Jones Contracting

Everything I am about to say is corroborated in my attachmentsMr [redacted] signed the proposal with a cash price of $3,with [redacted] back in late October of but never submitted his deposit of $1,and therefor was not put onto the scheduleThe proposal clearly stated that a deposit was required before any work was to beginHe then contacted me in mid February when he then stated he would get the deposit to meI told him I was no longer with [redacted] but could still help him outHe procured the permit himself and I had ordered the trusses based off him saying he would get the deposit to meHe then sent me a text saying that he could only get me $1,as he didn't want to short himself for the month but could get me the other $at the beginning of March and I told him the $1,would get him startedHe made deposit and I went and picked up the trusses and delivered them while the guys started the demo of the roofDuring this phase we found rotten wood on the back wall which prompted a change order in which Mr [redacted] has attached already bringing his contract price to $3,with a total deposit of $1,I told him that because of his situation of being short with money I would make an exception and he could just put the materials on a credit card of his and deduct from the total costOn February I contacted Mr [redacted] by text as he told one of the guys he wasn't sure how he wanted to purchase said materialsOn March we finally met at the garage to obtain the other $of the deposit and discuss yet more rotten wood and that I was going to have to get the inspector out to see what he wanted us to doAt that same time he asked if we could do a roof repair at a neighboring house he owned in which I told him we could take care of it for $and that we would complete that while waiting for the inspectorHe ok'd this per the text message and we did as we statedOn March the inspector came out and asked why we were changing the roof from a shed style to a gable styleHe stated that he had no knowledge of this happening and that if we were going to continue we needed a foundationMr [redacted] did not want to do this so I went down to the inspection office myself to find out what else could be doneI was able to get the head inspector [redacted] to agree that we could pour monolithic slabs in the corners to hold the dead loadOn March I sent Mr [redacted] a text with the total of the Change Order being an additional $and asked how he wanted to proceedhe stated he didn't and I then asked if he just wanted it to the groundMr [redacted] then called and asked that if we would install the garage door ourselves if he agreed to the $4,and I stated we wouldOn March he confirmed through text message and stated he would get us an additional $1,when we came back to do the concreteAs you can see from the text messages Erie experienced bad weather with freezing temps prohibiting us from pouring a monolithic slabI had repeated conversation about this with him as can be seen in the text messagesFinally on April I explained in detail about the inch thickness of the concrete and that if it froze it would crackWe were able to pour the concrete finally on or about April in which I called him to let him know the concrete was in and needed to cure and that it would need inspectedOn April I received a text from Mr [redacted] asking if the garage would be done by May 1st as he rented it to someone for storageI left voicemail with him again stating the concrete had to cure and that it needed to be inspected before we could move any furtherMr [redacted] has never given the additional $1,as promised by text message and I have received nothing but belligerent phone calls from him with threatsMr [redacted] has also not paid the outstanding invoice for the neighboring property roof repair in the amount of $425.00.Mr [redacted] is requesting money back in which is not due to him and Jones Contracting has sustained a lossIt is our right to go after Mr [redacted] and W [redacted] for lost monies and damages but we are not going to pursue this at the moment