iwishiwascool Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Any legit contractor should be LLC which is Legal Licensed Contractor which in english terms means has a business license and insurance. He is absolutely responsible for the driveway and the lake you have at your house now. This made me laugh... It was a joke right?? Updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I just got the updated estimate. $2500:mad: The excavating job was only $2400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Any legit contractor should be LLC which is Legal Licensed Contractor which in english terms means has a business license and insurance. He is absolutely responsible for the driveway and the lake you have at your house now. Oh man, you can't really be this stupid..... right??? LLC = Limited Liability Corporation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRTurbo04 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I just got the updated estimate. $2500:mad: The excavating job was only $2400 looks liek you need to lawyer up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 looks liek you need to lawyer up Why you gots to be White Phil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonneVille Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 NM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhatch Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Sorry to hear Rick. I'll give you a shout before we hire any contractors around here to make sure it's not the same company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bruh Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Any legit contractor should be LLC which is Legal Licensed Contractor which in english terms means has a business license and insurance. He is absolutely responsible for the driveway and the lake you have at your house now. are you retarded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 I sent a certified letter to the contractor yesterday. I included a copy of the quote to fix the driveway. I will see if they will call me back. If I do not hear from them by saturday, then Monday it is off to small claims court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackC50 Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 You could always hold a retainage of the money you were suppose to pay him. That way just tell him he will get the remainder of his money after the damages are fixed on his dime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRTurbo04 Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 so its been 6 days since you first posted this. any update on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 You could always hold a retainage of the money you were suppose to pay him. That way just tell him he will get the remainder of his money after the damages are fixed on his dime. I owe them about $1500 on the job. The estimate to fix the drive is $2500. At this point, the owe me 1K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 so its been 6 days since you first posted this. any update on it? No word yet. I am going to make a personal collection call tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted June 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 So I made my personal collection call today. They guy was not in the office, so I told his girl at the office that he needs to call me today. About 15 minutes later he calls me on my cell. We had a discussion about if he is going to fix the damage or not. He said he is willing to do a "patch job". My answer was "I don't think so. It was not a patched driveway before, and its not going to be on now. So at this point it looks like we will end up in court about this whole ordeal. In the mean time I will be growing mosquitoes bye the thousands due to the standing water in my yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 That blows, I'm not sure what he means by a patch job, but if can make it look like new maybe settle for that and keeping your $1500 that was still owed. That way you end up with a fixed driveway and saving $1500 on the job? Either way it sucks, but dragging scumballs to court is never fun and might be a waste of time if he is not fully bonded/insured/set-up as a business. And even if he is, who's to say he'll follow through with any court orders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonzayne Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 In the mean time I will be growing mosquitoes bye the thousands due to the standing water in my yard. I can't help you with the contractor or the driveway, but I may be able to help with the other thing. Dump some oil on the surface of the water and it will provide enough of a coating that the mosquito larva will not be able to breath. Canola works fine for this, it doesn't have to be 5w-20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted June 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 I can't help you with the contractor or the driveway, but I may be able to help with the other thing. Dump some oil on the surface of the water and it will provide enough of a coating that the mosquito larva will not be able to breath. Canola works fine for this, it doesn't have to be 5w-20. Nice... thx. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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