Early Trouble with contractor

[Vincent Plant]

I’m currently brrring a property for the first time.

My first order of business is to replace the roof as insurance is requiring me to do it to maintain coverage.

I went ahead and got 4 quotes, chose the guy who gave the 2nd lowest and went off his references.

I paid him half up front, signed a contract and he said he’d be there Monday morning (today) to start and be done by Thurs.

I wake up 2 hours before he supposed to be there and he’s texting me that he forgot to tell me he needs to fill out a business license for this county and won’t have it it till Friday.

This to me seems unacceptable! He didn’t mentioned that he wasn’t registered in the county until now. I feel already like I’m being jerked around.

He already went ahead and cashed the check I gave him real fast.

Any suggestions on how to maneuver through this?