Unfinished job after being paid

I would never pay a contractor untill he has finished the job. If it's a big job I would pay for materials but labour I would leave until job is finished and the customer is happy then I would expect payment. You can write to him informally and if there is no reply after doing that twice then take him to a small claims court he will be back to finish the job

Try sending 2 e-mails and if that won't help use hmrc service at https://www.gov.uk/make-money-claim Very easy to use and should scare him to completion, after that just court.

Unfortunately not a lot however if he is a reputable person and is known in the area, I'm sure he wont want to get a bad name. I'm sure he will just be busy and will come and finish it. I personally wont take money in advance in case I get held up as then it looks like your not gonna turn up, just keep in contact with him I'm sure it will be fine.

Get in touch with my builder ask them to intervene if he doesn't respond they can remove from the my builder site Good luck

Totally agree

call send 2 email and if no answer court