You are obilgated to pay for the time your retain the premesis. 

Who makes decisions on material?

They will likely base their decision on a series of questions:- who controlled how the work was done- was he paid hourly, daily, or weekly or was he paid by the job- did he advertise his services (bus cards, ads, online)- did he work for anyone else- did he have his own tools- did he supply the materials- did you have a contract with him- did he invoice you for the paymentsI would strongly suggest locating and talking to an Attorney who deals with Workers Comp. in your state.

This method is preferred when the security deposit is held by a management company not being retained by the new owner.Ideally, the purchase and sale agreements will specifically address the conveyance of security deposits.

Common sense tells me the tenant will likely be held in material breach of the lease and dealt with based on the terms of the lease (charged with the cleanup, eviction, possibly turned over to the authorities, whatever).FYI -- I don't see any clause in my lease prohibiting a firearm. 

So I'll say I'll be there from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, and bring along some reading materials.

If it isn't particle board then it sounds like this contractor wants to do it their way either for reasons of they can get the materials cheaper and upcharge, they do not like the fumes and process of other products etc., or they want to use a process that involved a lot of time and MONEY to them in labor.If they can tell a customer they need to do something in a way that takes a lot of labor hours to go slower then they can talk and say that is the best way etc.If the contractor simply doesn't want to use the product or process you want once you confirm it is not particle board then you want to know that now before they even start.

I hope this is the right place to post this.I am trying to find roofing material that I ca buy online and have delivered, cheap.

A few other places to check out:http://www.selfstoragetalk.com (forums)http://www.trachte.com (self storage builder)http://selfstorageinvesting.com (pay site with lots of training materials)Podcasts:Episode from 12/4/13 on The Commercial Real Estate ShowEp25 of The Commercial Investing ShowEp12 of Real Estate Investing for Cash Flow

Investor X decides to sell all 5 houses at the same time, and uses a 1031 fiduciary to retain all proceeds from sell.