What is the name of your state? Arizona.
I recently remodeled a home for owner. He and I did all our aggreements verbally without any written contracts. 6 months later he asked me to give him a price on a addition to the same home. Which he has on the market. The owner aggreed on my price and told me to go forward with the work. he agreed to pay me half the money up front. and i told him I would start the next day. I set up materials for job, sub-contractor for partial work, and started demolition. When I asked him for the down payment, he told me he would be back in one hour with the moneys. he never showed, and wouldnt return my calls. I stopped work. Apparently he got an offer on the house and figured he didnt need to do the addition to get it sold. I am unlicensed, but do quality work. he wasted my time, broke our verbal aggreement and wouldnt settle or even return phone calls.
Do I have recourse in small claims court
I recently remodeled a home for owner. He and I did all our aggreements verbally without any written contracts. 6 months later he asked me to give him a price on a addition to the same home. Which he has on the market. The owner aggreed on my price and told me to go forward with the work. he agreed to pay me half the money up front. and i told him I would start the next day. I set up materials for job, sub-contractor for partial work, and started demolition. When I asked him for the down payment, he told me he would be back in one hour with the moneys. he never showed, and wouldnt return my calls. I stopped work. Apparently he got an offer on the house and figured he didnt need to do the addition to get it sold. I am unlicensed, but do quality work. he wasted my time, broke our verbal aggreement and wouldnt settle or even return phone calls.
Do I have recourse in small claims court