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Posted on 12/24/19 at 3:14 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
You may have a criminal case....look up his license and see if he is a general or a "handyman." He would be limited to 7500.00 jobs if not a general and typically you can find a nice detective and ADA to prosecute financial abuse of the elderly.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 3:51 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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Does not seem like it's that crazy to ask for the reason a job was that much more expensive than the initial quote.
Eric, it's probably fair if they did good work in a timely manner. I just redid a master and all labor, demo, and installation work was $7500. Then I had to supply the tile, faucet plumbing and tub which was another $3000 in material. But that was a master and I'm in Houston area.
The tub selection or tile selection or fixtures are what can drive a price up.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 4:37 pm to Cdawg
The price not including a new tub was the shocking part to me.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 4:41 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
Tell us what his name is and invite him to Tigerdroppings to come fight you on it.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 4:42 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
This thread tells us who the contractors are on the OT. Harder to find bigger shite balls on the planet.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 4:53 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
Sounds like Matt Morris strikes again.
Then again, that would actually require him to actually do the work in the first place
Then again, that would actually require him to actually do the work in the first place
Posted on 12/24/19 at 5:22 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
Renovation work is extra charges guaranteed as past sins and rot gets uncovered, causing a lot more work to be done than in the original estimate.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 5:32 pm to CitizenK
check out the walk in tub advert on day time tv. they frequently state they will give a 5500 dollar discount . your mom could have done a lot worse
Posted on 12/24/19 at 5:32 pm to brokelikeajoke
Posted on 12/24/19 at 5:41 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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The price not including a new tub was the shocking part to me.
You also need to factor the demand for work is through the roof
This could easily add 30% to a price and was there a deadline to have the work done before christmas and when did the work start?
Posted on 12/24/19 at 6:04 pm to Randman
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Did he give her an estimate before he started the work? Did he do everything stated in the estimate? If so, stop scrutinizing his prices and understand that quality work costs good money.
Sure, but outrageously raising the cost from estimate price without a good reason is not a valid reason to get paid.
If a contractor did that to me I would withold final payment until we negotiated the deviation from either price, estimate, or contract.
This post was edited on 12/24/19 at 6:07 pm
Posted on 12/24/19 at 6:50 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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Scope of work
Cover up and
Demo Upstairs bathroom
New
Bathroom tile
shower
tube walls
Install backer board
Apply Waterbase moisture barrier
Shampoo box
Install Subway-tile
Flooring demolition
Install backer board
Install new tile
Fix drywall after demolition
Add baseboard and shoe molding
Trim out mirror
New light
Paint walls ceiling and trim
Clean up and dump
For 5 grand?
Posted on 12/24/19 at 8:16 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
quote:He never said he got an initial quote. Also wanting to know the warranty on every item in a bathroom remodel absolutely is ridiculous.
Does not seem like it's that crazy to ask for the reason a job was that much more expensive than the initial quote.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 8:17 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
quote:Yeah that’s insane unless there were some major unforeseen conditions or upgrades that your mother wanted
The initial quote was a little over 5,000 and then when the work was completed he said it turned out to be 11,800. And my mom paid it for some reason.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 8:22 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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The initial quote was a little over 5,000 and then when the work was completed he said it turned out to be 11,800. And my mom paid it for some reason.
I deal with contractors all day, every day.
If he didnt approve additional costs befoe performing, that's not your problem and you owe him no more than initial agreed upon amount.
Problem for you is that you (or your mom) already paid him.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 8:39 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
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For 5 grand?
We really don’t have a lot of info here still.
Install backer and waterproof barrier are low cost items. Fixing drywall could be minimal work or significant but not high cost anyways. Could require multiple trips but not any substantial material costs.
The rest is dependent on the materials.
I can’t see anything in the list provided that would drive the cost up unexpectedly and as much as it did.
Mom screwed the pooch by actually paying him it sounds like.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:24 pm to WhiskeyThrottle
OP mom got hosed. Put it this way, if you had the skills to do this work yourself, you are probably looking at $2000 max in materials and a month of weekends doing it. That dude just made $8000-$9000 for a week of work if he did it solo and $7000-$8000 if he had a helper. $5000 would have been fair unless your mom selected some tiles and fixtures imported from Italy and something you would find in a custom multi million dollar home.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:46 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
How much shite did she add or change during construction?
And dont say nothing, because she's a woman.
And dont say nothing, because she's a woman.
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