Hello,
Just wondering if anyone is aware of any legal avenues we can pursue to get our deposit back.
We met up with a cabinet maker mid December and he measured/quoted. We accepted and installation was to be the 3rd week of January. He required a 50% deposit to book in and then 25% once ready for installation and 25% on completion. We paid the 50% straight away.
He said he was running behind so 3rd week jan became 30, 31st January. Since then he has cancelled and re booked 8 times. He never calls, it's either text or email and has been the morning of the booking! The last time he didn't even bother letting us know and he wouldn't answer our calls all day. My boyfriend ended up going to his house to find out what the hell is going on. He saw that the cabinets do appear to be there ready to go but this idiot just won't come and install.
We have 5 other trades waiting on him to finish.
Is there any way of getting our 75% back? (We paid the 25% as he said he was ready to install and payment was due)
Does the building commission cover this type of issue?
This guy really doesn't care that we are turning our lives upside down with work to be home when he says he is coming to install.