i’ll start again 😳
agreed a new project with a local builder for the house earlier this year – a new bathroom refurbishment, i’d supply the fittings and fixtures (tiles, taps, furniture etc) he’d do the rest
it was a pain to find people to quote to be honest, but after over ten enquires i eventually qot three decent quotes, did my research etc and went with someone with good feedback and a decent history of past jobs – great!
but things are progressing poorly now, the builder intially suggested three weeks of work, and its been four weeks now – walls have been relined, the old ceiling replaced, skimmed and painted, the first fix M&E in, show tray in, underfloor heating in, about 99% of the floor tiles down – but please bear in mind that this is a 9 sq.m bathroom not a palace
the missus has moved out and won’t come back until the house is clean and tidy and the work done, and progress is on an evolutionally scale now (its taken a week to put down the floor tiles ffs) and todays progress was a farce (when he did turn up) – half a dozen wall tiles, before i went to work he promised to install the wc, which wasn’t done when i got back this evening (open stack left in the bathroom) and wc sat next to it unconnected
how the hell do i get him to **** get on with it!, he has obviously got too much on, his timekeeping is very poor, he never achieves his programme, said he’ll work this weekend but never turned up – constant excuses some of which include bad back, trips to hospital with sick mother, emergency call outs, food poisoning – not had the broken down van one yet
utterly stressed out now, i’ve not paid him yet, but it’ll take say two weeks to find someone else to quote and probably have to wait 4-6 weeks until they are free
options
1. write to him formally ending the agreement asap, and settle up somehow (don’t to how to agree what he’s owed though) probably 80%
2. pursue some other quotes now for the remaining works (finish tiling, 2nd fix M&E and install fitted furniture, bath, shower enclosure, vanity unit, new door/architrave) to test the water
3. talk to him, agree a realistic programme and put up with it for an unknown period because he is so unreliable
tbh it stresses me out because i don’t understand why it is taking so **** long – i want to scream, get pissed and go to bed and discover the bathroom fairy has finished the work!!!!