I don't believe it!!!!

[Fred]

Got a call tonight to see a lady not happy with the partner's mates tiling.

2.5m2 splash-back and 4.5m2 floor. As soon as I got there she was on my case with what adhesives, how long it should take etc. The bloke in question was apparently an all-rounder DIY-er.

Day one, he only put up under 1 m2 100x100 black ceramic tiles on walls not fit to even paint on, left a gap in the corner 10mm!!!

Day two, he started the floor, 300x300 porcelain with wall adhesive!!!!

I gave her a blinding quote, £150 for the walls & £215 for the floor.

Got a call this evening saying they found some one cheaper.........:yikes:

 

[White Room]

Back to square one then Fred, they won't learn:yikes::yikes:

 

[BDS]

From one joker to another then by the looks of it.as whitebeam said they wont learn.

 

[davy583]

Some people just wont learn mate.

 

[graham31]

That beggars belief deserve everythin they get

 

[kilty55]

shows you what your up against:mad2: my mate done a quote last week on 12 sq metres of terracota in a hexagon shaped sunroom,,,he was beaten by someone who quoted it at 280 in clusive of all materials!!!!!!

 

[Alan.P]

shows you what your up against:mad2: my mate done a quote last week on 12 sq metres of terracota in a hexagon shaped sunroom,,,he was beaten by someone who quoted it at 280 in clusive of all materials!!!!!!

You don't mean tiles as well, do you ? not at that price, it is early for me ... lol. If not, then it's still £20 m2 plus mats, in this present climate, not bad money for a days work ???

 

[kilty55]

na no tiles,,sealers,grout,addy and a self level skim over the himalaya concrete screed would come to about 100 quid realistically leavin you 180 for 12 sq metres of terracota,,,15 squid a sq metre no very good.

 

[Alan.P]

na no tiles,,sealers,grout,addy and a self level skim over the himalaya concrete screed would come to about 100 quid realistically leavin you 180 for 12 sq metres of terracota,,,15 squid a sq metre no very good.

Mmmmm, does get worse with details Oh well time for some :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: I think.

Cheers for the update.

 

[kilty55]

lol,,aye its scary some of the prices people are working for mate

 

[Alan.P]

lol,,aye its scary some of the prices people are working for mate

Scary times for some, me included soooooooon, job after job falling through, gonna go on the hunt this afternoon.

 

[kilty55]

aye alan,im the same,,2 bathrooms fell through,,2 tiny jobs on next week,looking for part time work today..done a 1000 business card drop last week but nowt so far,,mind u its heavy snow i might go sledgin lol

 

[Derry]

but what they dont seem to understand is that they're not actually saving money!

yes they may pay out £50 less initially, BUT when it goes wrong or it looks poor they will have to spend at least the same again.

sadly as already mentioned some people will never learn.

 

[cornish_crofter]

The problem here is that people are looking anywhere. We need to differentiate ourselves from other chancers.

If Fred had gone to the job armed with a photograph album of his previous work then he may have god the job on the basis that it was obvious that he knows what he is doing.

However, customers seem to choose tilers rather like brands of butter in the supermarket - they go for the cheapest.

 

[CJ]

you almost HOPE it goes belly up for them :mad2::mad2: