Business ProfileforBi-State Asphalt Company

Around October 2021 Bi-State came out and gave us an estimate to tear out our old concrete driveway and pave it with asphalt. We agreed to said price and they began working. They tore out the old and expanded the driveway a lit. Laid a base down and told us to drive over it all winter long to 'pack it down" and once spring came to call them and they would come out to finish the job for price agreed on. We wanted it to be done all in 2021 but they insisted we needed to drive on it for a while. We paid $8,000 in cash upfront for work. Now its 2022 and we called them to come finish the job. 1 day before they were set to come finish the owner called and asked what the quote was he gave us. We told him the $$ and he came back with he can not match the quote he gave us because the price of asphalt went us. The price went up $3,000! We told him that the only reason this isn't already finished is because he said we needed to drive on it. We have tried to get in contact with him to try to work out a negotiation. We tried to tell him we would meet in the middle and pay an extra $1500 and he will not answer the phone or return any phone calls. The $8,000 we have already paid is also towards the asphalt that he was supposed to be laying and now is not. If he isn't going to honor his quote and finish the job then he owes us money back.