I recently had some turf laid in my garden. The quote I chose to go with was one of the cheaper. It clearly stated that it was a quotation, to:
"Firstly to spray off weeds over new lawn area with Roundup
then approx 2 weeks later once the Roundup has killed the
weeds to the roots the area to be prepared for turfing by dressing
area with approx 2 tonnes of top soil consolidated and raked
to a smooth surface. Then to supply and lay approx 65sqm of
good quality seeded turf to areas identified at last site meeting."
I then received an invoice which was £100 higher than the quote, as he had used 4 tonnes of topsoil rather than 2. I have paid the original amount, as I believe it to be a fixed price quotation. He did not ask if it was OK to spend extra money on extra topsoil, and I would have asked that he complete the job within the 2 tonnes. He says he will take legal action if I do not pay.
Can anyone help? Am I being unreasonable??
Thanks,
Victoria
"Firstly to spray off weeds over new lawn area with Roundup
then approx 2 weeks later once the Roundup has killed the
weeds to the roots the area to be prepared for turfing by dressing
area with approx 2 tonnes of top soil consolidated and raked
to a smooth surface. Then to supply and lay approx 65sqm of
good quality seeded turf to areas identified at last site meeting."
I then received an invoice which was £100 higher than the quote, as he had used 4 tonnes of topsoil rather than 2. I have paid the original amount, as I believe it to be a fixed price quotation. He did not ask if it was OK to spend extra money on extra topsoil, and I would have asked that he complete the job within the 2 tonnes. He says he will take legal action if I do not pay.
Can anyone help? Am I being unreasonable??
Thanks,
Victoria