I moved to FL almost 5 years ago and in my opinion this state is the worst for stuff like that. It goes on here all the time. We hired a someone to mow our lawn. They said they would mow our yard once a week in the summer and every two weeks in the winter. Well it was June when we hired this person and he cut our lawn every two weeks, broke one of the sprinkler heads and charged us his rates for cutting once a week. We paid him for the month and told him don't bother coming back.
Lived in Virginia my whole life prior to moving to FL and never had stuff like this happen. I've dealt with roof contractors, Home depot subcontractors, window contractors, home painters, handyman services, carpet and floor contractors, real estate agents and yard service companies in Virginia and never had any problems.