Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Illinois

The law requires you to make a attempt to limit your damages when requesting relief. It is better in my opinion to find someone else to complete the work while you take legal action rather than waiting.

If you are in a good enough of a financial position that you can afford to continue the project, you shouod do so in order to limit your damges that may arise from the delay.

The law does prefer you mitigate and quantify damages. But make sure you document the status of the work as best you can - pictures, pictures, pictures, and the assessment of whoever you hire. Since the status of the work will be an issue, that is what you need to preserve as evidence for your case. If you have a written contract make sure you properly terminate it according to its terms, and if you have no written contract or a simple proposal you were working off of, you should give him reasonable notice before proceeding. Otherwise he could claim you usurped his rights. There are other things you need to watch out for so now would be a good time to take everything to a construction litigator for any other tips based on a complete review of the situation.

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