Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in North Carolina

This is not a credit, debt and collections issue. You should speak with a consumer finance attorney.

It appears that you entered into some type of contract (obviously not a written one) whereby you agreed to hire the person to do work at your home. I don't know how much you agreed to pay, how much you already paid or how much the contractor still wants.

I suggest that you take pictures of what has been done and obtain estimates from reliable contractors indicating how much it will cost to complete the work, if needed. Find out if the work was done correctly. Take pictures of the work as well.

It depends on what the person wants and what the pictures and estimates reveal. If the work that has been done to date is shoddy and you will have to pay roughly an amount equal to what is now demanded to have it re-done, then you can write to the contractor and suggest maybe he can call it quits and you and he can sign a written contract that no further monies are owed by either and no liens will be filed.

If it will cause you a lot more money to fix the crappy job he did, then you can write him a letter explaining that fact and advise that he will have to pay you some amount, less what you owe to him.

He is entitled to be paid a fair sum for the work that he did correctly. While you are getting an estimate from someone reliable, find out what a reasonable charge would be for similar, competently done work. Get more than one estimate of this as you want to make sure that the estimates are roughly equivalent.

If this contractor has overcharged you, you will want to state that also in the letter and offer only to pay him a reasonable sum, but less than what he is demanding, unless he can supply you with written receipts.

I will be happy to send him an appropriate letter for a reasonable fee. I will require a written report from a contractor and his name and a physical address for delivery by UPS.

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