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[albitz]

Lifes too short for all that bollix. A threat of serious violence,shortly followed by serious violence wil be the shortest route.

[bigegg]

To play the devil's advocate 

Obviously, lying to you is not on, but he's (also obviously) having cash flow problems - is he getting paid from the main contractor? - he's not done a runner, so I'd bet that he simply hasn't got the money and struggling to keep afloat.
If that is the case, protests outside the job site won't help.

DO NOT THREATEN VIOLENCE. EVEN IN JEST.
If he ends up beaten up by someone else he owes moneyto - you could be in the frame just from the posts on here!

I agree with the ideas expressed above - 7 days LBA (letter before action), then issue small claims.
Chances are that he'll declare bankrupt or make an offer to pay at a quid a week (if he does pay).
You'll be lucky to see any of the money - but if you can seize anything saleable (difficult if it's not your site, unfortunately), you might recover some of it.

But long and short of it is, threats - whether legal or violent - are very unlikely to do any good 

I hope I'm wrong, but dealt with quite a few issues like this in last couple of years
 

[horsecow]

I agree totally bigegg, he obviously is having cash flow problems but lying to me was never going to help him as I told him from day one that if I didn't get money every week I wouldn't be there, his problems shouldn't be my problems Also he just bought a new volvo jeep last week!! He has said that he can only pay me for houses that are complete and I know from the main contractor that he has been paid for 4 of the houses I have done and that's what I am looking paid for. I have no intention of threatening him personally at this stage but I think the threat of a sign at the site is the best option for me as it puts the pressure on him from both sides. If it comes to it I will be going onto the site and reclaiming the nails and fixings used to put the kits together but after the threat of the sign going up he has promised money for me on monday so fingers crossed but it could just be another lie to buy time. I kind of got the impression all along that he was a bullshitter anyway but he has proved me right now.

At the minute he has 2 new guys on site who haven't a clue what they are doing. They spent all day yesterday doing what would take me an hour. Its a real shame it has come to this as I would have made everyone money in there and it was a real nice wee handy site  but I've been messed around before and it wont be happening again which I made perfectly clear to this guy before I started.

[hoody]

this is how you do it

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/motoring/article-1190340/Rovers-revenge-Furious-driver-dumps-50-000-Range-Rover-outside-showroom--emblazoned-list-faults.html

[horsecow]

So just to update I got a payment through for wait for it.....................£425!! He says thats all he can give me until he gets a payment through from the main contractor next thursday. There's not really a lot I can do I guess, he could just be telling me more lies which seems pretty probable going by his record so far!! The main contractor is closed until next week so I cant find out anything until then, hate having to wait for the money as I could do with it now!!