what do you think?

[faithhealer]

Always bemused when you finish a job, customer loves it, then they say, 'what do you think of it?,
mmm let me think

 

[DHTiling]

Had that loads and loads of times.. You always so beautiful..

 

[Colour Republic]

:lol::lol: I don't like to lie but sometimes I have no choice

 

[White Room]

Well the lipping ai'nt that bad and the grout haze will soon wash out after a few mopps:yikes:

 

[Ken Bruty]

A common question for me also. It's a difficult one to answer honestly when the tiles are really cheap and nasty :yikes:

 

[hillhead]

I had 44m2 of 3 size pattern to start this morning,yuk.
The middle 300x300 was way lighter than the rest,customer didn't like it.
I had drove for near an hour !!!
I said why don't we drop the middle size and go with the big(450x450) and the small(150x150):smilewinkgrin:
Pinwheel pattern all the way

 

[faithhealer]

once talked myself out of a job when i went to quote a splashy and I saw the tiles and asked her if she kept the reciept!
Sorry but they were wrong wrong wrong!

 

[mikethetile]

I always say I love it:lol:

 

[united]

It's always the best I've ever done :smilewinkgrin:

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

i say " im really happy with it...for my first attempt.

or " im really happy with it.....its about time i got one right

 

[Ken Bruty]

i say " im really happy with it...for my first attempt.

or " im really happy with it.....its about time i got one right

:lol::lol:

 

[Sean Kelly]

"I think they look lovely, a really good job & i'm very pleased with the result" That's my standard line. What else can you say? I mean, pale blue wall tiles and brown floor tiles are not a great colour combination when they are in the same room!

 

[Colour Republic]

What else can you say? I mean, pale blue wall tiles and brown floor tiles are not a great colour combination when they are in the same room!

I say that all the time to my customers but word it differently

"It's refreshing to have a customer who isn't afraid to make bold style statements" which really means "I think I have a little bit of sick in my mouth"

 

[user123]

I say that all the time to my customers but word it differently

"It's refreshing to have a customer who isn't afraid to make bold style statements" which really means "I think I have a little bit of sick in my mouth"

:lol::lol::lol: I hope I will never hear it from you.... :lol:

 

[mikethetile]

I was at a a really posh dinner in the officers mess with the top brass of the raf, I was dreading it as I have nothing in common with them

one didnt know what to say when I said I wasnt in the raf Im a decorator, after a short pause he asked me if I ever get asked to paint awfull colours and if I hated the colour would I refuse to use it

I told him im not paid to like it ,im paid to paint it and as far as the client is concerned they have impeccable taste

a bit like the raf then he replied:lol:

 

[Tenchman]

I guess i am really lucky with my job 98% of my work like my current one is restoration i first looked at it 4 years ago and the client said they'd leave it for awhile. which they did. most of the floor was loose (late Victorian mixed tiles = Encaustic ( patterned tile) & Geometric (cut tile triangle /squares etc etc various colours) the floor had shifted and dropped almost an inch & half (30mm for youngsters) it is near flat now and all loose tiles are fixed cleaning it tomorrow seal monday client will be estatic.

as i said i'm lucky my other floors tend to be new repro vic floors or some one-off so don't really get much in the way of negative or as some above sick making jobs or lousy colour schemes. I truly commend your fortitude in having to put up with that . i hope that you will be able to change your clients mind on a regular basis so sick making or bad tile layouts are a thing of the past. Viva the revolution !!!!!!

 

[doug boardley]

I always turn it back on the customer, and ask if they like it

 

[penno]

I always say stupid things like "looks really nice, wouldnt mind them in my own kitchen".
Did a kitchen, worktop to ceiling a few months back in brick tiles, green, yellow, red, white and black all mixed all over. Looked a real mess, horrid. She was that happy i was back there the next week doing the downstairs toilet in the same tiles.

 

[Tenchman]

i have great sympathy for your tale of woe :lol:

 

[Daz]

If the cash is already in my pocket, then it is a case of "The fixing is spot on, shame about the tile choice" :lol:.

If I haven't been paid yet, then "they look absolutely gorgeous" .

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I always make a point of telling my clients, that their taste is impeccable, 99% of the time it is, the 1% is very rare.

 

[SandyFloor]

I always make a point of telling my clients, that their taste is impeccable, 99% of the time it is, the 1% is very rare.

Probably about one in a hundred, Phil :lol:

 

[doug boardley]

Probably about one in a hundred, Phil :lol:

very observant Sandy:lol: