Not Getting Paid

We all know how hard it is to find work and with all that it brings with it like having to deal with low bidders and fly by nighters .

just keeping your self and your employee working is quite a job in it self, so when  you do find work you put all that you are into it and hope that everything you do will result in leading to more work.

But even when you go over and above to complete your work with professional workmanship  and fix other peoples work all the time dealing with the owner sending other trades in and screwing up your time line. 

you do not expect to have to deal with not getting your money , but that is what just happen .

I went into this job knowing  I would have to fix the mess that the first framer had done .

the floor was out of square by 6" and the project was 2 month behind .

So in I come and not only fix everything and get the job back on track but take over and finish everything .

So after i spend 2 nights installing pine flooring along comes the owner and the stain they want is a rub on furniture stain sorry not what was quoted  , the wife decides that she wants the finish applied with some stain mixed in .

the next day they do not like the look so sand all day and start over he picks a stain half a bedroom done the wife does not like that .

Now 6 sat night and i still have not been paid for the pine install and now they want me to hand rub stain on all night , well not happening they will not pay extra so tell them no and then they decideI should   leave and now they will not pay me for the pine install which was a separate contract .

This kind of crap is what really tics me off you give the job all you got and the owner could give a dam they just think that you are disposable with no regard to what  not getting your money will do to you and your family.

Now what are you to do put a lien on the house well that takes money and remember just did not get paid , threaten  them well maybe might work but most often they will call police and them were will you be . 

I use social media to inform people just who they are and try to hurt them this way if they have a company then this can effect them but most often you will be out and without using violence to  make them pay people will just keep doing it .

in my case the owner is greg peterson  with growthadvisors.ca   and renovantage.com  president of renovantage inc