- Jurisdiction
- Georgia
I hired a man to do some remodeling on a small cabin. I live in another state so I could not be there to oversee each day so my mom was there for a few days. Unfortunately she fell and could not be there each day. I went to the cabin after he said he was "finished". What I found was piles of building debris, unfinished work and shoddy work that will have to be repaired or replaced. He said that in order for him to "clean up" I would have to pay for another days work and the dump fees. He was not clear in the beginning that he would not be cleaning up the job. I paid all of the invoices and do not owe him anything. And he TOLD me that he would clean the job when it was completed but then after he got payment, he never showed up to clean. So, we have had to get in there and do lots of work...question: how much can I charge him for the work that we are having to correct. My husband is a pilot and had to take vacation time off...can I charge the builder what he makes an hour OR charge him the fees we had to pay and what I would have had to pay according to what I paid his crew...