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madhomeowner
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What is the name of your state? Minnesota. my spouse and I entered a verbal agreemant for an acquaintance to repaint cabinent doors in our home as well as build wood arches and other misc. woodworking in our home. he quoted a price of $2,200 and said all the work would be completed in a month. he said he needed an advance of $1,000 for materials- so we gave him a check. when the time came to reinstall the cabinet doors a month later they weren't done- he eventually reinstalled the cabinet doors a month after the initial due date. but before he installed the cabinet doors, he said he needed another $1,000 - (we paid him$750 instead-) since he had a lot more work to do . when he was reinstalling the doors, he said everything else was done and he only had to paint the arches and everything else- (he would get them in to us in a couple of days) when that time came he said he had not even started the wood arches. he continually lied to us during the entire process. we were very angry since we were in the process of selling our house. we said since you hadn't started anything we would not be using him to complete the project and we thought that the money we overpaid was a lesson learned. he is now suing us for the remaining money that he feels is owed to him, even though in our verbal agreement he did not perform all of his said duties. i want to mention that in the suit he does not mention the completion of the arches and misc. woodwork only the repainting of the cabinet doors. it's his word against ours. what should we do and have prepared for small claims court? should we counter suit ?(he did break some china and stained our carpet in the process of his work) can i find out if he's done stuff like this to other people???? as a private citizen can i file a 1099 so that he would need to claim the income on his taxes(we paid him by check)- he seems to be the type that wouldn't claim it.