More rogue tiling

[Oli]

An old mate got intouch last week and asked me to go repair his bathroom, he had paid a lithuanian bloke £500 to install and tile two bathrooms, the £500 included the bath, shower tray, toilets, sinks and tiling.

Anyhow, here is what i found, your thoughts.......

Two bathrooms for £500

[Droopy]

An old mate got intouch last week and asked me to go repair his bathroom, he had paid a lithuanian bloke £500 to install and tile two bathrooms, the £500 included the bath, shower tray, toilets, sinks and tiling.

Anyhow, here is what i found, your thoughts.......

Two bathrooms for £500

When someone pays £500 for that amount of work, it's hard to feel sorry for them when they are left with a dogs dinner.

[LM Ceramics]

agree with james you pay peanuts you get monkeys its sad for your mate but he should have reliased that £500 was extremley cheap

[Dave]

£500 or £5000 it is still a poor job and nobody deserves this quality of work do they....?

[Oli]

I felt sorry for him and have now patched it up best i can, but as i was finishing, he popped home with some iraqi bloke, and started showing him round the house,

Who's he i said, oh this guys going to fit me aload of new solid doors, and do the facias and gutering, he's really cheap.

You can lead a horse to water...............

[faithhealer]

truely unbelievable

[rossy]

if been ripped off once then showing someone else round to do other jobs only got him self to blame £500 quid for two bathroom alarm bells should have been ringing to start with...

[Droopy]

£500 or £5000 it is still a poor job and nobody deserves this quality of work do they....?

If they pay £500 for 2 bathrooms, they should expect it though.

[Sir Ramic]

Who is it that needs educating more, The fixer or the client ?
Nothing will ever change with clients, they see £ signs and want to save, so they cut corners without a thought to what the difference is between the cheap quote and a higher one, besides a saving in the short term.

Oli i would slap your mate with a wet fish and ask why he hasnt learnt his lesson and i also hope you charged him a good rate for sorting it out........now how are you with re-hanging doors ?

[CJ]

Unbelievable................you think as mentioned once bitten twice shy.

If not...............he has only got himself to blame if the doors turn out crap as well

[devonmark]

some people just don't learn...

[poppyniks]

cant imagine what the plumbing situation is like behind boxing and plasterboard etc???? how long before it needs to be ripped out due to a leak?


with some people its all about the £ shillings

[Oli]

been there already mate, when i pulled the tray out to refit it properly, i found that the waste was leaking, because the guy had force the waste pipe into an elbow and pushed the o ring out of the channel so i had to redo that aswell

I like helping mates out and that but this job took the proverbial

[graham31]

you don't mind helping a friend out but to find he's making the same mistake again "he's cheap" you feel like he's taken you for a mug

[Fred]

London folks still use them, them ring us ( me) to correct.............. and they still want it done at a cheap rate............

Went to a barn conversion in Woking, 35m2 floor and on-suite shower/toilet 15m2. The same old thing, Vouge Landrover, leccy gates etc...............put in at £20 m2 the lot, and he moaned stating he had a Polish quote for £14m2, and could I do it cheaper than that.................

[graham31]

people can be so nieve.Spend a little spend more getting it fixed

[Dave Ramsden]

lol £500 - I wouldn't have even spun a tape around that job!

[whitebeam]

Can't believe he's done it once now going for a second cheap price, Did'nt he even consider you for the tiling Oli

[andy-p]

i dont feel sorry for people who go out and buy all the best gear then look for the cheapest clown to fit it , complete madness and false economy..

[Oli]

Can't believe he's done it once now going for a second cheap price, Did'nt he even consider you for the tiling Oli

He didnt mate, IMO he saw the pound sign savings and grabbed, then soon realised that it was a poor job, but he's making the same mistake again with the joiner now.

He rang me sounding sheepish when he explained he'd had it done cheap and it had been messed up, and could i go have a look

[CJ]

Serve's the dope right

[whitebeam]

Hope your good at carpentry may need to sort out some doors later

[CCTiling]

Your friend should have got about 3 quotes and then he would have realised how cheap £500 was compared to the other quotes. He may not have employed the cheap guy then! I hope he has better luck with the carpenter

[Mac]

Bet he doesnt get his round in at the pub either. Really deep pockets, but really short arms.

You pay for what you get.

[Derry]

not really surprising though is it!

the old saying - you get what you pay for springs to mind