georgecole
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
After a long wait I got an owners permit to build in the Keys. I was unaware that the owners association required the outside completed in one year, so I contracted with a GC in Central Florida. I paid up front 17k for building materials and expenses. He never presented his credentials to Monroe County, and he subcontracted some of the work to a local subcontractor. He never paid the subcontractor and abandoned the project.; I cannot reach him now. I have no idea where the building materials are. The sub is looking to me for payment. Being pressured by the owners association to continue, I was advised to send a discharge letter to the contractor and find someone else. I contacted the chamber of commerce that initially recommended this contractor; they informed me he is now working on a project for the county there. I filed a complaint with the Florida Dept of Business and Professional Regulation. They told me that since the contractor did not register with the county, the contractor was a subcontractor by their definition; I was the contractor. They do not handle complaints between contractor and subcontractor. What should I do? If I have to get a lawyer, in what county? I live in Brevard; the contractor is in Gainesville.
After a long wait I got an owners permit to build in the Keys. I was unaware that the owners association required the outside completed in one year, so I contracted with a GC in Central Florida. I paid up front 17k for building materials and expenses. He never presented his credentials to Monroe County, and he subcontracted some of the work to a local subcontractor. He never paid the subcontractor and abandoned the project.; I cannot reach him now. I have no idea where the building materials are. The sub is looking to me for payment. Being pressured by the owners association to continue, I was advised to send a discharge letter to the contractor and find someone else. I contacted the chamber of commerce that initially recommended this contractor; they informed me he is now working on a project for the county there. I filed a complaint with the Florida Dept of Business and Professional Regulation. They told me that since the contractor did not register with the county, the contractor was a subcontractor by their definition; I was the contractor. They do not handle complaints between contractor and subcontractor. What should I do? If I have to get a lawyer, in what county? I live in Brevard; the contractor is in Gainesville.