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I am looking for a lawyer who specialises in construction/home improvement disputes.

To cut a very long story short —my home contractor abandoned our home renovation project.

Apparently he had a family emergency in Canada which he told us would take a week. He was never seen again. He completed 60% of the work and been paid 90% of the money.

Of course he promised to come back and finish the project and even assured me he was pulling equity out of his house to finish mine — all lies.

I moved into the shell of a house sleeping on an aerobed with no electricity or running water and supervised the crew he left behind to finish the project as best i could until my money ran out.

Alot of work included in our original contract was not completed or started and I had to pay again for sub-contractors I’d already paid for. The plumbing, electric and final buildings dept inspections still need to be done.

For finishing the project and putting right alot of the contractors sloppy fixes has so far cost me in excess of $100k, not including all the pain and suffering.

I am looking for a lawyer who has experience in these sort of disputes. Does anybody have personal experience with a lawyer?

My advise to anybody considering a major renovation is get a lawyer.

Thank you so much in advance.