he is really busy now, but, the good point of him is that he will not neglect any of his job, we got things to rectify, he appear promptly to settle them (imagine him carrying out almost 50 pieces of floor/wall tiles from my storeroom to outside the main door , as we just highlighted to him that we don need them now )
maybe due to the surge in his "reputation" recently, so, he had too much jobs on hand. its better that he rejected your job now, rather than unable to fulfilled after signing the contract.
anyway, for your ID hunting.