Couple wants money back after a shoddy landscaping job

Question: We hired a contractor to redesign our backyard landscaping for our Cave Creek home. The cost would be $44,000, and we paid the $22,000 initial payment. This contractor did poor work from the beginning, including the severing of our watering system when we were gone for the weekend, which flooded our garage. The contractor now…

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How to resolve a dispute with an Arizona contractor

Question: We hired a contractor for $200,000 to build a large aluminum shed in North Phoenix for our construction equipment. After several heated arguments about the quality of the work, the contractor refused to finish the project. We had to pay an additional $60,000 for a different contractor to finish the project. Although we could…

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Payment Feud Entraps Owner

  Question:  I recently signed an agreement with a contractor to install new kitchen cabinets in my Chandler home.  Without my knowledge or approval, this contractor subcontracted the work to a local carpenter.  The cabinets were built poorly and were not even the ones I wanted.  I paid my contractor after we settled for 20…

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