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davetherave1979
Hi All we worked for a customer 3 years ago did a small job about £900.00 got paid on day we finished domestic.
Customer has now gone into the property development game bought big house for cash having extensions total gutted and all done up.
Went to see him about the the electrics he nocked us down £500.00 on the price total of job is now £6500.00
He now is telling us what he wants the payment terms to be deposit up front, payement on compleation, then hold back £1700.00 as a retention incase any thing should go wrong for 30 days but wonts all his part p certs before. The idea of a retention is incase any thing goes wrong which it wont.
Told him we have never been asked about this in 13years for a retention on a domestic he is adermount that he wonts a retention.
Says everthing is costing him more than he thought as he is paying builders day rate and supplying materials.
Im now getting a bad vibe from him he says we can now forget about the retention just worried that he will be critersizing everthing and trying to find a fault so not to pay us.
So am thinking about walking away and not doing this job might as well sit in the garden for 2 weeks then work 2 weeks and be nocked
What would you do
Customer has now gone into the property development game bought big house for cash having extensions total gutted and all done up.
Went to see him about the the electrics he nocked us down £500.00 on the price total of job is now £6500.00
He now is telling us what he wants the payment terms to be deposit up front, payement on compleation, then hold back £1700.00 as a retention incase any thing should go wrong for 30 days but wonts all his part p certs before. The idea of a retention is incase any thing goes wrong which it wont.
Told him we have never been asked about this in 13years for a retention on a domestic he is adermount that he wonts a retention.
Says everthing is costing him more than he thought as he is paying builders day rate and supplying materials.
Im now getting a bad vibe from him he says we can now forget about the retention just worried that he will be critersizing everthing and trying to find a fault so not to pay us.
So am thinking about walking away and not doing this job might as well sit in the garden for 2 weeks then work 2 weeks and be nocked
What would you do