Did Woman's Ex Damage Her Home During Renovations_
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00:00that is the subject of this case.
00:01On December 4th of 2018.
00:04You were not living in the house.
00:05No, I was not.
00:07It was not ready to live in.
00:08No.
00:09So, you arranged with Mr. Chambers
00:12that he would do some construction in the house.
00:15It would be sort of a project.
00:16And there was some suggestion in Mr. Chambers
00:20that he would do some construction in the house.
00:23And he did.
00:24And he did.
00:25And he did.
00:25And he did.
00:26And he did.
00:27And he did.
00:28And he did.
00:29And it was in Mr. Chambers' answer to your complaint
00:32that the two of you celebrated Christmas
00:34in the house in 2018.
00:37And that at that time,
00:38place didn't have a running bathroom facility
00:40and he created a toilet
00:42so that you could have Christmas in the house with family.
00:45Is that correct?
00:45Yes, that's correct.
00:46Okay.
00:47So, everything was great.
00:48Christmas, it was great.
00:49In November, it was great.
00:51Then in February,
00:52something he did irritated you around your birthday
00:55and you broke up.
00:56And now you've decided that any work
00:58that he did in the house was substandard
01:01and you want $5,000 from him
01:03for the substandard work that he did in your house.
01:06That's correct.
01:07That's not happening.
01:08I assume that this was a property that you purchased
01:13and you and Mr. Chambers had close personal relationship
01:17that you were in the house all of December,
01:20one time or another,
01:21to see what the progress.
01:22I mean, you invested how much in this house?
01:25Oh, I paid $310,000.
01:27And is it your intention to live there?
01:29Yes.
01:30Okay.
01:31So, you gave Mr. Chambers $21,000 for supplies.
01:35No.
01:36How much did you give him for supplies?
01:37$15,439 is what I brought.
01:40And what did Mr. Chambers do with those supplies
01:44when you broke up?
01:44Did he leave all the supplies in the house?
01:47Yeah.
01:48What kind of supplies did you buy?
01:49Plumbing, electrical.
01:52All things that you needed.
01:53Yeah, I didn't realize at the time
01:55that all of that was gonna be done,
01:57especially the plumbing,
01:58because I have a report here from the inspector
02:01saying that the plumbing was fine,
02:02but he said he could just bust it out really quickly
02:06while some of the walls were exposed.
02:07Well, that was your decision that you made with him
02:10while you were dating.
02:10This isn't something that you did afterwards.
02:12Do you understand what I'm saying to you?
02:14You're a couple.
02:15You say you know he's not a, uncross,
02:17you know he's not a contractor,
02:19that he works under his father's license.
02:21You work under your father's license?
02:22I said that would be an option if we had to pull permits.
02:25I don't work under my father's license.
02:27Are you licensed?
02:28No, it's not my profession.
02:30What is your profession?
02:31I own a couple skateboard companies.
02:32Okay, and when you started to date him,
02:35he was doing his work.
02:37He was flipping homes when I started dating him,
02:40and he led me to believe that he was a contractor,
02:43and I had no reason not to believe him.
02:44You know, I've known him for 20 plus years,
02:47and that's what he was doing every day.
02:49Your Honor, can I say something?
02:51I never led her to believe I was a contractor.
02:53I was working on my own home,
02:55and when we looked through the home,
02:57she asked for my advice.
02:58I told her I could help out with everything
03:00except for electrical and plumbing.
03:02Whatever, it's not something that I'm concerned about.
03:04This was not a business.
03:05No.
03:06You weren't charging her for your services.
03:08No.
03:09You were just paying for supplies,
03:11and he was doing it.
03:11There's nothing in your complaint
03:13that suggests he was charging you for his services.
03:16No.
03:17Is that correct, Ms. Schwartz?
03:18Yes, because he was living there.
03:20Right, just a second.
03:21He was doing it because you were dating.
03:23This is not something that court entertains.
03:25You know, it's as if you're a married couple,
03:27and your husband thinks he's a handyman,
03:29and whatever he touches, he breaks,
03:31and whatever he tried to paint, it was a lousy job.
03:34Whatever he tried to spackle,
03:36it got soft and it wasn't smooth,
03:38and as part of the divorce decree,
03:40you want a judge to award you damages to the house
03:43that he did when you were living together.
03:45It doesn't make sense.
03:46This was not a contract that you had with him.
03:49You had a romantic relationship with him,
03:51and he was doing work on your house.
03:54He's not responsible for things that you say.
03:56On closer look, were not done properly,
03:59and it's in your complaint, Ms. Schwartz,
04:01you even say that you gave him $2,200 to leave your house.
04:06Yeah, I mean, essentially, the last week
04:08leading up to me asking him to move out,
04:12he led me to believe I had a right to move out.
04:14He led me to believe I owed him money,
04:17so I did pay him.
04:19Because he had people painting the house
04:21when the plumbing and electrical wasn't done.
04:23So he was paying people.
04:25I believe he was.
04:27Well, you think that other people
04:29were working and painting your house
04:31because he's a cute looking guy?
04:33Think you're out to be ridiculous?
04:34Mr. Chambers, your counterclaim is also ridiculous.
04:37You had no contract with her for labor.
04:39All I'm asking for is what I spent out of pocket
04:41that she benefit on.
04:42And I'm sorry, but you don't get that.
04:45You did it, not with a contract with her,
04:46you did it because she was your girlfriend,
04:49and you did this, as you say in your answer,
04:52as a fun project.
04:55Right?
04:55We had fun, we had fun earlier on.
04:57Good, I'm glad you did.
04:58Your case is dismissed.
04:59So is your counterclaim.
04:59We're done.
05:00We're done.
05:01We're done.
05:02We're done.
05:03We're done.
05:04We're done.