Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 08:57:44 -0400
From: Pat Shipman
Subject: Contractor will not finish the job – VICKERS FENCE
Can anyone advise me what my options are with a contractor who will not finish the job?
We signed a contract with Lee Sullivan of Vickers Fence in May to have a coyote-proof fence installed because our beloved cat had been grabbed in our front flower bed next to the house. (She lived, miraculously, but only because we heard the commotion and chased the coyote while it tried to kill her.) It is now AUGUST. During that time, a crew has shown up in good weeks twice a week; in other weeks, not at all. We have called Lee endlessly. He always apologizes and promises to have a crew out to work on (name a day). It never happens. NOT ONCE. For almost three weeks we have had a completed fence but no gate –and a fence with no gate to close is useless.
Stupidly we did not put a completion date in the contract. In the meantime, we do not feel our pet is safe unless we are outside with her so we sit there through the sweltering heat, day after day, guarding the cat because Vickers Fence does not turn up to finish the job.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what we can do? WE JUST WANT THE JOB DONE.
Pat