OKLA. CITY - Joel Durham's new place still has the original windows.
“Some of these you can stand next to and you can feel the gusts go through,” he said.
Contractor, Mike Martin, was hired to swap out the old storm windows for 22 new ones.
He cashed Joel’s check, but never delivered the goods.
“It was $2500 for the materials, then upon completion it would be another thousand dollars for labor,” he said.
We know Martin was employed at the Home Depot store near 63rd and May, but recently left the company.
Joel keeps trying to sue him, but can't find him to serve him with papers.
Court records show he was evicted from his place earlier this year and has money problems.
Monday we tracked him down on the city's Northwest side, where he admitted to taking Joel’s hard-earned cash.
“I did. I did. I got sick,” Martin said. “I lost my money and I do owe him.”
We pressed him on when he's going to pay back Joel.
“Like in the next week I’d say,” Martin said. “I'm going to have to go home and call him”
Joel hopes sooner than later, because he’s hoping to avoid air leaks and high heating bills in the winter.
“Really I just want to have my money back and have the whole thing over,” he said.
We'll keep you posted on Joel's refund.
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