[quote=Russell][quote=UCGal][quote=Russell]O.K. UCgal, Good to know you have done and are doing good work on your own behalf. I hope the guy has something you can be compensated with. I am impressed that you managed to get an investigation and opinion from the CSLB.Good luck.
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It was a long and painful process. We kept our investigator on speed dial, and nagged her along in the process. Our complaint and his license suspension took 11 months to show on the clsb website. Despite that we had overwhelming documentation that he’d diverted funds, and violated 8 or more b&p’s. [/quote]
UCGal.
I thought it would take some real tenacity and probably persuasive writing expertise, to get the CSLB to do something.
Perhaps you mean the man violated BMP’s (Best Management practices). For anyone reading who might not know, Those are the erosion control and jobsite construction material and waste management particulars. On a sloped lot you have a lot of that. Sorry this all happened to you. Again, Good luck.
He did things like redirecting funds paid by us to other projects, having employees and claiming none to the CSLB (workers comp issue), having unlicensed subs, insisting on being paid in advance, insisting on a bigger starting fee than $1000… you name it, he violated it.
In theory, his violations were agregious enough that the investigator recommended that it go before an administrative law judge. That doesn’t help us recoup our losses – but it will feel good to see him found guilty of breaking the law.
Seriously – this guy was a thief. Big time.
I just keep reminding myself that not all contractors are quite so blatent in their theft.
