Additional charges to contract - Charging by m3 after laying

[lutonlagerlout]

hmm sticky one this
seems a shame they have done a nice job now trying to bump the price up afterwards
thing is if they didnt mention any extras before they did them they havent got a leg to stand on
bit confused by golden brindle,they look like brindle brindle to me,or is this autumn mix or something?
LLL

[Dave_L]

Criminal damage if they rip it up.

[GB_Groundworks]

i knew i'd seen this in the builder magazine before, had to screen shot it as it wouldn't let me copy and paste it. funnily enough article was about rogue clients not paying for work.

[ReadingAlex]

Silence is golden, as they say.....

No response, no digging up the drive ......

Cheers for the criminal damage info though.


Golden Brindle and Red Brindle are two completely different looking pavers from Hanson Formpave Royal Forest range.

[ambient]

if you both pay up for original quote doubt he will take it any further but probably wont repair it if you had problems with it

[Will Hay]

Personally, as an end consumer, if I'd had two quotes, one for £8k and one for £14k and the cheaper far exceeded my expectations I'd pay the measily extra, but that's just me.

Doesn't sound a lot between two homeowners but gut feeling will tell you whether they're looking for something in their back pocket or they have a geniune reason for the request.

Rob

[Will Hay]

Criminal damage if they rip it up.

Agreed, it's classed as plain and simple theft.
Seen it a few times in my line of work [construction law] and it always ends in favour of the consumer.

[jay-Manor Driveways]

1. he shouldn't ask for any more if you haven't added more to the paving if you have then pay up
2 . the job looks good , as for laying the edges and doing it differently to some ,well not a bad thing just different (maybe he is doing it right )
3, the job needs to be payed in full , to make the guy wait whist your neighbor is holiday is a liberty ,your neighbors should have got cash for the contractor if they knew they were going on holiday
some of us don't have ££££££££££ in the bank and rely on wages per job
and it might be criminal damage to rip the job up but also think it might be a criminal offence by not paying the guy for the job in the first (your neighbour)

[jay-Manor Driveways]

that colour is 100 times better than red brindle i think he has done you a favour lol