I hired a man named Jerry Hall to lay a pad down for a manufactured home, remove trees far a septic tank and get rid of debris from my property. I have used him in the past and he had always came through for me so this time I paid him while the work was being done rather than after.
I sent him $4300.00 for this work to be done and as soon as the check was cashed I did not see him again on my property. He only completed removing a few trees and brought in some dirt for the pad that was not completed.
It came time to put the house down but the driver would not put it on the "pad" that was created by Jerry as he said it was not sufficient and would never pass code. I had to pay out another $2500.00 to get the pad corrected. The delivery man also said that he had never seen anyone use such bad soil for laying a pad. It had rocks and tree roots in it and looked as if it had been removed from another construction site.
I and 3 other people attempted to contact Mr. Hall but he did not return any calls for about 2 weeks. Finally, I was able to get ahold of him and I told him what had transpired in his absence. He said that he had to go out of town and that is why he was not available to be contacted. I expressed my disappointment in his failure to contact me to let me know that he would not be here for the house being installed.
I asked Mr. Hall for a refund of only $1000.00 to help with the cost of the other contractor fees and he said "Okay" then hung up the phone. I have not received money or heard from him so I called him again from a different number that he did not recognize so that he would answer. I asked him where the money was and he said that he tried to settle this issue with me but I was "RUDE" to him on the phone so he was done with me.
I have attempted to file a small claims case but have not received anything back from the County yet.
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