mow overgrown, remove stumps contractor left etc

Any reason your posting all these list and not asking questions?
This is not the bloging what's on your mind area.

need help doing all this stuff...ss you don't understand.

I too have wondered whether you've been posting as to what you've done or are planning to do. Do you have specific questions, e.g., on dealing with overgrown (grass?)(weeds?)

There's a wealth of knowledge and experience with the posters here but we're not omniscient.

the contractor should clean their slop up, and until that is done, withhold the last 10% of the payment. that should be in the contract before you sign it... if not, insist it go in there.

it was earlier posted in another forum that this poster is looking for help in doing all these tasks, fixed income etc. habitat for humanity has programs like paint-a-thons that include very minor repairs for homeowners who qualify and have been given ultimatums from the city (fix this or we condemn it.) church groups can also do this type of work.

DIY, Scripps, and the random free-range posters who are not too tired to type typically don't, without volunteering for an event in their area.

And there are crooked contractors who do sloppy work don't complete their work, cause 20k in loss and damages and then have the nerve to sue you for non payment taking advantage of seniors and the disabled. As for your other useless suggestions there is no such help available. Ever watch Holmes on Holmes? It happens all the time while the contractor laughs all the way to the bank and you are left holding the bag. Ss I bothered you all I won't be back.

It is overgrown as it is filled with debrie and can't be mowed besides the fact that the equipment was damaged by the contractor.

So take him to court.

In process to no avail! have run out of money to continue with lawyer and now he has filed bankruptcy and is dba in other named companies making millions but only filed bankruptcy as personal don't know why we can't go after them seems this snake just slithers away with eeryones money and gets away with it, has een claimed us and a friend he did work for as assets, go figure....

Contact the registrar of contractors in your state. Too bad you didn't post your city and state - we maybe could help. Sometimes the state has funds to help where contractors have failed to complete the job. Here is AZ you can get up to $25K.

I think I have already mentioned it but if not, I have contacted the state and BBB and all they do is take your complaint and file it.

You make some statements which beg for refutation:

[QUOTE]Originally posted by GllntKnight:
As for your other useless suggestions there is no such help available. "

Perhaps you misunderstood the function of this forum, which is to share experiences and offer advice on DIY projects. We can't solve legal or other problems for someone.

However, I personally have used the services of local and state agencies and know for a fact that THERE IS HELP AVAILABLE. We've received it, as have neighbors of mine. You have to be willing to do the leg work to find out how to avail yourself of it.

In addition, it's really quite rude to refer to attempts to help as "useless suggestions". What exactly did you expect when you posted here?

"Ever watch Holmes on Holmes?"

A TV show may or may not be a reflection of real life contracting, and I don't think you should be guided by it in assessing your options. Don't forget that these shows are created to draw in audiences, and shock value is a part of their content.


Re the situation with the bankrupt lawyer and his apparent involvement in other companies...depending on the structure of those other companies, they may be shielded from liability by virtue of their legal status. Why you can or can't go after them depends on the contracting entity, its relationship to other entities, and the legal structure as well as how the assets are held.

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Originally posted by GllntKnight:
It is overgrown as it is filled with debrie and can't be mowed besides the fact that the equipment was damaged by the contractor.

Contact the Code Enforcement Office/Division of your community. Ours will clean up yard which create health issues (such as overgrown weeds) but the cost will be either billed to you or carried as an assessment against the property, of which I assume you are the owner?

Also contact the Public Health Department of the county in which you live. They also address health issues in overgrown and unsafe yards.