The question

We gave a down payment for a addition and a garage the addition didn’t happen because the man that was supposed to build it refused to because we did not hire him to also do our cement they kept a portion for his contractor canceling and the garage was not up to code so he kept that money it took 6 months to get him served and the morning of court he called and asked it to not be a small claims issue and now we are waiting for paperwork from his lawyer . We need legal counsel