Last July (2020), Landon, of Re Squared, began working on a series of projects in our home,…read morereplacing windows, refinishing a bedroom downstairs, and repairing a porch whose structure first required straightening, and then tearing out an old wooden hot tub in its corner, putting in new planks, and finally a paint job. For the most part, Landon's work was satisfactory and I paid him several times as he finished one portion of the whole project, because he said he needed the money to be able to pay bills. That seemed fair. Occasionally, he would take a day or two to go work on other projects which I also felt was acceptable, even though this meant that the jobs in my home would take longer to finish. By the middle of October, 2020, Landon was about one day away from being finished with the entire project for our home. The only things left to finish included installing a threshold for the new flooring in the bedroom, and tearing out and reattaching the slats in the porch railing which he installed without squaring them to each other. In other words, the distance between the slats at the top of the railing are often three-quarters of an inch to an inch wider or narrower than the distance between the slats at the bottom. It was very sloppily done and he agreed that he needed to redo this part of his work, plus there was some paint touchup on the porch as well. Before he left on the last day we saw him, about October 22, he said he would like the last payment. I said I would give it to him when he came back and finished. He pushed a little bit for the payment and promised he would come back on Thursday of the next week, Oct. 29. He gave me his word he would be back. I trusted him and gave him the money. However, he did not show up that next Thursday. So, I called the next day to make an appointment, and he said he would be at my home that afternoon. But he again did not show up. I began to worry because I knew that when the cold weather arrived, it may become more difficult to do the work and more especially to touch up the paint in some areas that needed it. On November 3, I texted Landon to set up an appointment. He replied, "I have to get this job to a point that I can break away. I am shooting for today and will let you know." But, he did not get back to me. I contacted him one more time before the winter set in and he said he would keep his word as fast as he could. Once again he did not respond. On April 5, 2021, five months later, I texted him again and asked if, now that the weather was warming up, he could come and finish his work. He said, "Yes, but it will be at least a month." So it has now been eight weeks. I texted him again on May 17, 2021 and have received no reply. I suppose he might say I am being a pest. I would say that seven months is a long time to wait to have him finish the project that he started almost a year ago.
