Contractor said he'd be finished with work in 4 weeks. I was to pay 1/4th of contract each week. After 2nd week when I had paid over 55% of contract and he didn't even have 1/4th of the job done but was demanding an advance for materials I began to be worried but like a fool I advanced even more money to him for materials.
So after the 4th week I had paid him 77% of the contract amount including money for materials. He's never produced the materials and left the job not even cleaning up the place and didn't let me know he was going to be gone. Has been gone for 6 weeks now and has given me 3 different times that he would show back up, and not even called or texted just didn't show up.
He's been very billigerant about the whole thing claiming he's earned what he's been paid. He's only gotten about 40% of the work done and never produced the materials he claimed he was taking the money for. So he got me to advance money in false pretense and in bad faith because now he feels what I've paid him he's earned. Guess he doesn't recognize a signed contract.
He even tried to pressure me into paying his payroll every week after I told him per the contract that I was holding a portion of the last payment until the job was completed. So essentially after the money stopped coming in he left. If I had continued to cover his payroll I would be way over the contract amount as slow as they have been and who knows if he would have even shown up then. I did a stop loss at the 77% and glad I did.
I think he has squandered the money and can't afford to pay a crew to come back. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't feel he had bullied me into paying more and threw a little fit when I expressed concerns and ignored my questions regarding where my materials were. If he hadn't expected me to be so prompt in paying, I would feel better about the time it's taking him but he's been a royal jerk.
The work he's done is fairly good but my house is not done and I have a time restraint to get it done and he said that was not his problem. He's said stuff like he's the captian of his ship and shows up whenever he wants, .... Very immature and not real customer oriented. Very tempermental. Gets mad when you ask him questions or text him after he's dissappeared from the job for over a week.
Says his personal time wasn't any of my business when I was just trying to find out when he was going to come back and finish a job he's gotten paid to do but hasn't produced. He's also said he didn't have a time that he had to be done with it. Funny how that works because I had a time I needed to get him paid by but he didn't honor his word to get it done in 4 weeks.
I consider him as having abandoned the job and have contacted the BBB and the Attorney General's office. Tomorrow filing a police report for theft for the materials.
Estep Construction, LLC Reviews
Contractor said he'd be finished with work in 4 weeks. I was to pay 1/4th of contract each week. After 2nd week when I had paid over 55% of contract and he didn't even have 1/4th of the job done but was demanding an advance for materials I began to be worried but like a fool I advanced even more money to him for materials.
So after the 4th week I had paid him 77% of the contract amount including money for materials. He's never produced the materials and left the job not even cleaning up the place and didn't let me know he was going to be gone. Has been gone for 6 weeks now and has given me 3 different times that he would show back up, and not even called or texted just didn't show up.
He's been very billigerant about the whole thing claiming he's earned what he's been paid. He's only gotten about 40% of the work done and never produced the materials he claimed he was taking the money for. So he got me to advance money in false pretense and in bad faith because now he feels what I've paid him he's earned. Guess he doesn't recognize a signed contract.
He even tried to pressure me into paying his payroll every week after I told him per the contract that I was holding a portion of the last payment until the job was completed. So essentially after the money stopped coming in he left. If I had continued to cover his payroll I would be way over the contract amount as slow as they have been and who knows if he would have even shown up then. I did a stop loss at the 77% and glad I did.
I think he has squandered the money and can't afford to pay a crew to come back. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't feel he had bullied me into paying more and threw a little fit when I expressed concerns and ignored my questions regarding where my materials were. If he hadn't expected me to be so prompt in paying, I would feel better about the time it's taking him but he's been a royal jerk.
The work he's done is fairly good but my house is not done and I have a time restraint to get it done and he said that was not his problem. He's said stuff like he's the captian of his ship and shows up whenever he wants, .... Very immature and not real customer oriented. Very tempermental. Gets mad when you ask him questions or text him after he's dissappeared from the job for over a week.
Says his personal time wasn't any of my business when I was just trying to find out when he was going to come back and finish a job he's gotten paid to do but hasn't produced. He's also said he didn't have a time that he had to be done with it. Funny how that works because I had a time I needed to get him paid by but he didn't honor his word to get it done in 4 weeks.
I consider him as having abandoned the job and have contacted the BBB and the Attorney General's office. Tomorrow filing a police report for theft for the materials.