Eagle Carports destroyed my yard

[Hawk]

Call a few yard guys or landscape center places and get three estimates. It's just sand-rake shovel work and a little sod or seed.Probably a few hundred unless the ruts are 300 feet ?
Show it to the contractor. He'll probably say ...OK

He should without you having to threaten non-payment. If not then is when you say "no fix, no pay".

 

[rsanter]

Yes you should hold payment till you talk with them and it is corrected.
Don't go overboard, but if it was me I would expect them to fix the ruts which is easy. After that the grass will repair itself. You could always speed it up by asking them to sprinkle a little grass seed out.
Beyond that I would not worry too much about it.

Bob

 

[DC_Gearhead]

How can you even ask that question?

OF COURSE YOU HOLD THE FUNDS UNTIL EVERY SINGLE THING IS DONE TO YOUR SATISFACTION PER THE CONTRACT!!!

I've been the contractor who had funds held on him, and it is perfectly correct.

I am also the general contractor who held funds and when the subcontractor refused to finish, used the funds to finish for them.

So your next step is to make a phone call to request a proper repair, follow this up with a registered letter, return receipt requested, noting your agreement on what repairs they will do, and when. If they fail to do this, you then have it done, document it, and send them the remaining funds, if any.

You MUST be made whole. You owe this to yourself. And you owe it to the rest of us, to make sure contractors do what they are contracted to do. Otherwise this will become the standard for everyone.

Bill

I completely agree. I'm a GC as well.

 

[brownbagg]

all the rain we had in south ms, just pay the guys and fill the ruts up when it dry out some, two week you never know

 

[DenisG]

Sounds like you never had heavy trucks in your back yard. That makes me wonder if you have no stable foundation for your carport.

 

[LB-1911]

Sounds like you never had heavy trucks in your back yard. That makes me wonder if you have no stable foundation for your carport.

The amount of rain after and before might of had something to do w/it.

As some of y'all might have seen in my other post I had issues with the contractors getting stuck in my yard but besides that I quite please with the building. I plan on adding extra braces inside and insulating it when the rain stops. I would have took more pictures but it started pouring soon as I get everything inside the shop.

This was concrete being poured, I didn't take pictures of the forming bc I did it myself and I worked like a rented mule to get it done in time



This was the contractors, they worked well into the night to get the building 90% done





This is what I got for just under 4K, I think it was a great deal myself




Hopefully soon I will post pics of interior and the rest of the build

 

[brownbagg]

no footers, LOOK WEINY DOG

 

[hh76]

Every contract I put out has fine print about lawn damage and restoration. I am not responsible, unless customer is willing to pay for it.

What does your contract say?

I do make sure to talk it over with customers just to set their expectations prior to work. Unusual cases, like getting a truck stuck, I would probably smooth out a little with a skid loader, but it still would be dirt when I left.

 

[DenisG]

The amount of rain after and before might of had something to do w/it.

Thanks, I didn't know the background story.