Business ProfileforAll American Lawn & Landscape

I contracted ******************, All American Landscaping, LLC on 4/29/24. He was a referral from my realtor, *************. ***** is ****** nephew. ******************* business phone is **************. His email is ************************************************** My *********** met with *************** and outlined our landscaping needs. We needed 2 flower beds upgraded, 2 trees trimmed, landscape rock rearranged, dirt brought in to level yard & full backyard sod. He asked for cash of $8200. He said it would be done in 2 days. I paid 1/2 $4200 upfront. He started with the beds and put in only $350 dollars worth of plants. He left dead plants in the bed. He left a temp plastic flower pot in bed. We were not satisfied. **** had him redo the beds completely. Trace had dead sod delivered, not suitable for planting. **** had him reorder the sod. Trace didn't show up for over a week. He asked for $500 cash more than quote to pay the tree trimmer. When he returned to work, he asked to use my tools, wheelbarrow, ladder, trimmer, shovel.. Leaving them lay out in the mud. He said he had no money to buy tools. He asked me for the rest of the payment, $4200 to buy equipment, *********** I paid it in good faith, given he was recommended by my realtor, his uncle. That was a week ago. He has not shown back up. Today, 5/17/24 he told me to find someone else to finish the job. He has not refunded my money. I plan to file for theft of service. I have texted him, he will not answer the phone, asking him to refund me $3000 by this Sunday, 5/19 so I can try to find someone else to finish. My entire backyard was left in dirt. With rain, it's turned into massive mud pile. *************** has been extremely unprofessional. He did not finish the job. He's left me with a major problem. Further, I lost the sale of my house to a prospective buyer given *************** left it in a state of disrepair. I hired him when he promised 2 days it would be done. Now I can't show my house to buyers until I find someone to fix the mess.