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Do I have an options for obtaining compensation for work done for friends between 2018 and the present?

South Carolina

During Christmas of 2017, SC friends flew me from my home in the Philippines for a 1-month visit. During the visit, my friends asked if I would help them prep their second home for sale: cleaning and paint. A subsequent inspection revealed the house needed massive repairs and remodeling. A GC was hired to do the structural repairs. I provided all the labor for two all-ceramiic tile bathrooms including prep, tile, and finishing of the walls and floors plus the installation of vanities and slab countertops in both rooms. I provided all the labor for the installation of the tile floor in the kitchen, along with installation of all upper and lower cabinets. Following that, I assembled and finished a stainless steel cable railing system on the stairway to the second floor. Next was to excavate a heavy system of roots that had lifted the concrete driveway approximately 6-inches. Additional work included extensive drywall patching and painting, plus the repair of about 30-lineal feet of deteriorating brick facia. This house has been sold. Work was completed in early 2020, just in time for international travel to be halted. At that time, I began several major project on the house my friends are currently occupying. Those projects include: removal and replacement of a failed ceramic tile shower and associated storage area, excavation of approximately 120-lineal feet of 6-foot-deep trench, installation of electrical conduit in the trench, pulling 4-strands of heavy #3 wire through the conduit, construction of electrical fixtures, and connection to the electrical supply panel, installation of tile trim on an exterior staircase, the removal of failed waterproofing from a three-tier koi pond at the entrance to the home, plus installation of new waterproofing and tile. Also, I have a list of smaller projects that cover: painting, fabrication, repair, replacement, and finishing for almost every room in this 3.5m house. An accident, while working on the koi pond sent me into the hospital for emergency surgery. I am no longer working on the house during my recovery. I am 75 years old living entirely on SS. I have been a bi-polar patient since 2009.

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