iieee_grrl
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What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Oklahoma
The issue is with a painter. We had a painter come out and give an estimate. The estimate was for $1200 to replace some rotted wood on our house, caulk, and paint the exterior. Verbally, we agreed to a completion date of the Saturday prior to Memorial Day. That day passed, I contacted him that morning, and he said he had gotten behind and would start on Tuesday. Once again, that day passed with no show/ no call, so I contacted him again. He said he would start that Saturday. Same story. This happened one more time. I come home on a Friday, 21 days after the original date of completion, to find him caulking the house. Since I had not heard from him in 2 weeks, I had arranged for someone to, ironically, start the next day. I went inside, and while inside, he left. I called him and told him to stop working and that we didn't want him to paint. I told him that I didn't know he was going to be there that day, and that the work was substandard. He said he would bring by a bill.
For starters, he didn't do the caulking appropriately. The vendor of the materials said it has to be applied to a clean, dry surface. I have photographs of the caulking applied over bug-guts. He also had caulked wood that was to be replaced, according to the estimate. He gave me a bill, stating that since he was planning on working for 4 days, that we owed him for 1/4 of the total bid. I know that he did not arrive at the house prior to 12:00pm, and he left before 3:30pm. I had called his number and left a message stating that we were disputing the bill and that he needed to contact us. This was a week ago. He calls today and says that if we do not pay in full, he is placing a construction lien on the house. What should we do? The work was not worth what he is billing us for - we had to have it redone after the house was washed. I also feel he was in breach of contract because he did not show up or call on 4 different occasions.
Where should we go from here??
The issue is with a painter. We had a painter come out and give an estimate. The estimate was for $1200 to replace some rotted wood on our house, caulk, and paint the exterior. Verbally, we agreed to a completion date of the Saturday prior to Memorial Day. That day passed, I contacted him that morning, and he said he had gotten behind and would start on Tuesday. Once again, that day passed with no show/ no call, so I contacted him again. He said he would start that Saturday. Same story. This happened one more time. I come home on a Friday, 21 days after the original date of completion, to find him caulking the house. Since I had not heard from him in 2 weeks, I had arranged for someone to, ironically, start the next day. I went inside, and while inside, he left. I called him and told him to stop working and that we didn't want him to paint. I told him that I didn't know he was going to be there that day, and that the work was substandard. He said he would bring by a bill.
For starters, he didn't do the caulking appropriately. The vendor of the materials said it has to be applied to a clean, dry surface. I have photographs of the caulking applied over bug-guts. He also had caulked wood that was to be replaced, according to the estimate. He gave me a bill, stating that since he was planning on working for 4 days, that we owed him for 1/4 of the total bid. I know that he did not arrive at the house prior to 12:00pm, and he left before 3:30pm. I had called his number and left a message stating that we were disputing the bill and that he needed to contact us. This was a week ago. He calls today and says that if we do not pay in full, he is placing a construction lien on the house. What should we do? The work was not worth what he is billing us for - we had to have it redone after the house was washed. I also feel he was in breach of contract because he did not show up or call on 4 different occasions.
Where should we go from here??