Pacific Deck and Fence

Eh. This guy was recommended by my HOA, but overall the work he did was a little lukewarm. For starters, getting him to nail down a schedule for a small scope project was like pulling teeth. I will start on this date, I will be done by this date –how hard is that? For a few weeks he did not respond to emails until i threatened to back out as a customer. Then, oh my, did he reply quickly. After the project, and before payment, I noticed his guys left some junk on my neighbors deck, however, the owner did return to take it away, promptly. Seeing as how most of the project was a junk removal, not sure why that occurred in the first place. There was a pretty big discrepancy between the first estimate and the second one, even though the scope of work barely changed, indicating that the first one was a mistake (he didnt realize how much it would cost for soil removal?). Then, I had a contractor friend over who explained to me in great detail how the fence was poorly installed and uneven. But oh well, these things happen. To top it off, he indicated I could mail him a check, but then I get an email 5 days later saying, that he hadn’t received a check and that he was going to stop by and he wanted me to leave another one under the mat. So I had to explain that the check was sent by my bank Monday and in the mail. I did not explain, and shouldnt have to, that i delayed sending the payment until the junk was removed from my neighbors deck. Maybe he gets ripped off a lot by other people, but standard operating procedure is to allow the post office time to deliver before making demands (least he could do is phrase it as a question). So, I’m meh [shrug]. He performed the job, but wasn’t fabulous, and I probably way overpaid. At the time I was too busy to go find someone else. Next time, I’ll do a little research.