I am a property owner. Our contractor walked away from our shop project, after he was paid in full and did not complete the project because he burned our house down. We filed a complaint for mediation with the CSLB which was delayed due to COVID and the contractor's license being suspended for a time. We were finally issued a formal citation which we forwarded to The Guardian Group representing the surety bond company. They agreed to the total damages in the citation of $15,196; however they took a credit of $9,200 claiming this amount was owed to the contract. Unfortunately, we had 4 contracts with this contractor. All 4 were paid in full. They are creating an over payment of $9,200 by taking the credit against the damages. The problem is that we are running out of time on the bond claim deadline which is 12/30/2021. Is there any way to get the deadline extended? Everything took much longer than normal due to COVID orders. Plus, we lost time while the contractor's license was suspended. the CSLB didn't work the citation while his license was suspended. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.