THE CONTRACTOR TOOK DEPOSIT ON JULY 22ND 2017 TO DO A STAIR CASE AND WILL BE FINISHED ON AUGUST 12TH 2017, AFTER WROTE CONTRACT AND HE GOT DEPOSIT , WE NEVER HEARD FROM HIM , NOT ANSWERING PHONE CALLS OR TEXTS MESSAGES. THEN ON AUGUST 15TH , I SURPRISED HIM BY VISITING HIS SHOP , AFTER ARGUING HE GAVE ME A CHECK FOR THE DEPOSIT , AND FOR SURE , THE CHECK WAS NOT CLEARED BY THE BANK , SO I TEXTED HIM TO INFORM HIM ABOUT THE CHECK , HE SAID ,HE DOES NOT HAVE THE MONEY AND HE ASKED ME TO START THE JOB ON SEPTEMBER 7TH , I AGREED , SURELY HE NEVER CALLED OR SHOWED UP AS USUAL. I TOOK HIM TO COURT , HE NEVER SHOWED UP ON COURT DAY . THE JUDGE GRANT ME THE JUDGMENT ON FEBRUARY 2ND 2018. I CALLED HIM AFTER BOTH OF US RECEIVED THE LETTER FROM COURT ,UNTIL NOW HE DID NOT DO ANY THING ABOUT IT ( CHECK IS $1000.00)