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Guys,
I don't know what to do. I live with my grandmother because I'm disabled and for some reason, she's decided to hire a random contractor her sister in law has used, I guess. He doesn't work for a company and I don't believe that it's even legal for him to be doing the work he is doing (under the laws that require licenses and insurance for "handymen" if the project is over X amount of money). I can't do anything about that because my grandmother doesn't listen to me, but here are my issues.
He put in a standing AC unit in my room but there's a huge gap in the wall where he put in the hot air access thing that I currently have closed off with duct tape. Like, the end of the thing is completely open which means the hot air and outside air was coming into the room.
He was supposed to change my doorknob. He was supposed to do this months ago when he installed the AC unit and didn't. I tried to ask him today to do it, but once again, he made sexual comments towards me and then left without fulfilling this.
So, here is where my biggest issue is. This dude is a certified creep. Since he has been coming over, he has said sexual things to me any time he has a chance alone with me which has been often despite me telling my grandmother NOT to leave the house when he is here because of the comments he's made.
I have documented the comments, but such comments include:
When he was asked to move mine and my dog's beds from one side of the room to the other, he said that the bed I have is far too small and that I will fall off because he isn't there to hold me and make sure that I don't hurt myself.
Later that same day, he was asked to move my office desk to another side of the room and when that was finished, he asked if I needed any more needed to which I said no. And he, under his breath, said that HE needed help with something in his pants.
I have avoided him at all costs and because my bathroom connects to the backyard (but isn't attached to my room), my grandmother is forcing me to allow him to access it freely. Twice he has walked in while I was doing skin care and one other thing and told me he needed to use the restroom. The second time, I waited and thought I heard the other door close, so I pushed the door inside open and there he was on the toilet, everything hanging out. I obviously closed the door as fast as possible and left the house.
My room is the only room in my house that does not have a lock on the door, so, I told him today that he needed to change the door handle on my door because he was supposed to do it before and hadn't. He essentially told me that he would get to it eventually. I do not feel comfortable with him using my bathroom and me not being able to lock my room because of the aforementioned issues, but today, he reaffirmed that.
I went outside and I was wearing my back brace (I have one buldging and one herniated disc in my lumbar spine). When I went to ask him about the locks, he ignored it and asked about my back then said "why don't you lay down and let me massage your back?" Once again, I am home alone and locked all of the doors until he left.
I honestly don't know what to do, guys. I have told my grandmother about his unwelcome sexual comments and it goes unheard. He fucked up on part of what he's been paid to do and is putting off replacing my doorknob in the process. I literally broke a new doorknob today because I couldn't figure it out and my hands don't work well. Nobody is helping me.
So, i guess like.. what am I supposed to do? If I tell him that he needs to fix his fuck ups and to stop making sexual comments to me, I'm afraid he will run off with the money my grandmother has paid. Their contract is written and I have not seen it, but I know it outlines payment and such. I know that with the work he's doing, he has to be licensed and insured but I do not believe he is.
So, I guess long story short is:
How do I make this dude fix what he's fucked up and fulfill what needs to be done while also making sure that he hears that he's being unprofessional and making me feel uncomfortable and unsafe in my own home?
What can I do to protect myself legally if my grandmother isn't going to protect me?
If he runs with the money or "drops" their contract because he doesn't like what I have to say, what do I do then?
Please help.
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