Owner Denied Cost of Completion Due to Project Enhancement

Where a homeowner enhanced and expanded the project, the owner could not recover the actual cost of completion from a defaulting contractor. The owner offered evidence of actual costs, but no evidence of the cost of completing the original scope of work.

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