next door neighbours get a plumber in to tile bathroom

[LM Ceramics]

come back home tonight from work and noticed a plumbing van next door he was carrying rubbish out and it look liked broken tiles, so i waited till he had gone i thought id go round and be cheeky and see what they were having done my neighbour said were having bathroom re tiled and the bath re surfaced and that was it, i said i could have done it for you he replied i did consider you but the plumber is a friend of a friend and hes doing it really cheap so i didnt think youd be interested.

13 years they have lived next door to us we got on aswell. i wont look at him in the same way so i left the house sat in my van had a sulk then went to quote another job.

funnily enough theres a roofer next door to me aswell (the other side) and next door to him was having a new roof didnt even ask for a quote

 

[LM Ceramics]

just a thought whether it might be true some neighbours wont ask you to do a job even if your tradesperson next door incase of something going wrong and you fall ou. is that a possibilty?

 

[bearwithme]

Lm, some people dont want to ask their neighbours. they feel they may have to compromise or if something goes pear shaped they dont want to fall out with you. if they get an outsider in they can keep it strictly business. they may value your friendship and just not have wanted to bother you and make you feel obliged to do it cheap. i know i'll be accused of talking ****e !! haha. however it's not always about price!

 

[MICK the Tiler]

never work for friends, family, or neighbours

Wise words Indeed.

 

[LM Ceramics]

i think your right there bearwithme thats probably the case

 

[Droopy]

Neighbours are the worst to work for IMO.
They expect family/friends rates and pester you no end.
A couple of my neighbours are Taxi drivers, but I don't phone them up and ask them for a discounted run home from the pub.
Yet they expect a discount when I go to work for them:yes:

I also have neighbours who only say hello when they want something tiled :lol:

 

[andy-p]

sfunny but i have done hardly any work for neighbours either in all the time ive been tiling and ive moved 3 times.. im not just talking about next door or a few doors down either, but in the whole estate !!
i remember one guy who used to walk his dog past my last house and would always say to me you must come and measure my floor sometime, you know the type a time waster, and going thro my head would be " yeh when hell freezes over buddy" ...

 

[MrSpoon]

come to think of it, one of my neighbours appologised to me for asking if i could tile her conservatory :huh2: but i live on a little street anyway and everyone gets on like some sick american film, just that we dont all bake food for eachother, we just invite eachother round and get rather drunk :lol: so more like friends than neighbours, there are other neighbours on the street that aren't as close and i would dream of doing any work for them as people have mentioned incase there are problems or whatever

 

[andy-p]

hey mr spoon !! that beer looks good , think ill head down to the fridge and crack one open... :8:

 

[graham31]

always a precarious business doing work for neighbours in case something goes wrong and like it has already been mentioned you feel obliged to do it cheaper.

So the up start of it is you don't make any money for doing the job and run the risk of falling out way your neighbours and making life feel uncomfortable