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redheadedtxgal
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Is this a civil or criminal case?
We had a painting/maintenance contractor to start work on our house on November 20th 2000.
On Dec 1st they were not done but we had to move into our home. He and his worker were there when we got there. The contractor came to us and told us that he had been putting off jobs and borrowing from advanced money from his jobs and that our job was really putting a bind on his business. That he needed money from us. That if we would give him all but $300 or $400 of what we owed him it would sure help him out. That as long as we still owed him he would for sure finish the job. Anyway that day I wrote him a check for $2000.00 dollars. Then because we were in the process of moving, we went to our old house to finish getting things from there. We were gone about an hour and a half. When we got back to our home the contractor and his helper were gone. All his equipment was gone. I called my bank and sure enough he had already been there and cashed my check.
The house was a mess. The bathrooms weren't painted, the kitchen was a reck. The cabinets weren't primered so the paint is chipping off daily. There are runs all through out our living room where he painted our paneling and over spray on all the windows and built-in desk. It has taken us from Dec 1 till now to get the place livable.
We have called him and called him. He will not answer his phone.
The total amount taken from us was $3100.00. The new contractor said it would be a total of $2930.00 to fix what they messed up.
Some examples of his purposely conning us is telling us he was putting epoxy on our counter tops and saying it cost $100.00 a batch and it would take 2 batches and then you add labor to it and now the cost is $350.00. Now after the other contractor looked at the work we find out you can scratch it with your fingernail and the so called epoxy is nothing but enamel paint.
I have pictures, contracts, newspaper ads, check copies to prove all of this to be true.
We have now found out that he is on parole for numerous things. 2 of them are possession of cocaine and thief by check, which is what we feel he has done to us. I need to know if this is a criminal case or a civil case and what way we should approach this.
Sincerely,
Debra
Lancaster, TX
[Edited by redheadedtxgal on 12-26-2000 at 10:23 AM]
We had a painting/maintenance contractor to start work on our house on November 20th 2000.
On Dec 1st they were not done but we had to move into our home. He and his worker were there when we got there. The contractor came to us and told us that he had been putting off jobs and borrowing from advanced money from his jobs and that our job was really putting a bind on his business. That he needed money from us. That if we would give him all but $300 or $400 of what we owed him it would sure help him out. That as long as we still owed him he would for sure finish the job. Anyway that day I wrote him a check for $2000.00 dollars. Then because we were in the process of moving, we went to our old house to finish getting things from there. We were gone about an hour and a half. When we got back to our home the contractor and his helper were gone. All his equipment was gone. I called my bank and sure enough he had already been there and cashed my check.
The house was a mess. The bathrooms weren't painted, the kitchen was a reck. The cabinets weren't primered so the paint is chipping off daily. There are runs all through out our living room where he painted our paneling and over spray on all the windows and built-in desk. It has taken us from Dec 1 till now to get the place livable.
We have called him and called him. He will not answer his phone.
The total amount taken from us was $3100.00. The new contractor said it would be a total of $2930.00 to fix what they messed up.
Some examples of his purposely conning us is telling us he was putting epoxy on our counter tops and saying it cost $100.00 a batch and it would take 2 batches and then you add labor to it and now the cost is $350.00. Now after the other contractor looked at the work we find out you can scratch it with your fingernail and the so called epoxy is nothing but enamel paint.
I have pictures, contracts, newspaper ads, check copies to prove all of this to be true.
We have now found out that he is on parole for numerous things. 2 of them are possession of cocaine and thief by check, which is what we feel he has done to us. I need to know if this is a criminal case or a civil case and what way we should approach this.
Sincerely,
Debra
Lancaster, TX
[Edited by redheadedtxgal on 12-26-2000 at 10:23 AM]