What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
My dad is a 70 year old man he lives in one of my sisters house which has a flat roof they wanted to change the type of roof, my sister and her husband work so they asked my dad to look for some one to help for them, my dad found a licensed contractor and made a written contract with him he said he would finish the job in 3 days and he was gonna charge him $8000 but he would start of with $2000 they went to the city to ask about the permits and my dad not knowing much English he let this person ask about it this person told him that they said he could do what ever he wanted in the property and at the end go and get an inspector to check and pay a $400 fee, later on we found out that was a lie and the guy had already started the job he had taken of one of the layers from the top and had already taken down all the sides and nailing some of the woods for the frame so my dad told him to stop undue what he had done cause he was gonna go to the city to get a permit the guy took down the wood he had nailed and left but the roof now had holes all over and the guy didn't even care for covering up the wood he had bought or the holes in the roof so a few days later it rained all the water went inside the house getting everything wet now the house and beds etc etc smell awful the wood he had left uncovered got wet too, and now that my dad told him he wanted new wood cause the one he had was no good anymore the guy says he wont do the job anymore and he does not want to give the money back what can we do about it if anyone could help us we would appreciate it a lot.
My dad is a 70 year old man he lives in one of my sisters house which has a flat roof they wanted to change the type of roof, my sister and her husband work so they asked my dad to look for some one to help for them, my dad found a licensed contractor and made a written contract with him he said he would finish the job in 3 days and he was gonna charge him $8000 but he would start of with $2000 they went to the city to ask about the permits and my dad not knowing much English he let this person ask about it this person told him that they said he could do what ever he wanted in the property and at the end go and get an inspector to check and pay a $400 fee, later on we found out that was a lie and the guy had already started the job he had taken of one of the layers from the top and had already taken down all the sides and nailing some of the woods for the frame so my dad told him to stop undue what he had done cause he was gonna go to the city to get a permit the guy took down the wood he had nailed and left but the roof now had holes all over and the guy didn't even care for covering up the wood he had bought or the holes in the roof so a few days later it rained all the water went inside the house getting everything wet now the house and beds etc etc smell awful the wood he had left uncovered got wet too, and now that my dad told him he wanted new wood cause the one he had was no good anymore the guy says he wont do the job anymore and he does not want to give the money back what can we do about it if anyone could help us we would appreciate it a lot.