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Alright fam... I need to vent and possibly get some advice...
I recently hired a guy to do a job on craigslist. He was supposed to specifically dig up dirt for a flowerbed that I already had edged up. The job was almost impossible to do it myself and he said he could get the job done quicker and it shouldn't take long.
We had a verbal agreement, with no signed contract.
Fast-forward. He got to my house at 8am yesterday and said he was going to get started... after telling him that we had light rain the night before, he insisted that it would not take long and he will finish before more rain came down. Later on he called me at 1pm to tell me that he couldn't finish because it was raining too much. Something told me to go home and see the progress that was made..
When I got home on my lunch break, I was so pissed that I couldn't see or think. What I saw was my front yard, trashed, grass ruined, with dirt and his bobcat sitting on my front lawn.
My trip to work usually takes 45 minutes and by the time I was 5 minutes away from my job, I didn't realize how I even got there, thats how angry I was.
My question is this? I know it may be too late when I see a logical response but what step do I need to take in order to correct this?
Keep in mind, nothing was cleared by HOA because they take too long to approve anything. And he quoted me $500.00 to do the job
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I recently hired a guy to do a job on craigslist. He was supposed to specifically dig up dirt for a flowerbed that I already had edged up. The job was almost impossible to do it myself and he said he could get the job done quicker and it shouldn't take long.
We had a verbal agreement, with no signed contract.
Fast-forward. He got to my house at 8am yesterday and said he was going to get started... after telling him that we had light rain the night before, he insisted that it would not take long and he will finish before more rain came down. Later on he called me at 1pm to tell me that he couldn't finish because it was raining too much. Something told me to go home and see the progress that was made..
When I got home on my lunch break, I was so pissed that I couldn't see or think. What I saw was my front yard, trashed, grass ruined, with dirt and his bobcat sitting on my front lawn.
My question is this? I know it may be too late when I see a logical response but what step do I need to take in order to correct this?
Keep in mind, nothing was cleared by HOA because they take too long to approve anything. And he quoted me $500.00 to do the job
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