Builder left job after I asked for a breakdown of how much work has been completed... now claiming I owe him money, do I really?
I stopped paying as there was hardly anyone there and hardly anything had changed over the course of two weeks. I was hesitant to keep paying for a full week's worth of work without substantive change.
I'd paid for about 60% of the work to be completed but it was apparent that less than 60% of the work had been done.
Things came to a head and I asked the builder to provide me with a breakdown of monies owed vs work completed. Of course if I've underpaid, I'm happy to cough up the extra cash, but I don't think I have He said that was fine, happy to oblige and then he packed up and left 2 hours later without saying they weren't coming back.
We've since been going back and forth because he's claiming that I owe him money (still not provided me with a breakdown).
The figure I "owe" has changed numerous times and I'm not convinced that I really do owe him anything. I've asked for a breakdown at last 3 times now and each time, this request is ignored
He's sent over an invoice for extras but based on how much I've paid and how much they've done, I really don't think I owe that much at all (if anything).
What should I do? Can he take me to court? (Probably not!)