Contractor Contract Dispute
On July 14, 2009 I had a contractor start a renovation of my master bathroom. The cost of the renovation was about $4,300. The terms of the contract we signed were that I would pay half upfront and the rest would could be paid 12 months from the finish of the renovation with no interest. While the contractor did a good job, it took he and his employee's 2 months to finish the master bathroom. After he finished I didn't hear from him as to where to send payments or anything. I emailed twice (3 week interval before I got a response to the second email). He emailed me back a contract with over $1,100 in additional costs. At no time did he talk to me about extra cost nor did I agree to them. On the contract that both of us sign, it does not say that there may be additional charges for material or labor during the renovation. I notified the contractor that I was only going to pay the amount we agreed and signed to on the contract. I sent a complain to the BBB where he responded once but did not offer any resolution to the matter. I decided that I would make payments to him in the amount we agreed upon. Since I felt he was being shady, I sent cashiers checks as I did not want him to have my back account number. I went to the bank to see if the checks I sent to him were cashed and found out that they weren't. I'm assuming he will say that I sent it to the wrong address even though it is the P.O. box on his contract and website. I even sent the first payment certified to track whether it was delivered. My question is do I continue to send in payments and keep the stubs as proof of payments. I feel the proof of burden is on him to show that I agreed to the extra charges and if it comes to it, I didn't make payments. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!
