my developer is shit
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- johnnnnyh0
Painful as it may be I would suggest breaking down the tasks you feel are needed to complete the job into small and manageable chunks. Give your list to the developer with specific deadlines, so for example navigation completed - Friday 12 March. Explain that failure to meet the specific deadline is likely to result in you taking further action to get your money back and also that you will then hire a new developer which you will cross charge back to him.
Give them an opportunity (24 hours) to modify the deadlines by agreement.
Try to work it out together. By breaking things down (work you shouldn't have to do, but it may help . . .) you can both be clear when things aren't going according to plan and that will give them an opportunity to explain and you a reason to complain.
I think a clear task list can sometimes make people work with more focus. If I get a finish project by end of month request I'm likely to be less concerned than if I have a list of tasks that spread themselves over the days.
It may not help you, but I'm thinking that communication is more important to complete the project than everyone threatening various legal routes.
Outsourcing to people who you can't at least arrange a meeting with is obviously more complex than many people would admit. Could you propose a video conference call just to set the agenda for completing the work?