Kitchen Tune Up

Peter came to my house and quoted me a good price to paint my existing kitchen wall cabinets and stain my kitchen island a darker stain. He said he was busy but we agreed upon a week for the work to be done 3 months later. He promised to bring me samples to look at but never came despite my calling him several times. 3 weeks before the work was to be done, he emailed me to say he would not be able to stain the island as agreed upon. I then agreed to have the island painted like the cabinets. Just over a week before the work was scheduled to begin, he emailed to say he needed to cancel the job or postpone indefinitely since he was weeks behind on jobs. I should have realized something was not right when he would never bring samples and collect my deposit, but he wasted months of my time promising things he could not deliver. I cannot comment on the work quality as he never performed the job.