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[Olz]

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 :lol:

 

[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 :lol:

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

 

[DHTiling]

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

 

[Olz]

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. :mad2:

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.

 

[Gazzer]

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 :ninja:

 

[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

 

[Olz]

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 :mad2:

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:furious3:

 

[Fred]

London folks still use them, them ring us ( me) to correct..............:mad2: and they still want it done at a cheap rate............:mad2:

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.................:mad2: