not meet with him, that he must
leave, and not to contact me again. I also told him that I did not
owe him anything since he quit the job, without the curteosy of a phone
call. He tired to argue with me stating that I fired himhe didn'y
quit, but I just turned away, and told him again not to contact me again.

MARCH 2007--I have refused 5 cert mail lets.

5/11/07 CERTIFIED LETTER SENT TO MY WORK PLACE (WAS OUT TO LUNCH WHEN MAIL
ARRIVED) supervisor TOLD ME IT WAS FROM xxxxx AND HE DID NOT ACCEPT IT.
>5/11/07 pm CALLED MY WORKPLACE TOLD RECEPTIONIST THAT AN OLD FRIEND WANTED TO SPEAK WITH ME. ONLY AFTER I REFUSED TO SPEAK WITH THIS PERSON UNLESS HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF DID HE STATE HIS NAME. I ASKED supervisor TO TAKE CALL. supervisor RELAYED TO ME THA
T xxxx WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ME BY 5 PM TODAY! HE STATED THAT HE KNOWS THAT I AM SELLING MY TOWNHOUSE, THAT I AM CLOSING ON THE 24TH OF THIS MONTH BECAUSE HE SPOKE WITH MY REALTOR, AND IF I DO NOT CONTACT HIM BY 5 PM HE WILL TELL MY REALITOR THAT I HAD
A MOLD PROBLEM IN MY HOUSE (DUE TO A PIPE BURSTING WHILE I WAS ON A TWO WEEK VACATION).

FACT: MY HOUSE IS NOT UP FOR SALE.
I DO NOT HAVE A REALTOR.
ANY MOLD IN THE TOWNHOUSE WAS TAKEN CARE OF.
MY NEIGHBORS, TWO HOUSES WEST OF MINE, HAVE THEIR HOUSE UP FOR SALE.

5/14 XXXX CALLED MY BOSS TO LET HIM KNOW I SHOULD EXPECT PROCESSS
SERVER TODAY. LEFT JOB WENT TO COURT AND WAS AWARDED RESTRAINING ORDER
(JUDGE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT). GOT SERVED ON WED... XXX WANTS 10K.
LISTED NUMEROUS INVOICES, NONE MORE THAN $750 EACH. I THINK HE BELIEVES
HE CAN AVOID BEING REQUIRED TO HAVE LICENSE DUE TO THE AMOUNT
BEING UNDER $1000.
HAD MY NEIGHBORS ADDRESS LISTED AS PLACE HE PERFORMED WORK AT. I WILL
WAIT THE 20 DAYS AND REPLY TO THE COURT THAT I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE DUE
TO FACT THAT I AM NOT THE LEGAL OWNER OF PROPERTY LISTED ONN
PAPERS SERVED ME. HE'LL HAVE TO DO MORE RESEACH, AND I AM THINKING
ABOUT HIRING ATTORNEY. ANY SUGGESTIONS OUT THERE?

PeterD

2007-05-19, 9:25 am

On Sat, 19 May 2007 11:58:05 GMT, "sadie" <u34331@uwe> wrote:
> I AM THINKING
>ABOUT HIRING ATTORNEY. ANY SUGGESTIONS OUT THERE?

It may be late to do this, but that is the *only* avenue for you at
this stage. What you did was foolish, you should never have let it go
to the extent that it has.

Get that lawyer NOW. He may well try to put a lien on the property,
and you must be prepared as if he does it will end up in court.

sadie via HomeKB.com

2007-05-19, 1:25 pm

I will be hiring an attorney this week to handle the matter, but what do you
mean when you said what I did was foolish? As far as letting it go, he
waited for over one year to contact me. I never received any bills or
invoices and I did asked him repeatedly to let me paid him for his work, but
he insisted that he would bill me when all the work was done.

PeterD wrote:
>
>It may be late to do this, but that is the *only* avenue for you at
>this stage. What you did was foolish, you should never have let it go
>to the extent that it has.
>
>Get that lawyer NOW. He may well try to put a lien on the property,
>and you must be prepared as if he does it will end up in court.

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sadie via HomeKB.com

2007-05-19, 1:25 pm

We never had a written contract, just an oral one. Who breached the
contract first? I believe abandoning the job for three weeks and not
returning any phone calls, and knowing that he had abandoned another job he
was working on, was a breach on his part. I don't know too much about
the law, but have read up on regulations with the ROC, this section
applies to work performed on projects costing over $1000 for labor and
materials:

32-1153. Proof of license as prerequisite to civil action

No contractor as defined in section 32-1101 shall act as agent or commence or
maintain any action in any court of the state for collection of compensation
for the performance of any act for which a license is required by this
chapter without alleging and proving that the contracting party whose
contract gives rise to the claim was a duly licensed contractor when the
contract sued upon was entered into and when the alleged cause of action
arose.
Either way, Looks like I will be hiring an attorney.

sadie wrote:[color=darkred]
>I will be hiring an attorney this week to handle the matter, but what do you
>mean when you said what I did was foolish? As far as letting it go, he
>waited for over one year to contact me. I never received any bills or
>invoices and I did asked him repeatedly to let me paid him for his work, but
>he insisted that he would bill me when all the work was done.
>
>[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]

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CWatters

2007-05-19, 5:25 pm

"sadie via HomeKB.com" <u34331@uwe> wrote in message
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> I will be hiring an attorney this week to handle the matter, but what do
you
> mean when you said what I did was foolish?

It's never a good idea to hire a friend or a bancrupt.

Definitly speak to an attourny. I don't wish to alarm you but have you
considered that he might be stalking you?

PeterD

2007-05-19, 8:25 pm

On Sat, 19 May 2007 17:33:57 GMT, "sadie via HomeKB.com" <u34331@uwe>
wrote:

>I will be hiring an attorney this week to handle the matter, but what do you
>mean when you said what I did was foolish? As far as letting it go, he
>waited for over one year to contact me. I never received any bills or
>invoices and I did asked him repeatedly to let me paid him for his work, but
>he insisted that he would bill me when all the work was done.
>

(please do not top post!)

1. Hired a friend without a proper contract?
2. Didn't set deadlines and performance specifications?
3. Waited a really long time for a non-performing contractor to
contact you?
4. Treated a contractor as a friend. Remember: contractors are
employees, not friends. And never, ever, hire friends.

The above reply seems to imply that you felt that you still owed him
money? IF that is so, then you should pay it--making 100% sure you
document that he has been paid in full, and that all suppliers and
sub-contractors have also been paid, etc.

But...

I'm sure the lawyer will straighten things out for you. Then be
careful when hiring 'friends' and make sure they are professionals!
<bg>

sadie via HomeKB.com

2007-05-19, 8:25 pm

I felt that he was not only stalking me, but harassing me at my workplace.
I went to court and petitioned for a restraining order, which I was
granted. I hired a process service on Thursday, and hopefully he will be
served by Monday. Please don't think that I am trying to get out of
paying a debt, because that's not what this is about. As I earlier
stated, I have known this person since 1984 and we had been good friends.
When he was arrested in 2005, he called me from jail (collect of
course) and asked if I could help him with his fine. I paid the court
$3300 (for back child support), against the advice of many people who we
both have worked with (& I still do). They told me not to do it, that
he was a loser. But I was a friend and that's what friends do. I
have to laugh at the irony of it, since these people who advised me to
leave him in jail are the ones he called to give them a "friendly heads-
up' that he had filed a suit against me and that a process server would
be coming to the office to serve me. So, I am willing to go to court and
let the judge decide if he is entitled to any more compensation. I
will tell my side, and let the court know of his antics, harassment,
and threats. Everyone tells me that he is in the wrong, abandoning the
job, contracting without a license, trying to skirt around the ROC'S
rules & regs, and no written contract, but I am still neverous about
this whole episode. If he would have told me he couldn't finish the
job, and that I needed to get someone else, than I would have paid him
what was owed and go on from there. But to just stop working on the
repairs in the middle of them, and not return any phone calls, and
then to show up after one year without an explanation or an apology was
just too much. I feel like he took advantage of our friendship and
betrayed me. Thx for listening.....

CWatters wrote:
>
>It's never a good idea to hire a friend or a bancrupt.
>
>Definitly speak to an attourny. I don't wish to alarm you but have you
>considered that he might be stalking you?

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PeterD

2007-05-19, 8:25 pm

On Sat, 19 May 2007 17:48:57 GMT, "sadie via HomeKB.com" <u34331@uwe>
wrote:

>We never had a written contract, just an oral one.

Mistake one! <g> (A huge one, too... (sorry))

>Who breached the
>contract first?

Since there was, in reality, no valid contract...

>I believe abandoning the job for three weeks

Three weeks, or a year? Which is it?

>and not
>returning any phone calls, and knowing that he had abandoned another job he
>was working on, was a breach on his part.

What did your contract say about non-performance? Nothing, right? Yes,
I understand how this oral contract was--see 'em all the time!

I think you see why a (good) written contract is absolutely vital for
anything that is non-trivial. In court 'he said, she said' doesn't get
very far. What ends up happening is the court (judge) ends up siding
with the party that he feels is telling the most accurate story that
represents that that party is in the right.

>I don't know too much about
>the law, but have read up on regulations with the ROC, this section
>applies to work performed on projects costing over $1000 for labor and
>materials:
>
>32-1153. Proof of license as prerequisite to civil action
>
>No contractor as defined in section 32-1101 shall act as agent or commence or
>maintain any action in any court of the state for collection of compensation
>for the performance of any act for which a license is required by this
>chapter without alleging and proving that the contracting party whose
>contract gives rise to the claim was a duly licensed contractor when the
>contract sued upon was entered into and when the alleged cause of action
>arose.
>Either way, Looks like I will be hiring an attorney.

Yup! Probably should have done that before you started any work, but
that's past now. WHen they talk $1000 that's the total job. Have/did
you pay more than $1000? Is he asking for more than $1000?

sadie via HomeKB.com

2007-05-19, 8:25 pm

Three weeks or one year?
OK, let me explain. He was working only 2 to 3 hours per week from
Sep to Dec 05. The last time he performed any repairs was at the
beginning of Jan 06. After trying to reach him everyday for weeks,
on January 29th I hired someone else to complete the repairs. I wrote
him and told him this. The next time I saw him is when he came to my
workplace in Jan 07 wanting money.

Did I pay him more than $1000?

I paid him $2500 (plus compensated him other ways. One for example..
His car was stolen with alot of tools in it. I loaned him the use
of my vehicle for six weeks and bought him about $300 dollars worth of tools.)

He sent a certifed letteraddressed to my company
and inside was a letter to me with a statement! On the statement he lists
invoice #'s and next to the #'s are costs - none is higher than $750.00.
Total cost charged is $10,000.00, but again, no invoice higher than $750.00.
No breakdowns, nothing itemized, etc, just this letter telling me the balance
due and that this was a final notice. I never received any invoices,
any notices.

I should have listened to advise someone told me a long time ago, which is
very very true. You can't cheat an honest man. That says more than I
ever thought it did.

PeterD wrote:
>
>Mistake one! <g> (A huge one, too... (sorry))
>
>
>Since there was, in reality, no valid contract...
>
>
>Three weeks, or a year? Which is it?
>
>
>What did your contract say about non-performance? Nothing, right? Yes,
>I understand how this oral contract was--see 'em all the time!
>
>I think you see why a (good) written contract is absolutely vital for
>anything that is non-trivial. In court 'he said, she said' doesn't get
>very far. What ends up happening is the court (judge) ends up siding
>with the party that he feels is telling the most accurate story that
>represents that that party is in the right.
>
>[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>
>Yup! Probably should have done that before you started any work, but
>that's past now. WHen they talk $1000 that's the total job. Have/did
>you pay more than $1000? Is he asking for more than $1000?

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Roarmeister

2007-05-20, 3:25 am

On Sat, 19 May 2007 11:58:05 GMT, "sadie" <u34331@uwe> wrote:

>PAPERS SERVED ME. HE'LL HAVE TO DO MORE RESEACH, AND I AM THINKING
>ABOUT HIRING ATTORNEY. ANY SUGGESTIONS OUT THERE?

What the frick?? You used a so-called friend instead of a proper
professional contractor to work on your house but NOW you want to get
an professional lawyer??? Gee, why don't you complete the cycle and
hire a phonebook "legal services" fly by nighter...

You started this mess in the first place - now wallow in it.

Roarmeister

2007-05-20, 3:25 am

On Sat, 19 May 2007 17:48:57 GMT, "sadie via HomeKB.com" <u34331@uwe>
wrote:

>We never had a written contract, just an oral one. Who breached the
>contract first? I believe abandoning the job for three weeks and not
>returning any phone calls, and knowing that he had abandoned another job he
>was working on, was a breach on his part. I don't know too much about
>the law, but have read up on regulations with the ROC, this section
>applies to work performed on projects costing over $1000 for labor and
>materials:
>
>32-1153. Proof of license as prerequisite to civil action
>
>No contractor as defined in section 32-1101 shall act as agent or commence or
>maintain any action in any court of the state for collection of compensation
>for the performance of any act for which a license is required by this
>chapter without alleging and proving that the contracting party whose
>contract gives rise to the claim was a duly licensed contractor when the
>contract sued upon was entered into and when the alleged cause of action
>arose.
>Either way, Looks like I will be hiring an attorney.

Looks like a good case for Judge Judy! <rolling eyes...>

sadie via HomeKB.com

2007-05-20, 3:25 am

Thanks for the positive feedback! Do me a favor and don't reply back. .. I
put this matter out on this site for suggestions, to educate those like
myself who were ignorant of state licensing laws, etc., not for sacastic
remarks that serve no positive purpose. FYI, this professional contractor
is a professional handyman for home repairs and remodelling, and who
happened to me a friend. He has a business that I thought was legit.
So maybe you can look for some other situation where your smart aleck
remarks about "fly by night" and "Judge Judy" would be more appreciated.

Roarmeister wrote:
>
>What the frick?? You used a so-called friend instead of a proper
>professional contractor to work on your house but NOW you want to get
>an professional lawyer??? Gee, why don't you complete the cycle and
>hire a phonebook "legal services" fly by nighter...
>
>You started this mess in the first place - now wallow in it.

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CWatters

2007-05-20, 9:25 am

"sadie via HomeKB.com" <u34331@uwe> wrote in message
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> Three weeks or one year?
> OK, let me explain. He was working only 2 to 3 hours per week
from
> Sep to Dec 05.

So a total of about 13 weeks x 3 hours = 39 hours or about one weeks work
for $2800+6 weeks car hire. Not a bad hourly rate.

Whats on his invoice exactly? How on earth could he have used $10,000 worth
of materials in 39 hours doing minor repairs?

Speak to an attourney, explain the situation and have the attorney write a
letter telling where to get off. That should do the trick at minimal cost.
Here in the UK that would cost you <$150.

How much is car hire over there? You Perhaps have your attorney deny his
invoices and counter claim for the car hire at commercial rates and return
of the tools you lent him for good measure.

I wonder if the roofer declared the car and tools on his tax return?

I wonder if the value of the tools he told you matches the value he told his
insurance company?

CWatters

2007-05-20, 9:25 am

"sadie via HomeKB.com" <u34331@uwe> wrote in message
news:726e74c41bc41@uwe...
> I felt that he was not only stalking me, but harassing me at my
workplace.
> I went to court and petitioned for a restraining order, which I was
> granted. I hired a process service on Thursday, and hopefully he will
be
> served by Monday. Please don't think that I am trying to get out
of
> paying a debt, because that's not what this is about.

No that's clear. It seems clear to me you have been more than generous.

> I feel like he took advantage of our friendship and
> betrayed me.

I'm afraid I agree.

Best wishes from the other sid of the pond.

CWatters

2007-05-20, 9:25 am

"PeterD" <peter2@hipson.net> wrote in message
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> The above reply seems to imply that you felt that you still owed him
> money?

It's not hard for a con-man to convince someone they owe them money.

She had already paid $2,800 (plus six weeks car hire) for about 39 hours
work. Now a year later he turned up to demand $10,000 for a list of things
for which he hasn't provided reciepts or invoices. I smell a rat.

CWatters

2007-05-20, 9:25 am

"Roarmeister" <Ebnezrvfgre2@argfpncr.arg> wrote in message
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> You started this mess in the first place - now wallow in it.

I hope you are around when a roofer calls on your mother/grand mother.

Art

2007-05-20, 9:25 am

Roarmeister wrote:
> On Sat, 19 May 2007 11:58:05 GMT, "sadie" <u34331@uwe> wrote:
>
>
> What the frick?? You used a so-called friend instead of a proper
> professional contractor to work on your house but NOW you want to get
> an professional lawyer??? Gee, why don't you complete the cycle and
> hire a phonebook "legal services" fly by nighter...

