We are in the process of building a new house. We originally had local plasterer's booked to do the whole house, but the week before they were due to start they got a contract for 12 houses in Limerick. So after talking to a few friends who were also building, another crowd were recommended to us. They came and we told them to give us a price for the whole house including slabbing, plus the garage. So they came back with a price of €11,000, some of which had to be cash.
Halfways through the job our tiler told us to tell them not to bother plastering the en suite, small bathroom or the main bathroom as they were going to be tiled anyway. When told, they seemed delighted as it was going to be less work for them. However, the day they finished they told us that we were going to have to pay €500 more as they had slabbed and plastered the ceiling of the gagrage and they hadnt it included in their original qoutation.
I said something along the lines of "Get out of it, its not my fault you didn't include it in your price" and took no notice of him. Anyway, we paid him the whole lot in cash. We had owed him €3000 but were waiting for our next draw down to pay him and told him it would be a couple of weeks before we would have it.
Then yesterday morning he rang my fiancee fcking her out of it looking for the money after he saying last week that it was no problem. She got really upset so in the end we had to borrow the €3000 from parents to get him off our backs. At this stage I was adamant that there was no way he was getting the extra €500 euro after being so unprofessional. However he called last night and demanded the money. We told him that it was a bit "Irish" looking for the extra money as he didnt have to do the 3 bathrooms and we asked him day one to price the job, and his price was his price. Plus he got paid the whole €11000 in cash.
To finish the story he is demanding the extra money with " Oh I'm only trying to do an honest day's work for honest pay". We told him we wouldnt have it for a few weeks. My fiancee's dad reckons we should wait for him to contact us and then say to him " Ya no problem, we'll give you the extra €500 but we need a receipt from you first for the €11000 cash in case we are audited" Would this make a difference? I reckon I should just ring him and tell him he's not getting the money, as his price was his price day one. plus, I don't think there is anything he can do about it anyway as there is no contract.
Sorry for being so long, but hate to see fellas doing this kinda thing. Any one with similar experience or advice????
Halfways through the job our tiler told us to tell them not to bother plastering the en suite, small bathroom or the main bathroom as they were going to be tiled anyway. When told, they seemed delighted as it was going to be less work for them. However, the day they finished they told us that we were going to have to pay €500 more as they had slabbed and plastered the ceiling of the gagrage and they hadnt it included in their original qoutation.
I said something along the lines of "Get out of it, its not my fault you didn't include it in your price" and took no notice of him. Anyway, we paid him the whole lot in cash. We had owed him €3000 but were waiting for our next draw down to pay him and told him it would be a couple of weeks before we would have it.
Then yesterday morning he rang my fiancee fcking her out of it looking for the money after he saying last week that it was no problem. She got really upset so in the end we had to borrow the €3000 from parents to get him off our backs. At this stage I was adamant that there was no way he was getting the extra €500 euro after being so unprofessional. However he called last night and demanded the money. We told him that it was a bit "Irish" looking for the extra money as he didnt have to do the 3 bathrooms and we asked him day one to price the job, and his price was his price. Plus he got paid the whole €11000 in cash.
To finish the story he is demanding the extra money with " Oh I'm only trying to do an honest day's work for honest pay". We told him we wouldnt have it for a few weeks. My fiancee's dad reckons we should wait for him to contact us and then say to him " Ya no problem, we'll give you the extra €500 but we need a receipt from you first for the €11000 cash in case we are audited" Would this make a difference? I reckon I should just ring him and tell him he's not getting the money, as his price was his price day one. plus, I don't think there is anything he can do about it anyway as there is no contract.
Sorry for being so long, but hate to see fellas doing this kinda thing. Any one with similar experience or advice????