I entered into a contract with Lloyd Miller, Lloyd's Painting & Wallcovering, to paint the exterior doors, and other areas of our fifty-unit motel. He required a $1,500 upfront deposit, which I paid him.
After a five days of substandard work, ranging from two-to-six hours per day, he and his assistant abandoned the project. After several days of not appearing to continue work on the project, I contacted him several times. No answer, no reply.
In frustration I filed a small claims complaint against him. He actually appeared in court to answer the complaint arguing that ten-to-twelve hours of shoddy work and the purchase of a few cans of paint justified him keeping the $1,500 deposit.
The court's ruling reads in part: "Since Defendant breached the contract and did no work for which he is entitled to be compensated, Defendant must return the first payment made by Plaintiff". Needless to say, I have not seen a dime from him.
Beware of this man. He presents himself as a "professional painter" in his white painter coveralls professing over fifty years experience. Based on what little painting he did on my property, a chimpanzee could have done a better job!
Beware - History of shoddy work with numerous complaints filed against him according to the process server.
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