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Our Story - Dream House

Our story
We bought a house in February 2017. It was our forever home. For 5 years we sacrificed, saved, built and fixed credit. When we were ready to buy we searched for 6 months. 6 months! We found the perfect house for our family. Great neighborhood, the right amount of space, a porch for me, a man-cave for the Mr, plenty of space for the girls. It was perfect for us. It is an older home so some remodeling was necessary but it was so worth it in our eyes. Settlement was February 22nd and it was one of the happiest days of our lives. We took the girls to our new home, had them run through and choose their rooms. We took so many pictures! We were just ecstatic to finally have something that was ours. We knew that there were some issues we wanted fixed within the home so we started our search for a contractor. We vetted four or five different companies and settled on one that could do the majority of the work that was needed. This company started strongly but lost employee's and manpower mid-way through the job and was ultimately unable to complete it. Materials were bought, but the labor wasn't finished. Half-completed demolition and junk removal, half-completed electric work, half-completed wall reconstruction. By this time it's mid-May and we have yet to move into our brand new home. We would go to the house to check the progress of the work each day and many days it was as if no work had been attempted. We had given his contractor over $21,000 as a downpayment for work and the jobs that he was supposed to complete he never finished. Demo undone, electric work undone and unsafe, walls were taken down and not replaced.  We had to let him and his company go. We have been trying for the last 3 months to use family and friends who are skilled in various areas of construction to help us complete the work at our house. We have also used contractors that we know personally to complete small jobs in and throughout the house paying out of pocket each week. But at this point we are unable to borrow another dime to complete what is left. We can't take out another home improvement loan, we can't borrow from our bank, and we are basically at a standstill. I rarely ask for help for myself, but right now I am asking. We have the following construction tasks that need to be completed in order for us to move into our home:
Door and window framing
Baseboards
Paint, primer
Carpeting
Floor Refinishing
My husband and father have been great and able to put in work during this time and we have had the help of some family and friends, but with all of my resources I can't get beyond this. I usually know where to turn to help those in need and I am all about helping out small businesses and small business owners within our community, but my family was really taken advantage of.  We simply want our house finished so that we can move in. We have gotten estimates for all the work still needed to be done including materials. My family has been so patient throughout this process. It is our goal to have the work completed and paid for so that we are able to move in before the start of the school year. We want the girls settled. This was not easy for me to ask for help in this way. And yes we are pursuing legal action for the first contractor, however that takes time and we still need our house finished. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.

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