non payment

[kev j]

went and saw customer regards non payement of ensuite i did for bathroom company today , he was very nice to me ,he said he had paid all the money owed to them but had stopped half payement for the tiling work ,which i said to him was fair concidering a number of tiling mishaps i made ,he thought it very bad of the bathroom company not to pay me half the money i am owed now the job is finished ,anyone agree

 

[Perry]

The bathroom company is your customer not this guy get round there change the tiles and try in future to do it correct the fist time think of all the aggro you have had for 10mins work at the time
And buy the woman of the house some flowers when you have finished when you say sorry

 

[kev j]

does that give them the right not to pay me any money for a job the client is willing to live with ,

 

[Perry]

does that give them the right not to pay me any money for a job the client is willing to live with ,[/QUOT
yes IMO finish the job

 

[kev j]

jobs all finished with sanitary wear in ,bathroom company never gave me the chance to put the job right ,they said see what it looks like all finished,client paid half ,bathroom company paying me nothing

 

[Mike Mike]

does that give them the right not to pay me any money for a job the client is willing to live with ,

I would say that you have fulfilled your side of the contract (by tiling the en suite) and you have a valid expectation that they will perform their side of the contract and pay you. Whatever price discussions they have had with the end customer and agreed were not something that you were party to, nor have you and them agreed new contract terms e.g. getting paid half, or getting no money (never acceptable because of the requirement for consideration in a contract).

File a county court claim against them and see what pans out. They'll either cough up, or go to court and you'll find out one way or the other. I think you'd win as they have not allowed you the opportunity to put right any faults with your work.

 

[Stef]

Kev, I don't want to sound negative here but when I leave a job I leave it right the first time, I wouldn't embarrass myself asking to be paid for half a job if certain aspects of the tiling weren't right.

It takes years to build up a good reputation but takes days to destroy it.

 

[Perry]

Kev I have never had this in 30years of tiling and have up to 7 guys at a time working for me have tiled over a million mts of tiles I would think if you change the tiles and he doesn't pay you then he wouldn't have a leg to stand on when you take him to court

 

[kev j]

point taken ,it does sound a little embarasing to go to the bathroom co and ask for half payement on a half decent job and its only 200

 

[kev j]

bathroom co said it would be to much time and money for me to change them ,so i did,nt ,just shows how much they care for the customers

 

[Muse2k8]

They have to allow you to change them. It's not just common decency but it's also what a judge would say.

However as myself and a few others have said, do it right first time and be done. I don't get to the point of looking at the finished job and thinking cuts are off, I check the cut in dry before I stick it in. If its off I trim it down. If I've really really messed up then I put it to the side for a smaller cut and do it again. No errors and no question over if I get paid or not.

 

[Martyn Leeds]

I think it might have to be a lesson learnt - at a cost of 200 quid.

I'd be more worried about if the bathroom company are ever going to use you again??

If they do, you'll have to get your quality right..

Ps. If a cut (or any part of the tiling) doesn't look right, its your responsibility to fix it at the time. No point letting others decide if its ok or acceptable - or if it will 'pass'... No matter how big or small the job is (I.M.O).

 

[Time's Ran Out]

went and saw customer regards non payement of ensuite i did for bathroom company today , he was very nice to me ,he said he had paid all the money owed to them but had stopped half payement for the tiling work ,which i said to him was fair concidering a number of tiling mishaps i made ,he thought it very bad of the bathroom company not to pay me half the money i am owed now the job is finished ,anyone agree

At the end of the day your customer is the Bathroom Co. and with the admission by yourself of the 'mishaps' I'd be surprised if you got a penny from them or the court. They contracted you to do a professional job and if it is not to the highest quality but a 'willing to live with' standard, then the Bathroom co. may feel the need to withold any payment to you until they are satisfied that their customer will not claim against any installation guarantee in the future.
If in doubt on completion of any work for contractors - try and get a signed customer satisfaction note, to present for payment.
Good luck.

 

[AliGage]

Just out of interest how much tiling did you complete for £200.00? This to me is 3 walls round the bath. And without sounding rude or anything, but if that's what it was then really there shouldn't be any "mishaps". What are the suspect cuts? And if you weren't happy why didn't you re-cut and replace when on site originally?

 

[Muse2k8]

Just cut your losses mate. At £200 it's not worth the hassle.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

same as above ,if it were £ 2000.00 then maybe

 

[tfs]

I would chase someone for £30 or £3,000, just a matter of principle for me.

If the bathroom co were paid in full then you deserve to be paid in full providing they had no costs of putting your work right.

If they were only paid half then I can see why they wont py you the full amount. It should realy have been discussed with you in my opinion.

It may be that they feel you are not worth getting back to try and put it right as you have done enough damage to their reputation already.

I am pressuming that you have not done work for these guys before?

We all make mistakes at some point in our careers (be it us, or our employees) what matters most (after ensuring we are suitably qualified to prevent them) is how we deal with them in my opinion.

 

[swanman]

Take him to court whats everyone talking about here

Kev j seems to think its ok to leave the job when its not right which i think is wrong

Do the job properly in the first place and dont be so blahzay about it