So after committing to the job since last November the builder, who had been recommended to me by an acquaintance who got work done by him recently, has gone radio silent and hasn't returned emails in 2 weeks. He was supposed to start today and we were supposed to be his next job. How do I prevent this from happening again? Did I annoy him with too many questions? Did he get another job? He seemed to honest and trustworthy I am really disappointed, but also this is going to cost us a lot more money to do next year due to changing family circumstances... Is there a blacklist of builders available somewhere?
Did I annoy him with too many questions?
4. They will drop one job for another without a second thought if the other is for more money for a longer duration. For the last few years, I found it nearly impossible to get small jobs done as their preference is the larger projects.
So after committing to the job since last November the builder, who had been recommended to me by an acquaintance who got work done by him recently, has gone radio silent and hasn't returned emails in 2 weeks. He was supposed to start today and we were supposed to be his next job. How do I prevent this from happening again? Did I annoy him with too many questions? Did he get another job? He seemed to honest and trustworthy I am really disappointed, but also this is going to cost us a lot more money to do next year due to changing family circumstances... Is there a blacklist of builders available somewhere?
Yes tried calling him twice (2 days apart) and he didn't take the call or call back. I followed up with an email and he replied to that. But that was 3 weeks ago now...Have you tried calling him ?
That is what I am wondering now. Is this just the norm or should I see this as a red flag?Perhaps you are lucky that he didn't start!
Thanks that is reassuring in a weird way. So maybe he is still a decent guy and worth hanging onto for whenever he feels like doing this job? How can I tell?1. Nearly all builders and some associated with them are notoriously late in starting any job. Worse again they are famous for not finishing the job by the set date. You are not alone.
2. Worse again they seldom come in on the agreed price.
3. Are you getting on the nerves of the builder? - Probably not, their mental defences compete with the defending armour on Russian tanks.
It's a single storey extension. Not a massive job I guess but not tiny either. There's the guts of 50k waiting for him all the same... And it should get done relatively quickly too I would have thought.That's the same in any trade or profession. When someone is busy, they are going to take the bigger, high paying jobs. It is only when things are quiet that they will look at smaller jobs.
Did you sign a contract with him? What kind of job was he supposed to do, was it build an extension or a similar job?
From my leprous experience over many years:-Thanks that is reassuring in a weird way. So maybe he is still a decent guy and worth hanging onto for whenever he feels like doing this job? How can I tell?
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