Trivial if not truly negligible, nominal work has been done in two weeks. I spoke with Sim--"the Tile Guy"--on Monday, he said in his note (pictured right) that he'd be here 8:30 on Tuesday. I took him at his word and went to work rather than hanging out at home to see that he got here. What's the point, it's not like my being here is going to make him come here or anything. I was so excited to come home from work Tuesday (yesterday), expecting to see some visible progress. He said once he started putting in tile, it would take 5 days or so to finish. So I thought I'd see significant progress. No such luck.
Only when I went in to take a picture of the note did I notice that there was possibly, just possibly one new backer board piece up from the last time I looked. It's also possible that he did that on Monday then wrecked on the black ice on Tuesday on his way to my house so early in the cold morning... Who knows?! I tried calling him twice yesterday and got his voicemail both times. I'm having a hard time sleeping on account of I don't know WHAT to do about this. I guess at this point I'll keep calling him, maybe send him a letter if I can figure out how to word it. I'm waiting for a decent time of day to call him, thus we find me blogging at quarter to 6 in the morning...
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You could ask him "Do I need to sue you to get my money back so I can hire somebody to get the job done?" Then "If not, would you commit in writing to a deadline for full completion with a significant penalty if not done?"
Ooo. I like it. At a minimum you need his mailing address so you can notify him of the date you expect completed work or your money back. Would Dave provide that for you? B
I did write him an email yesterday evening. I didn't threaten to sue, but I told him that I needed him to finish the work or give me a refund and return my materials so I could hire someone else.
Still no word. I do have his address around here somewhere. I intend to put a printed copy of my email into the US Mail. It doesn't have a date on it. I guess I need to figure that out.
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