Another update to you all, to say that we have not had any snow yet, temperatures over the last week have been very mild, some days rising to 15C! Whoo hoo!! HEATWAVE!!!
We will just have to wait and see....
See ya!
Monday, November 16, 2009
A Lesson To You All
Folks...good day!
Elaine & I have been quite stressed lately.....and here is why:
We could not say before, but we employed the services of a contractor who basically did not finish work for us, which was all quoted verbally...in other words, no written quote! This contractor had completed works for at least 3 people in the court where we live, so we thought 'no problem!'
We even met the guy and we liked him a lot....but.......
He never turned up when he said he was going to turn up!
The job was left unfinished for about 6-8 weeks!
We even hired another contractor to finish the work quoted, and on two occasions, he turned up just before the second contractor was going to start work. GO FIGURE!!!
This started to get nasty, as we were willing to pay him, but only for the work he completed. Well, let us just say that he threatened to take Elaine & I to court. I even contacted lawyers about this!
Well, I am pleased to say that this situation got sorted out amicably without legal proceedings, as the contractor did not have a leg to stand on!!! The case would have been thrown out of court.
I would like to publicly thank my wife, Elaine, as without her sticking to her guns and not letting us be bullied, as because I was so stressed, with the job situation with my previous company and then this, it was too much, and I was ready to give in. The contractor was going to take us to court for $170 CAD!!!!!
Can't you believe that?!? That does not even cover the court fees!!
This is the first and the last time we employ contractor services without a written quote.
The moral of this story is: Always get a WRITTEN quote for any work you plan to do!
We have found another contractor, who is absolutely brilliant, to the point where our neighbours within the court are going to use him.
Well, I thought I'd share that story with you....hope you are not too bored from reading this long update.
Until the next update, take care.
Elaine & I have been quite stressed lately.....and here is why:
We could not say before, but we employed the services of a contractor who basically did not finish work for us, which was all quoted verbally...in other words, no written quote! This contractor had completed works for at least 3 people in the court where we live, so we thought 'no problem!'
We even met the guy and we liked him a lot....but.......
He never turned up when he said he was going to turn up!
The job was left unfinished for about 6-8 weeks!
We even hired another contractor to finish the work quoted, and on two occasions, he turned up just before the second contractor was going to start work. GO FIGURE!!!
This started to get nasty, as we were willing to pay him, but only for the work he completed. Well, let us just say that he threatened to take Elaine & I to court. I even contacted lawyers about this!
Well, I am pleased to say that this situation got sorted out amicably without legal proceedings, as the contractor did not have a leg to stand on!!! The case would have been thrown out of court.
I would like to publicly thank my wife, Elaine, as without her sticking to her guns and not letting us be bullied, as because I was so stressed, with the job situation with my previous company and then this, it was too much, and I was ready to give in. The contractor was going to take us to court for $170 CAD!!!!!
Can't you believe that?!? That does not even cover the court fees!!
This is the first and the last time we employ contractor services without a written quote.
The moral of this story is: Always get a WRITTEN quote for any work you plan to do!
We have found another contractor, who is absolutely brilliant, to the point where our neighbours within the court are going to use him.
Well, I thought I'd share that story with you....hope you are not too bored from reading this long update.
Until the next update, take care.
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