The owner of Dirt B Gone Janitorial & Maintenance Services Ltd, a company contracted by the Housing Development Corporation (HDC), has rejected a request by HDC for an extra month to respond to a pre-action letter over $113,000 in alleged unpaid payments.

On December 9, attorney Kenneth Bradshaw wrote to the permanent secretary of the Housing and Urban Development Ministry and HDC's managing director, saying his client, businessman Alick Anthony Charles, did not agree to the extension sought by the state agency.

Dirt B Gone Janitorial & Maintenance Services Ltd, owned by Charles, was contracted to provide monthly waste disposal services and periodic bulk waste removal at Ridgewood Gardens, housing development Phase Two in Golconda.