oldforester
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Basically, this crappy negligent contractor is here at the moment to do the repairs I asked but said he's going to do it half-assed and doesn't care. Dares me to go to file a complaint or bond claim since he "knows how difficult" it is to do theses things (and probably knows it won't work out in my favor).
(full story below)
We're in Los Angeles. So this contractor we hired re-did our roof in time for last year's rainy season. Little did we know, they majorly fu*ked it up and didn't change the drains on the roof, so water leaked all into the attic and then eventually into our house (collapsing ceilings etc.)
They came and fixed all that, re-did the work, drains, ceilings and dried out the attic.
Only after the rainy season did we find out that they took out tiles (we have Spanish style roofing) and then didn't replace them, leaving a huge ugly metal gutter sticking out in the middle of the roof above our door--very visible.
Now the contractor first says he won't fix it because "it's so hard to find the tiles" and that he'd probably have to redo the entire section rather than putting new tiles in, and that's too much work.
Since this contractor is licensed and bonded, I know I have two options:
- File a complaint to CSLB, but there's no guarantee that the complaint will do anything
- Make a claim against his surety bond, but I'm reading that that even is unlikely to result in any financial recuperation since the bond company has in its best interest protecting the contractor and to not pay out.
The option I want to take, at this point, is to get financial damages and then hire another company to fix their mess. I don't trust this guy to fix it, even if he agreed to it.
Any advice? Thanks!
(full story below)
We're in Los Angeles. So this contractor we hired re-did our roof in time for last year's rainy season. Little did we know, they majorly fu*ked it up and didn't change the drains on the roof, so water leaked all into the attic and then eventually into our house (collapsing ceilings etc.)
They came and fixed all that, re-did the work, drains, ceilings and dried out the attic.
Only after the rainy season did we find out that they took out tiles (we have Spanish style roofing) and then didn't replace them, leaving a huge ugly metal gutter sticking out in the middle of the roof above our door--very visible.
Now the contractor first says he won't fix it because "it's so hard to find the tiles" and that he'd probably have to redo the entire section rather than putting new tiles in, and that's too much work.
Since this contractor is licensed and bonded, I know I have two options:
- File a complaint to CSLB, but there's no guarantee that the complaint will do anything
- Make a claim against his surety bond, but I'm reading that that even is unlikely to result in any financial recuperation since the bond company has in its best interest protecting the contractor and to not pay out.
The option I want to take, at this point, is to get financial damages and then hire another company to fix their mess. I don't trust this guy to fix it, even if he agreed to it.
Any advice? Thanks!