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I dont see how you could make that statement without seeing the spec that the OP has asked for.Along time ago i worked for a man who used to compare his kitchens to cars ie a mini and a rolls royce still cars but totally different prices, you get what you pay fori think 10k for 5 fitted wardrobes is madness. and i do have some experience in a related area.
Yes but the dearest part of those w/robes are the doors and if you dont make them youself your at someone else's mercy. Although i have seen colliers and woodworkers advertising kitstrue,
but it still sounds madness.
Along time ago i worked for a man who used to compare his kitchens to cars ie a mini and a rolls royce still cars but totally different prices, you get what you pay for
If you the customer pay the 5000k up front what recourse do you have if the carpenter/wardrobe fitter doesn't show? Is this going down the road of court cases/solicitors expenses...nightmare for the customer? Yes we've been bitten. What protection does the customer have?
Simple...pay when your custom materials have arrived on site.
But since this job is a custom job you need money for materials and to pay your staff while the job is in progress then after a while you'll get to site.
You can't just start a job with no money.
Are people on those kind of tight margins though, surely they have some kind of working capitial?
Padraigb your a man after me own heart, i could'nt have put better myselfMany small firms do not have much working capital, and what they have is very often tied up in the debtors' ledger. When you think about it, the request for a deposit is a very good way to preserve working capital: it virtually eliminates the risk of a customer walking away after substantial costs have been incurred; it also lessens the exposure to delays in payment.
Are people on those kind of tight margins though, surely they have some kind of working capitial?
Many small firms do not have much working capital, and what they have is very often tied up in the debtors' ledger. When you think about it, the request for a deposit is a very good way to preserve working capital: it virtually eliminates the risk of a customer walking away after substantial costs have been incurred; it also lessens the exposure to delays in payment.
Why the hell would we want to risk our hard earned money?
There seems to be some sort of illusion that trades and craftsmen are loaded, we are not, most of us just scrimp by.
I know loads of trades men and a couple of women, none of them have 4WD and big houses.
Well said Padraigb.
Assuming he is building them on-site drop the materials at your place and pay him for materials only. Pay him for his labour afterwards.
How many PAYE employees get paid before they work? I am a self employed and do not get paid before I take on any job.
How many PAYE employees get paid before they work? I am a self employed and do not get paid before I take on any job.
I was stung for IEP £250 a few years back when I paid a deposit for some custom woodwork, and the chancer never came back. I got a Small Claims Court judgement against him, but the sherrif was unable to enforce the judgement - 'no goods' apparently.
Go into the Panelling centre or any other supplier and ask them for credit until you get paid at the end of the job.You'd BE LAUGHED out the door.Only someone very trusting like yourself must be offering to do work without a deposit in todays market, and if you are then fair play to you but as S.L.F. has just posted and myself i was caught out for €900 christmas week and im in this game a long time.BUT by the time you go to solictors small claims or any of that theres usually nothing left .How many PAYE employees get paid before they work? I am a self employed and do not get paid before I take on any job.
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