He is... by asking a bunch of unqualified people on Usenet.

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Roarmeister

2007-05-20, 1:25 pm

On Sun, 20 May 2007 04:39:47 GMT, "sadie via HomeKB.com" <u34331@uwe>
wrote:

>Roarmeister wrote:
[color=darkred]
>Thanks for the positive feedback! Do me a favor and don't reply back. .. I
>put this matter out on this site for suggestions, to educate those like
>myself who were ignorant of state licensing laws, etc., not for sacastic
>remarks that serve no positive purpose. FYI, this professional contractor
>is a professional handyman for home repairs and remodelling, and who
>happened to me a friend. He has a business that I thought was legit.
>So maybe you can look for some other situation where your smart aleck
>remarks about "fly by night" and "Judge Judy" would be more appreciated.

Excuse me, but how much research did YOU do before you hired your
friend? Do you ask to see his qualifications? Tickets? Past history?
Did you ask to put something in writing? Do you give him a specific
set of instructions and specifications? Did you give him the
timeline? Did you withhold lien monies? Were your payments by cheque
and in response to a written invoice???

Pretty late to start accusing your "friend" of sloppy construction
practices when you practice improper hiring and payments procedures.
Like I said before, you created this situation in the first place.
Never ever hire friends to do work unless you want them to become
enemies.

My other point was and still is - you didn't do your homework when
before you started your renovations and yet you are doing your
homework now for legal services. IN your mind - which of the two is
an actual professional - a local carpenter or a butt sniffing legal
shit? By your own actions you proved that you value and respect
lawyers more than you do contractors.

Take this shit thread to a legal advice column, it doesn't belong in a
construction newsgroup. If you want technical advice on how lumber
and tools and repairs, ask it here.

Roarmeister

2007-05-20, 1:25 pm

On Sun, 20 May 2007 10:44:38 +0100, "CWatters"
<colin.watters@turnersNOSPAMoak.plus.com> wrote:

>
>"Roarmeister" <Ebnezrvfgre2@argfpncr.arg> wrote in message
>news:ubcv43l9r29p18eain9de4j5kau496f5dm@4ax.com...
>
>
>I hope you are around when a roofer calls on your mother/grand mother.

Thanks, but my mother passed away last year and my dad is a carpenter.
You well wishes are appreciated.

Roarmeister

2007-05-20, 1:25 pm

On Sun, 20 May 2007 09:50:49 -0400, Art <Artemis@spamtrap.invalid>
wrote:

>Roarmeister wrote:
>
>
>He is... by asking a bunch of unqualified people on Usenet.

Touche' :-)

BTW, isn't Sadie of the feminine gender?

PeterD

2007-05-20, 1:25 pm

On Sun, 20 May 2007 10:40:14 +0100, "CWatters"
<colin.watters@turnersNOSPAMoak.plus.com> wrote:

>
>"PeterD" <peter2@hipson.net> wrote in message
>news:2b1v43h0kghcbffjuj3a0o4bp3bn5unqet@4ax.com...
>
>
>It's not hard for a con-man to convince someone they owe them money.
>
>She had already paid $2,800 (plus six weeks car hire) for about 39 hours
>work. Now a year later he turned up to demand $10,000 for a list of things
>for which he hasn't provided reciepts or invoices. I smell a rat.
>

I think she also paid $3300 as well, since she doens't mention that he
repaid the $3300 that was paid to get him out of jail.

I think we can all agree, she's been scammed big time on this one!

Art

2007-05-20, 5:25 pm

Roarmeister wrote:
> On Sun, 20 May 2007 09:50:49 -0400, Art <Artemis@spamtrap.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>
> Touche' :-)
>
> BTW, isn't Sadie of the feminine gender?

Oops, "She is"

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crhras

2007-05-23, 3:25 am

Don't waste your money on an attorney at this point. What's your friend
going to do ? Nothing. The burden is on him to extract payment from you
and until he does something to that end there really isn't anything you
should do.

If you feel physically threatened or harassed at work then that's a
completely different issue and then you should contact the police or an
attorney in that case.

