What are my rights?
My problems are relatively small compared to many here. But they’re still causing me tremendous frustration.
I hired these guys to replace my roof. I think they may have actually done a decent job but I realize now I have no way of being sure. I didn’t have any doubts until I hired them to also paint the outside of my house. That’s where the trouble began.
At first they started out by setting up scaffolding, removing my storms and screens, and beginning a “power wash” of the outside. Then one day, halfway through this process, they simply stopped. It’s going on six weeks now and I haven’t heard a word from any of them. All of their stuff is still here - ladders, scaffolding, etc. but they haven’t responded to any of my numerous phone calls. My life has been in a holding pattern since I’m reluctant to have people over or take a trip somewhere while all of this is still in limbo. To make matters worse, I’ve already paid for all of the paint. Not to mention that I have no storm windows or screens since they’re all still lying out in the yard.
So what more can I do? There is no written contract for this (there was for the roof). But it’s obvious that they’re supposed to be doing work since all of their stuff is here. Can I confiscate their equipment? For that matter, how would I even go about dismantling it? I’m still hoping to resolve this somehow but it’s hard to excuse someone vanishing and not returning a single one of your phone calls while leaving your house looking like real crap.
Any advice would be most welcome.
Jason
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