He Sold a Bathroom Job: Pull the Old Tub, Put In a New One, Add Recessed Lights. He Was Paid Most of It, Walked Off, and Florida Fined Him.

The job was one bathroom in an Orlando house: take out the bathtub and faucet, put a bathtub and faucet back in, and install recessed lighting in the ceiling. The contract was dated on or about March 25, 2010, and the price was $1,300.00.

The homeowner paid $788.61. Then, in the words of the state’s final order, the man who sold the job abandoned it.

He held no state contracting license, and the floor-covering company he ran as president was not qualified to contract either. The state’s licensing department took it up as Case Nos. 2010-034622 and 2010-034628…

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