Joc Landscaping

I needed a retaining wall system for the slope that is behind my house. The slope was, and has been falling away from the house. I called Joc Landscaping and I asked the owner if he would come to my house to determine if: 1). they could build a retaining wall system, and: 2). how much it was going to cost me. He gave me a good price, and I asked him if they guaranty their work. Joc told he would personally guarantee the slope. I hired him & had the walls built. Joc never mentioned a building permit, and never got one. The City of Mukilteo, WA came by the house and informed me that the work should have been on a permit, and that Joc Landscaping knew about the permitting process, and that they should have gone to the City of Mukilteo, WA and applied for the permit, because it is required to do so as a contractor. They also informed me that the walls were built on a "protected slope", and the walls were all over the three foot height limit. They stated the walls must come down. Two days later, I went to the City of Mukilteo, WA to find out if there was any way I could keep the walls. They had me hire a Geotech, and a Landscape designer. After a review by the City of Mukilteo, the Geotech, and the Landscape Design company, my wife and I were asked to come back. The City of Mukilteo told us at that point, that the wall system needed to come out because the walls were not built to code, and would not even hold up through the rainy season. I called Joc and told him to come over to my house. I told him that I wanted my $23,000.00 back, and that he needed to bring the bricks and dirt back off the slope. He said he had guaranteed the walls, so he would make good on it. He left and said he would get back to me the next day after he talked to his crew. Then six days, and multiple unanswered phone calls later, he called me up and said the walls were good when he built them, and that he was not going to do any of the work to dismantle them, and that the problem was all mine. I have since gone to L&I, the City of Mukilteo, my Attorney, and his bonding company. All have told me to acquire a "Contractor Complaint Form", get a Judgement against Joc, his company, his personal bank accounts, and all of his equipment and personal vehicles. I am currently working on these items, and fully intend to make sure he never does this to any other unsuspecting senior citizen, or individual again.