To sue or not to sue, that is the ?

[khardy57]

I recently had my yard landscaped. I had it sodded and love the sod, but the young man I hired will not come back and finish. I have flower beds that are supposed to have the black weed control fabric covered by white pea gravel in the front and back yards and a goldfish pond that is supposed to be surrounded by the same weed control fabric and pea gravel. He still has to connect the water line to the goldfish pond and cap off an electrical supply that he ran to my shop building.The sod is completed, but the guy has not been back in nearly a month to finish. I've called and left messages and when he calls me back, he tells me he'll be out to finish up the following week. What's happened is that I finished paying him before he did the flower beds and he's spent the money!

I called again last night and he hasn't called me back yet. I've known this boy since he was a child. I can't stand his parents, but he's always seemed like a nice kid and I wanted to help him out in starting his business.

Would you take him to court over this? (It was a LOT of money!!!)