My roof leaks and the workmen come and have a look and then disappear off the face of the planet.
2006-10-10 06:38:01 · 13 answers · asked by youdancin 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
you're obviously not intimidating them enough.
scare the hell out of 'em - it always works for me.
2006-10-10 06:50:45 · answer #1 · answered by neogriff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes people themselves are to blame, they get 10 estimates, they ALWAYS get the smallest, then they think it over, and they have a board -meeting with their trusted neighbour who advises them not to go for the smallest.quote. so they go for number 7 which is you. They phone up, and they want the job done yesterday, you inform them that you are already on a job and can't leave it.
Eventually they accept that you will start the job next Monday. You start the job removing the toilet that has been in the house since 1920.
You pull it out only to discover that not only is the floor rotten and riddled with woodworm, but the joists underneath have no "toes"
You try to get an emergency joiner to repair the floor, no luck, so you do it yourself, it takes all day, You eventually get the WC installed, and they offer you the quoted price. !!!!!!!
YOU SHOULD HAVE EXAMINED THE JOB AND GIVEN A PROPER QUOTE>
2006-10-10 12:11:28 · answer #2 · answered by xenon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is so much work available to workman these days, they can simply pick and choose the jobs they do - customer service is simply no longer a requirement.
In my experience, the most reliable workman seem to be Polish workers - not only do they undercut British workers, they seem to be very reliable and do not have the unfortunate traits of having an excessive number of tea or cigarette breaks!
If UK based workman turned up on time and provided quotes when they said they would, then perhaps we wouldn't feel the need to use cheaper foreign labour!
2006-10-10 06:55:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your answer lies somewhere in the middle of what Siri , Buzzy have said--plus the opening line with Archi . The money is prob ably "borderline" on this job and the "interest" has gotta be quite low, since I take it that more than one(1) "workman" has come out for a "look". You may be trying to get more for your money than they are willing to do. They may be putting you on the "backburner" for better paying jobs , and may never contact you again. Deal with a "known" person(s),or outfit--talk the deal out--put it on paper in a contract. Do not ==I repeat==Do not pay the bill in full up front. You could pay for the material costs only (if needed)and then the rest of the money upon completion,based upon your contract agreement. Be careful--there are "fly-by-night" people out there who just want to get front money off you and then you never see them again >take the money and run deal<. Keep looking around-- Good Luck.
2006-10-10 07:40:54 · answer #4 · answered by Spock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i replaced right into a tradesman and in all my working existence I in no way did not take place to start up artwork or restoration a difficulty in my finished working existence. i'm now retired and have a similar problem as you. I in many cases tell them that in the event that they fail to take place whilst arranged provide or take an hour then they want not take place in any respect. whilst this occurs I tell all pals and pals approximately him and be conscious quickly gets around. as quickly because it have been given around so with out postpone that I had a telephone call 2 days after the form from that tradesman asking why i replaced into purpose on giving him a bad call. in spite of the fact that it is not lots tradesmen that provide me the complication in this type, this is deliveries of things offered etc.
2016-10-19 03:47:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the moment Tradesmen are in great demand..for a long time now youngsters have all wanted to be brain surgeons and astronauts...not many wanted to serve an apprenticeship and get a trade....I feel (myself included) parents are to blame we all wanted our kids to get good degrees now we are reaping what we have sewn, No Tradesmen...in England we are importing tradesmen from Poland at the moment...there is so much more demand than Tradesmen they can pick a choose the work they take on.
2006-10-10 06:47:53 · answer #6 · answered by geordie.lady 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a good question - I certainly can't speak for all of them. I can give my thoughts on the folks I've worked with in the past. Generally, they overbook and then get pulled from one job to another. I suspect they have their own problems with people taking advantage of them, wanting them to do more than they originally signed on for, complaining about things that aren't their fault, etc. But in my experience, they just overbook and can't get to all the jobs they schedule or they run into problems that take longer than they originally thought they would take.
2006-10-10 06:47:57 · answer #7 · answered by Siri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that seems to be a common problem. sometimes when a contractor has some time between scheduled jobs he will try to fit in on into the time between. either your job was too big, too hard or too time consuming and he went for the easier dollars.
also you might have tried to negotiate him down to a price that didn't give him the profit he might have wanted. does any of this sound possible?
2006-10-10 06:45:38 · answer #8 · answered by buzzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cos there lying rip off,s and if they cant over charge they dont wanna know. nah not all of them. Hope it dont rain today. good luck
2006-10-10 07:01:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it must be a small job they look for big jobs where they can rip more money off you
2006-10-10 06:46:44 · answer #10 · answered by tomzy33 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