My contractor is 6 months behind on an 8 week project

5/23/2017 at 2:13:15 PM

Wow! I truly am sorry that you are in such a horrible situation.

The first thing I would do is decide whether you would like to continue with this contractor. If you don't want to, then I would try to talk with him and find a reasonable amount that you can settle on for the work already completed. If it is wrong, as you have suggested, then I would ask for your money back. If he refuses then I would go talk with a lawyer, they will have the best course of action as to retrieval of money, and breaking the contract (that's a I hope you signed). The contract protects you as much as it protects him. That is the key.

After that I would look at other contractors again. To finish your project.

If it is a legitimate reason that he is late (someone died or something like that) I would try and work it out with him. If the foundation is incorrect it is his cost to fix it, not yours. I would also ask for a rebate on the final price, a good contractor will likely work something out with you.

Again, I'm sorry that this is such a horrible situation for you to be in.

All the best, and remember a lawyer is probably the best way to deal with this if you wish to discontinue the Contractor's service.

Marc

Trade-Marc Carpentry

5/23/2017 at 2:26:53 PM

Thank you Marc. I will use this information moving forward. This job was to be completed before our 3rd child was born. She is now 4 months old and we are running thin on space and patience. I would understand if the plans were wrong on the first draw up, but this is going to be the third time the plans were incorrect. I just wish i saw this error before they started ripping up my lawn.

Cheers

5/23/2017 at 2:33:12 PM

Clean habits is very sorry that you and your wife our going through this it's crazy how many story's we here of this type of stuff.

Well I totally agree with Marc I would try to talk to them and see what the problem is that's first. Then after you get all your info from them I would look at getting in touch with a Lawyer and seeing about retaining money back from them. And then getting in touch with a company that wants to take on there mess that they have left you with.

Clean habits

CEO

Ryan Carwardine

5/23/2017 at 2:49:24 PM

Hi,

In my experience as an architect & project manager you find all kinds of people. By now I have learned that if peoples actions are not following their verbal promises you should not hesitate to part ways. It will only get worse with time. You already discovered your foundation is the wrong size & that is only the start of your project.

If your foundation is smaller than you wanted I recommend cantilevering the floor to make up the size difference as much as possible.

Firing people is never easy. Good luck.

Peter

5/23/2017 at 8:05:35 PM

I don't have any experience with this kind of thing. But maybe the newspaper or radio because this type of thing is starting to get a lot of exposure.

Goodluck