What is the name of your state? Ohio
Hired by a girl to put 300sq feet of tile in her condo. (2 baths and kitchen) No contract, verbal agreement. $5/sq foot for tile and $25/hr for all other labor. She paid me $500 upfront for materials and labor.
She was to be out of the country during the project and her father kept an eye on her property. I completed 30.5 hours worth of work - Which included about 200+ sq feet of the tile laying.
The father called me up 5 days into the project and said that he thought the tile looked off-line and instead of giving me a chance to view the project with him, to fix the problems, he fired me. Requested that I come gather my tools and be on my way. By the time I met him at the condo, the tile was already ripped up and HE took it upon himslef and hired someone else for the job.
He reqested the $500 back, which I declined because I did more than $500 worth of work to that point and because I wasn't given the opportunity to even discuss or fix the project.
The daughter is back in town. Left me a msg that she wants her $500 back and an additional $500 for materials wasted.
I'm sure they will try and take me to small claims court for this $1000 if not more and I just wanted to see what is really legal and how much pushing around they are trying to do.
Questions: 1) Does the fact that there was no contract come in to play? 2) What am I responsible for since a 3rd party did the firing and re-hiring on behalf of the daughter?
3) What is my case against them?
Hired by a girl to put 300sq feet of tile in her condo. (2 baths and kitchen) No contract, verbal agreement. $5/sq foot for tile and $25/hr for all other labor. She paid me $500 upfront for materials and labor.
She was to be out of the country during the project and her father kept an eye on her property. I completed 30.5 hours worth of work - Which included about 200+ sq feet of the tile laying.
The father called me up 5 days into the project and said that he thought the tile looked off-line and instead of giving me a chance to view the project with him, to fix the problems, he fired me. Requested that I come gather my tools and be on my way. By the time I met him at the condo, the tile was already ripped up and HE took it upon himslef and hired someone else for the job.
He reqested the $500 back, which I declined because I did more than $500 worth of work to that point and because I wasn't given the opportunity to even discuss or fix the project.
The daughter is back in town. Left me a msg that she wants her $500 back and an additional $500 for materials wasted.
I'm sure they will try and take me to small claims court for this $1000 if not more and I just wanted to see what is really legal and how much pushing around they are trying to do.
Questions: 1) Does the fact that there was no contract come in to play? 2) What am I responsible for since a 3rd party did the firing and re-hiring on behalf of the daughter?
3) What is my case against them?