Business ProfileforAll-Ways Contracting

We hired **** ***** (Always Contracting) to build a pool shed/gazebo in our backyard. We signed a contract with him for $57,306.45 to be paid in 3 separate instalments After paying the first instalment Mr.**** b**** the work, which took much much longer than the first phase was scheduled for. He rented equipment to do the project, which was here far longer than it should have been. Mr **** was here sporadically at best, causing the equipment to be needed longer than necessary. After a horrible cement pour in which we had to provide additional equipment and labour, Mr **** asked for more money to be taken out of the second instalment which we reluctantly agreed to. Mr **** continued to show up sporadically until he just stopped showing up all together. He told us he had to take more lucrative jobs. Then we had a lien placed on our house for $10,864.28 because of the equipment that Mr **** did not pay the rental company for. We worked out a deal with Mr.**** that he would finish the project and we would pay off the lien, deducting the lien amount from the remaining balance we would owe him upon completion of the project. But Mr **** has not completed the project. The contract states it would be finished May 20, 2022. It is now January 2, 2023. Mr. **** has not been here for at least two months and there has been no significant progress on our project for four or more months. We have lost all faith that Mr **** actually intends to finish this project and are looking into any and all other options we may have including a bbb complaint as well as legal and criminal avenues. At this point, our hope is to at the very least have the lien paid off of the house.