I totaly agree with you Irish, times have gotten to where you just can't trust anyone to not screw you over, including the government.
As in referance to your problem, I used to have my own construction company, and on larger jobs, I asked for 1/3 down to start, and 1/3 half way through and when I was done I had the customer look over and inspect the work. When they were satisfied, I asked for the rest of what was owed. That way I always knew they were satisfied.
During the process, if I ran across something out of the ordinary, I would stop work contact the customer, give them there choices as to what options the had and explain the differances. THen once they, made the dicision as to what the wanted done, the work then continued.

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