Young and Company

We gave Stan Y $9000 to start a job for us pending HOA approval. No goods or services were rendered. He only gave us $7200 back after 3 weeks.
May 4th we signed a proposal for Stan Y and his company Young Designs to put a roof over our patio. On the proposal was "Pending HOA Approval" which both parties signed off on and we gave him a payment for around 50% of the total project which was $9000 ($17,500 total). We never got the HOA approval because when we finally got the contractor's license, it wasn't even in Stan's nor his company's name. That was a concern of the HOA. We were in touch with Stan over the weekend (5/5 and 5/6) letting him know that we had not received approval and that the HOA had some questions. On 5/7 before 9am, we decided to cancel the project as we had learned that Stan had already cashed our check. A formal letter was emailed to Stan after several attempts to get in touch with him. One of his subcontractors, Jimmy D showed up at 9am who we then told the project was cancelled and we gave him the same letter as well. When we finally got Stan on the phone, he said that he had already purchased material. We asked him how much. He didn't know. We pushed for an amount, which he then said was $5500. We asked for a receipt. He could not produce that. Later that week he then said he would give us $3500 if we would sign a "contract" that was worded to where we would not pursue anything else. We refused. He finally said that he was able to return our material for a 20% restocking fee which was $1800. I said that 20% of his quoted $5500 would be $1100 not $1800. We asked for a receipt for that. He would not provide us with one. After much back and forth over the course of 3 weeks, he paid part of our $9000 by meeting us at a bank with the cashiers check that we requested as all of our trust was gone on 5/25. We ended up waiting longer that day because he said he was waiting for Jimmy D to give him the check. Sticking to his story and bad math, we were short $1800. No services or goods were rendered. We went to an attorney just to see what we should do, and while they feel we have a very strong case, we would be paying the same amount roughly to get back our outstanding $1800. Coming up even then. He had also referenced Tim D website as their work when we were working on the proposal, so I'm not sure if that business appreciates that type of attention as Tim D company does seem like a stand up business. We will not lose anymore sleep over this, but I do not want to see another family have to go through this ever again.

This company was hired to perform minor repairs and complete paintwork that was specifically listed in a signed contract. Through an error in the office, full payment was made before all the listed repairs were completed in consistence with the contract. Despite the unfinished work being obviously and specifically listed, the business owner insisted the copy he had does not list the disputed repairs and he had no intention of completing the disputed repairs without additional payment. Cost and time invested to litigate the issue in court could exceed the burden to complete the work on our own.