Business ProfileforNorkam Quality Heating

I hired this person/company in Aug/23 as a general contractor, he said he was new to it, from HVAC; didnt say he wasnt licensed. He made a plan for my budget of $70k w/no formal contract. He said we should be able to do all on my list, except ************ budget would change based on my choices. Budget included: ngas furnace/AC, reno 2 bathrooms, laundry rm, incl moving walls, windows, int/exterior doors, replace dining rm window w/French doors, vinyl floors, appliances, fence, replace insulation/poly in crawlspace, patio, w/strs, plumbed w/ngas, fix flashing on roof, ngas fireplace, remodel hall, replace wood soffits w/aluminum.I said whats in this for you? He said I just really want to save you money, get this job done for you & of course, Ill charge you 10% markup ************* Ive gotta make money somewhere. I trusted him & agreed. I did @ least 95% of demo myself. The kitchen became part of project, I added $24k to budget. *** had subcontractors for the kitchen, electrical, plumbing, ******************* often didnt communicate/miscommunicated w/subcontractors, didnt pull permits for plumbing/ngas, but said he would/had. He said didnt need permits for plumbing or the reno because it was existing, not a new build. I thought that to be true, trusted him. The electrician got a permit.I paid out of pocket for appliances, light/bathroom fixtures, mirrors, windows, doors; he didn't adjust the budget. At one point, he said I'd pd $68k, I thought Id pd more. I totalled my pymnts, there was a big discrepancy. I showed what I paid to date & where I thought it went, based on his texts, calls, written updates, it was roughly $80k. He said he lost $6800 of my money & said we should split the difference! Nothing was complete @ that point. I got no invoice, bill, stmnt, except rough estimates on blank paper. I fired him then. Nothing on my list was completed before I fired him. **** ***** ** ***** **** ** *** *** *********** ***** *** *********