I was advice by the roofer to place in a second claim for the damaged roof on my house. The first claim made in Sept only paid quarter of my roof. After the second claim the insurance decided to pay for another quarter of the roof (claiming it was vandalism and not weather related). The roofer told me to take the money and he will hook me up with new roof for reasonable price (at cost). I issued him with $4000 check mid Jan. After that he never showed and instead got excuses over the phone. I finally got fed up and demanded my money back in June unfortunately he told me that he is broke and could not do any roofs in Georgia due to tough immigration laws. When asked what he did with the money that I gave him for material he replied that he used it for other business venture (Garage doors). He did hint that he started working in Tennessee doing roofing since there are no tough laws in immigration.
After finding out his home address I went ahead and filed a claim at the Magistrate Court in Mid August. Before the hearing he got in touch with me and told me how sorry he was and further told me he has filed bankruptcy. Sure enough I got a letter for his bankruptcy.
Not sure what I can do at this point. I never saw his face after he collected the $4000 to secure services and material. Not only I lost that money but also my insurance has gone up due to the second claim by $200/year.
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