Browse Forums Paving & Concreting Re: Paying for Substandard Work? 4Mar 17, 2011 7:03 am Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Paying for Substandard Work? 6Mar 17, 2011 11:33 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Paying for Substandard Work? 10Mar 18, 2011 7:25 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Paying for Substandard Work? 13Apr 01, 2011 2:50 pm If he offers to redo it and I agree, then yes I think he would have a claim against me. But if I was going to ask him to walk away now, I wouldn't be paying for the materials. I don't consider leaving a mess behind that I have to clean up as work having been done. He still has the option of explaining to me what he did wrong and how he's going to do it better next time. If he can't do that, then we can both cut our losses and I'll find someone else to do the job. Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Paying for Substandard Work? 14Apr 01, 2011 3:04 pm If he offers to redo the work, then I would let him have another go. It may have been a bad mix etc. If he has another go at it and it is of poor quality then I would negotiate a price reduction with the contractor. Sometimes mistakes happen. I am sure if given another chance he will try to do his absolute best work for you. If he lets you down again then definitely take action. Good luck. Re: Paying for Substandard Work? 15Apr 01, 2011 3:51 pm If the job is not up to standard again, do you pay for materials for the first screw up and the second? I believe the client should be able to pull the pin unless there is a contractual agreement, and assuming the work is genuinely substandard. .... If they are a genuinely good contractor they will remove the offending work and walk away, if they are bad they will leave it there... ive never...ever...ever heard of someone chasing money for a screw up. Re: Paying for Substandard Work? 16Apr 04, 2011 9:22 am No I would pay the price that I was quoted. My key point is IF the the grano admits fault and says they'll fix it, then they should be given the opportunity to do so. If you said yes to them re doing it then promptly show them the door after removing the poor stuff it would be very interesting to see the result of a small claims court case on the subject. I don't think that you would be the winner of said court case under those circumstances. Aiah I believe the client should be able to pull the pin unless there is a contractual agreement, and assuming the work is genuinely substandard. So the fact that you would have obviously agreed to have the contractor supply a driveway and paths is not a contract? I'm pretty sire He's not there just because he thought your place would look better with the drive and paths done. So if you home builder puts a door in the wrong spot you should be able to tell them to just remove everything and get a full refund?? I'd like to see that! Aiah If they are a genuinely good contractor they will remove the offending work and walk away, if they are bad they will leave it there... ive never...ever...ever heard of someone chasing money for a screw up. This is not chasing money for a screw up. This is the grano doing a bad job (no one gets it right every time) admitting such and advising that s/he will re do the job. You (as the one who employed the grano) agree to the re work but only in the premise of having the bad job removed and making sure they clean it up. Knowing full well that you will not allow this contractor to re do the work, you ask them to leave as soon as the poorly laid concrete is gone. If you don't want them to re do it. tell them straight up. As you said if they're good they'll remove it if not you'll have to chase them. Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi, yes, we have the report. The builder has rectified the items on the report and we’re moving forward with the build. Thanks for reaching out 2 3790 I posted the floorplan on Houzz.com forum and got some really good ideas and advice from people there. Then we reached out to a couple of renovation companies and one… 5 11290 1) I had requested R6 ceiling insualtion batts, however I noticed that on some areas there are huge gaps which will allow hot air to sweep in, and also noticed black/grey… 0 5237 |