So back in December a guy came up to my house and said he removes trees and that one of the trees next to my house should come down soon as it's has a high risk of falling soon, especially with winter coming up. He quoted me for $650 to remove the tree and cleanup. I responded saying that we couldn't afford that at the moment, and we had a bit of back and forth regarding potential payment plans.
In the end, I never expressed explicit confirmation and he stopped contacting me. Then I came home one day and noticed the tree was down, and quite a bit of a mess around that side of the house. I asked a neighbor who said that someone came by and took down the tree, but clearly did a poor job of it as the tree wasn't cut down to the base.
Now it's May, nearly a full five months later, and I haven't heard anything from this guy. I slowly saved up and set aside the $650 but he just never followed up with me asking for payment. I'm not sure what to do about it now? Is there a precedent that after X amount of time you don't have to pay anymore? Should I reach out and ask him to finish the job?
Submitted May 13, 2019 at 02:14PM by gokjib http://bit.ly/2VAC6kn
