I hired a contractor to construct a 12x18 garage. I gave him a $5,000 deposit to place my project on a calander with the stipulation that it be completed by a certain time. He never produced a contract in the three months that he promised to complete the project, so I fired them. He did offer to return the $5,000 in 4 different emails over an 8 month period. He asked that I sign a release and the $ would be in the mail. He them decided to take anothe $1,080. from the $5,000 for work after he was fired. My attorney wrote a letter asking for an explaination of expenses, the contractor's attorney left my attorney a voice message saying he would be unavailable for comment. The contractor then emailed and wanted to renogiate the amount. I gave him $65 which was what I paid my attorney to tell me about the voice message.
The contractor now says his company was forced to engage an attorney and now the mutually agreed upon $5,000 is no longer returnable. What next?
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