I and my next door neighbor accepted a bid form Juan to build a block wall to separate our properties. We signed a contract on July 4th of this year, and were told by Juan that he would not be able to start the wall until September 9th. We accepted this start date. I attempted to contact Juan several times by phone in early August, leaving voice messages that I wanted him to contact me regarding a change in scope to the bid as I needed a footing to be deeper than anticipated to accommodate a grading of my yard. Three messages, no response. I emailed Juan on 8/21 and said I had left several messages for him to contact me. He replied to this email that he was on vacation and would not be back until Sunday the 25th of August and could he call me then. My reply was "sure". I didn't hear from Juan on Sunday. I didn't hear from him until I had sent two more emails asking him to contact me. Juan finally contacted me today, 9/4 that we had not accepted the proposal for the wall within the 31 day period acceptance. Both my neighbor and I signed and sent the acceptance to Juan. What we did not send was the 10% deposit on the bid (which, by the way, was more than legally allowed as the bid was over $10,000). This was an oversight on my and my neighbor's part. Juan not receiving the deposit was his reasoning for cancelling the contract. My neighbor and I have been waiting for two months for this project to start, and Juan, if he were intending to do the job, certainly could have contacted us for the deposit. Instead, I am left looking at the last minute for another contractor to build this block wall, having wasted 2 months of time. Totally unprofessional. Juan underbid the job and did not want to honor his end of the contract. If I am in the wrong here, please leave comments to this post. read more