Should i fire the contractor

[Clarence Ng]

I’ve hired the GC since Jan. Gut and redo entire house. I also hired two separate project consultants to deal with issues with this contractor. The GC don’t respond to my requests, had to project manage them, they stopped work multiple times to request me to pay them for change order and up front for unstarted work. The project is 4-5 months behind schedule right now and almost ready to close wall. The consultants proposed very different recommendations - one said I should pay them to avoid an arbitration, and the other said I should fire them

I know it costs money for arbitration but I also have been burned by their attitude and lack of progress

If it were you would you try to work it out to optimize for money / time to flip the project?