Gator Steel Buildings Danny Tyson Voided their own contract by not completing work and work that was completed left building in dangerous standards Panama City Beach, Florida

This complaint is against Gator Steel Buildings for not completing the agreed upon services per a contract signed by myself and Gator Steel. On 5/23/11 myself and Gator Steel signed a contract to erect a 40'x60' Steel building in Mt. Vernon, AR. The agreements of this contract, which was written by Gator Steel, was that the building would be completed 100% within 7 days of beginning erection. Gator Steel's crew began erection of this building on 6/29/11 and they left on 7/4/11 with the building not completed and what was done was left in poor condition. For example, one 9'x7' door was left partially completed and the 12'x12' door not started. One walk door was installed in the incorrect location, the sheet metal was screwed down too tight causing warps and to top it off, there are many boxes of installation materials left unopened. I have been in contact with Gator Steel many times throughout this process and have been advised by their sales manager Bill Sumner that this would be resolved; however, he refuses to give a date and continues to backtrack. The only time I hear from them is after sending countless emails and placing several phone calls before I get a response stating they are working on it.

It has now been almost 30 days since their crew began erecting this building. To make matters worse, I paid this company more than what was originally agreed upon since the equipment needed ended up costing more than they estimated. I was also forced into paying the erection crew an additional $1,000 on site for them to install insulation which was included in the contract, but was told by the crew that they would stop unless they received the addtional funds. I am now having to pay another company to install doors so that this building can be dried in from the weather. I have paid Gator Steel Buildings over $7,000 and the erection crew $1,000 to have a building that is not near complete and in poor condition. Gator Steel has broken the contract in which they wrote. If I were to have broken the contract and not paid on time, nothing would have been completed and I probably would have been in legal trouble and required to pay what was agreed. Gator Steel must uphold the same standards. I have all communications, contracts, phone records, phone calls, etc. if needed.

The original agreed upon amount for this in May was $7,570.00. I paid $1,892.50 as a deposit at that time and paid an additional $6,000 to make up for the equipment rental costing more. This was a total of $7,892.50 plus the $1,000 given to the crew for them to keep working. I am now out $8,892.50 for a building that is unfinished and poor installation. I am asking to be refunded by Gator Steel in the amount of $5,500 which is 70% of what I paid since that is approximately what has been completed. I understand that I cannot be refunded for the $1,000 paid to Wallace Polk Jr of the erection crew since this was outside of the written contract. (even though it was very unethical the way this was done in order to be paid more)   

I have been promised and led on for months by Gator Steel sales manager Bill Sumner that they would take care of this issue.  When I finally received a response from owner Danny Tyson I was informed I was owed nothing and they are satisfied with the result of how this building turned out even though I sent photos and had another builder inspect the building to tell me all of the structural components that were left uninstalled and thrown aside to try and hide it from me.  Danny Tyson also told me to try and attempt to pursue legal action and he would sue me for lost time.  As a consumer, I know what is being done is fraudulent and unethical but what can I do?  I'm already out almost $9,000 and it would cost a lot of money up front that I don't have to hire a lawyer and due to the amount I cannot take to small claims court.  This is exactly what Gator Steel buildings and Danny Tyson knows and that's why they continue to get away with it. I was able to locate another consumer that had this exact same issue with Danny Tyson while he operated a different Steel Building business in Colorado and then skipped town and opened a new business in FL to avoid paying back those customers.