No more money

I've decided that I've spent enough extra on the house and I'm not letting the contractor squeeze me for any more cash on this project.  What started as "I think we can do everything you want for what insurance is giving us" has turned into almost $5000 extra that I've paid out of pocket.

We've picked out the carpet we want and it's more expensive than what is listed in the scope of work.  By my calculation, it's approximately $550 more than what is covered.  Today's text reads, "If you get a chance I would like to meet up with you to go over some carpet details thanks". There are no details to go over. There's one room that's getting carpet. We've picked out the carpet and pad.  There's already tack strips around the room (or were) so those shouldn't need to be replaced.  Well, unless his guys who pulled up the carpet tossed them too.  They have a bad habit of throwing away things they shouldn't.  Anyways, there's a little extra expense on the carpet.

The scope of work also included money for new ceiling fans in the dining room, office and pantry.  $259 per fan (roughly) and I've already purchased these out of pocket for each of the rooms.  So by my calculation that's over $700 that he owes me back for the fans.  Yes, I understand that that amount probably includes the installation work too and that's fine. If he doesn't want to install the fans, we'll do it ourselves.  At this point I'm so over all this all I want to do is move home.  If we have to we'll finish up the rest of the work and take him to court over the rest of the money and how the final bits all shake out.