Can I borrow your car for a bit next week ?

"sadie" <u34331@uwe> wrote in message news:7267103c3488a@uwe...
>I hired a friend (unlicensed) to do repairs to my home. Although no time
> limit was given, I did expect repairs to be completed within a year. He
> started repairs Jan 05. Between Jan-Nov 05:I paid him $2500.00;
> compensated him with loaning him my auto for six weeks, when his was
> stolen;
> supplied him with meals (too many to count);
> ran numerous errands, which included agreeing to purchase City of
> Phoenix
> permits for repairs he needed to do for his landlord on the apartment
> complex's wiring that, was damaged during a thunderstorm;
> accepted collect phone calls from the County Jail from him in order
> to
> assist him in getting his release;
> agreed to take out a loan for him when he asked me to pay the court a
> sum
> of $3300.00, which was the amount the court said needed to be
> paid
> before they would issue his release. He was arrested for non
> payment/child support.
> During the latter part of 2005, he worked less and less on my
> repairs.
> Around Nov 05 the repairs were still incomplete, and it was at that
> time
> that he abandoned my project. I tried to contact him by phone
> everyday for at lease 3 weeks, but he did not return any of my
> calls. I knew some men who were working with him on another job,
> and
> they told me that he had stopped showing up on their job too.
> After waiting for approximately 4 weeks, I hired someone else to
> complete
> the repairs. Before my new repairman could start on my project, he
> had
> to clean up the mess and garbage that was left behind. I notified
> him
> via mail that it had become obvious to me that he was not going to
> complete the repairs, that the locks were changed on the doors, and
> that he could contact me to make arrangements to pick up materials left
> behind (nothing worth any value) He wrote back after two months, and
> took
> no responsib'ty for his actions, in fact, had the audacity to blame
> me
> for his not completing the work. He stated that since I went
> ahead and hired someone else, his job was complete, and I should
> call him to make arrangements to discuss compensation owed him. I
> have
> not contacted him in any way since.
> A year after of abandoning my project, he showed up at my workplace in Jan
> 2007 asking me to meet with him to disucss the compensation he felt
> I
> owed him. I told him that I would not meet with him, that he must
> leave, and not to contact me again. I also told him that I did
> not
> owe him anything since he quit the job, without the curteosy of a
> phone
> call. He tired to argue with me stating that I fired himhe didn'y
> quit, but I just turned away, and told him again not to contact me
> again.
>
> MARCH 2007--I have refused 5 cert mail lets.
>
> 5/11/07 CERTIFIED LETTER SENT TO MY WORK PLACE (WAS OUT TO LUNCH WHEN MAIL
> ARRIVED) supervisor TOLD ME IT WAS FROM xxxxx AND HE DID NOT ACCEPT IT.
>
> FACT: MY HOUSE IS NOT UP FOR SALE.
> I DO NOT HAVE A REALTOR.
> ANY MOLD IN THE TOWNHOUSE WAS TAKEN CARE OF.
> MY NEIGHBORS, TWO HOUSES WEST OF MINE, HAVE THEIR HOUSE UP FOR SALE.
>
> 5/14 XXXX CALLED MY BOSS TO LET HIM KNOW I SHOULD EXPECT PROCESSS
> SERVER TODAY. LEFT JOB WENT TO COURT AND WAS AWARDED RESTRAINING
> ORDER
> (JUDGE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT). GOT SERVED ON WED... XXX WANTS 10K.
> LISTED NUMEROUS INVOICES, NONE MORE THAN $750 EACH. I THINK HE
> BELIEVES
> HE CAN AVOID BEING REQUIRED TO HAVE LICENSE DUE TO THE AMOUNT
> BEING UNDER $1000.
> HAD MY NEIGHBORS ADDRESS LISTED AS PLACE HE PERFORMED WORK AT. I
> WILL
> WAIT THE 20 DAYS AND REPLY TO THE COURT THAT I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE
> DUE
> TO FACT THAT I AM NOT THE LEGAL OWNER OF PROPERTY LISTED ONN
> PAPERS SERVED ME. HE'LL HAVE TO DO MORE RESEACH, AND I AM
> THINKING
> ABOUT HIRING ATTORNEY. ANY SUGGESTIONS OUT THERE?
>

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