I have been very careful in these pages not to let any of my readers know about the builder that I have been working with, just in case.  Well, the just in case has happened.

After 7 months of almost no progress, no estimate for the cost of my project, no statement of my account, and being kept out of the loop, I finally demanded an update on everything and discovered that my money was being wasted through double charges and unfathomable costs.  I ordered a stop to everything and decided to terminate my contract.  

I would like to end this whole thing amicably, even forfeiting money that I am clearly owed, just to get away from this fellow and his scheming but it seems that he wants to get everything he can out of me.  He has even threatened to seek damages from me if I cause him any trouble – in an obvious attempt to scare me into accepting more pain.

I will go to court if I have to, but if so I will seek what I am owed and won’t settle in the manner that I offered to him.

All this mess is why I have not been posting.

So now I have to reconsider the whole thing.  As of this writing I am most likely to go back to the original plan: the building of a small casita – a guest house if you will – that can serve as a shelter if we get lucky enough to sell our former B&B.   The main house will be something different if we do decide to build it at all. 

I will continue to post, I will continue to build something out of straw bale…  but now I will go back to only trusting myself to run this whole thing.  If I need extra help, I will be the contractor. 

But it’s back to me, and back to square one.

 

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