Hello everyone, I am in a dilemma and hoping to get suggestions and opinions and to know my legal standpoint.
I hired a tradesperson to do a landscaping job for my house. Proper invoice was sent with Abn and he requested for 40% deposit which calculates to $5200. Deposit was paid to him via bank transfer and he sent back the receipt as well with the balance due.
He hasn't showed up to start the work on the agreed date/time and have not been responding to my messages/calls. It has been three weeks since I have paid him the deposit and no contact has been made with him since then. I lodged a dispute with the bank for the transaction but they said it can't be disputed.
I will appreciate if anyone can please suggest what should be done in this scenario to be able to get the deposit back so that I can hire someone else to do the job.
I have proofs of conversations with him and also the invoices.
I hired a tradesperson to do a landscaping job for my house. Proper invoice was sent with Abn and he requested for 40% deposit which calculates to $5200. Deposit was paid to him via bank transfer and he sent back the receipt as well with the balance due.
He hasn't showed up to start the work on the agreed date/time and have not been responding to my messages/calls. It has been three weeks since I have paid him the deposit and no contact has been made with him since then. I lodged a dispute with the bank for the transaction but they said it can't be disputed.
I will appreciate if anyone can please suggest what should be done in this scenario to be able to get the deposit back so that I can hire someone else to do the job.
I have proofs of conversations with him and also the invoices.