What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Wisconsin
Any suggestions on how to get my contractor to give me my money back? I gave him a 10% downpayment for a home I wanted to have built. I have enough equity in my property to pay for a newly built home, plus I had 25% of the cost of the home in savings. I didn't think the bank would refuse a mortgage, but they did. I didn't know what else to do, so I thought I could afford to have a 2 1/2 car garage with apartment above. My township wouldn't allow that. By this time I had given my contractor 50% of the cost of the second option. I still didn't have any building permit or go ahead to build. My contractor was kept abreast of every bit of knowledge I had as I received it. He pushed to have me go ahead with construction, but I told him to hold off until I found out what the penalties would be to go ahead. I could be fined $200 per day for not complying. He still told me to go ahead until I told him any contractor involved could also be fined that same $200 per day. Then he held off. He told me he'd give me my money back in April. Now he doesn't want to give me it back. Said he bought materials and I backed out.
I told him he shouldn't have ordered any materials until we had a go ahead. What can I do?
Any suggestions on how to get my contractor to give me my money back? I gave him a 10% downpayment for a home I wanted to have built. I have enough equity in my property to pay for a newly built home, plus I had 25% of the cost of the home in savings. I didn't think the bank would refuse a mortgage, but they did. I didn't know what else to do, so I thought I could afford to have a 2 1/2 car garage with apartment above. My township wouldn't allow that. By this time I had given my contractor 50% of the cost of the second option. I still didn't have any building permit or go ahead to build. My contractor was kept abreast of every bit of knowledge I had as I received it. He pushed to have me go ahead with construction, but I told him to hold off until I found out what the penalties would be to go ahead. I could be fined $200 per day for not complying. He still told me to go ahead until I told him any contractor involved could also be fined that same $200 per day. Then he held off. He told me he'd give me my money back in April. Now he doesn't want to give me it back. Said he bought materials and I backed out.
I told him he shouldn't have ordered any materials until we had a go ahead. What can I do?
