Bad Contractor~ What do I do now?

[Rachelle Bisaillon]

I am in the Orlando area and have a contractor that has literally taken every short cut there is and not only is much of the work not completed but some of it will need to get ripped out and redone. The job that was supposed to take a month is going on 8 months. At this point I am looking at probably $15-$20,000 to fix and finish the job. He has been over paid at this point for about $4-$5000 for stuff not finished, not counting the stuff that needs to be redone.

I live out of state and am flying up on Wednesday to deal with this. How do I deal with this? Do I have to just suck it up as I don't think I will get my money back. Is it worth suing? I imaging that will cost more than what I am owed. Do I threaten bad reviews? Not sure the direction here. Thank you