Saylor Remodeling

Review: This contractor from the beginning provided a shoddy job. His lack of knowledge on basic information was surprising and cause of concern but not known to the owner before signing the contract. For example, he did not know that the recessed light housing needed in this basement had to be Insulation Contact (IC) type and he had purchased non-IC housing, a fire safety concern. Nor did he know that the receptacles to be installed in the bathroom had to be GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter), a major fire safety concern. His electric work, as identified by a certified electrician that I had hired, was not in compliance with code and safety requirements, and the electrician had to redo almost all of it at a cost of over $2000.The first invoice submitted by the contractor had considerable overcharge on materials as some of the material returned were not excluded from the invoice. Review of the invoice resulted in a reduction of over $600 in the invoice. A similar problem occurred with the invoice number 2. One obvious overcharge came from the return of material that the contractor did for an amount of $168.44 and the credit was given to his gift card whereas the original purchase of the material had taken place on my credit card. Review of invoice prevented an overcharge of over $150. It was in mid-February when I noticed the new sink pedestal that I had purchased to be installed in the basement bathroom was missing from the basement. When a few days later I asked the contractor about it, he mentioned that by accident he broke it and he would replace it, but never did. The contractor asked for payment at the beginning of Phase III work. I made payments totaling $1730 for the labor for that phase on 3/21/2015, 3/23/2015, and 4/2/2015. On April 6, 2015, the contractor walked out of the basement and left the work unfinished. He did a small portion of Phase III, and simply took the money that he was recently paid for Phase III, and abandoned the work.Desired Settlement: As a minimum, the contractor owes the owner $1500 for the work he charged as part of Phase III work but he did not complete. He must return that money immediately. Neither did he complete the few items of Phases I and II that he was fully paid for. He never replaced the sink pedestal he broke and he must replace that immediately. This is even not considering all the damage he has caused due to long delay in conducting the work, and not completing the project on time.