. >> reporter: he says john kuhn told him he could do the job in four to six months. the family's lawsuit claims, after they paid kuhn $303,000, he walked off the job. >> shocking. it's totally shocking. >> reporter: the lawsuit also claims kuhn overbilled them for services by subcontractors and caused damage to their property. >> within ten seconds, the entire basement was filled up with mud and water. >> reporter: the "troubleshooters" went to john kuhn for answers. >> mr. slackta changed the entire plan and didn't believe he had to pay for it. >> reporter: he paid you $300,000. what did you do for that? >> what did i do? >> reporter: what work did do you? >> there was a lot of work done. >> reporter: kuhn says, if anything, the shlackta's owe him money. >> reporter: how much money do you think he owes you and for what? >> he probably owes me $100,000. >> reporter: for what? >> for work i did that i didn't get paid for. >> reporter: like what? >> all the extras. >> reporter: like what? >> there's a litigation going on here, so i'm not going into details. >> reporter