Electrician didn't follow the plan for can lights. As the job has gone on I see he thinks he has more rights than the home owner. One day I was in the backyard with a gate guy and front door wasn't locked. The electrician popped over and even walked into the house to the back yard. We had a long discussion about how he was going to do the can lights and had a plan from a designer that I have through my GC. Designer said using our own electrician could save us $ and he assured us how he lives down the street and will take his time to make sure we're happy.

Instead of having him rip out all cans and fresh drywall and repair i decided to have him just move 2 lights that were 3 inches from pantries and live with the rest. I did the drywall repair.

He did a bathroom heater vent and lights for us in the past and he wanted the rest of the money before job was completed against agreement. Shame on me and I paid him (I'll say it before one of you says it- haha). He came back and finished no prob. This time he wanted at least $1k on the last visit and I told him "it's due at the end." He said "it's been 30 days." I gave him the check-shame on me, I know-I have this weird thing about being generous. Then I started thinking about corona virus and how if he wasn't able to finish the job there's no way we'd be able to pay the remainder to another electrician. I cancelled the check and called him and left a nice VM that we have had some disagreements reading the design but i feel he's trying to make us happy and we're working through it and we want to stick to the contract and nothing personal but if something were to happen to him we wouldn't have money to pay the next guy...

He leaves a msg saying we now owe $200 extra for the fire alarm he switched out and the cable line he pushed over since we're over 30 days and that we have a week to get job done. He knows very well we have to install doors, then floors, then island, then he comes to finish.

contract reads "payment to be made as follows: 50% down/ 1/4/ remainder upon completion, not to exceed 30 days." I can see where he thinks that means 30 days after invoicing but everyone i spoke with even the ROC says it's 30 days after completion. It also says no extra fees unless signed change order. he told me he was doing the 3 rooms for $4500 and never said there would be an extra fee for smoke detector or cable line. He said it was going to be pro bono but now it's not (now that he's mad).

I don't know that i want him back in my house with my kids and I unless we can work this out. he put the wrong can lights in kitchen, but the right ones in the next touching room, put permanent marker lines on my ceiling, didn't measure well and GC had to move an outlet under sink and vent hood outlet even though GC and I were trying to tell him we'd draw exact areas where everything would go and he had drawing.

Arizona. Repercussions of breaking contract?

thx!