Dont know if this constitutes being in this forum but I could do with a bit of advise in the matter.
The Work
To replace a bathroom suite with a new one.
The builder
Chosen and undertook the work but not without problems
Ripped out the old bathroom no problem and then left us for three days with no bathroom, luckily we have a second toilet but that left us with no bath or shower.
The installed the bath, sink and loo but ended up chipping the bath doing other work on the shower (reccessed shower pipes into brick work). So a one day old bath was ruined!
Promised to replace the bath, but never did.
All the time he was there he would leave the room in a massive mess rendering it unuseable until we'd cleaned it.
Left when we complained about the bath.
Work undertaken
Removal of old bathroom.
Plumbing work to bathroom as new suite in different places to old.
Moved soil pipe to alternative location.
Installed Bath, Sink, loo and new pipes for radiator.
Other Problems
When the builder left we had a working shower and bath and taking a shower was fine but the first time we used the bath we ended up with water leaking through the ceiling below and ended up with a flooded kitchen!
Now, we had somebody else in to finish the job and had to claim on our insurance to get the kitchen celing sorted. Numerous phone calls to the builder about the bath brought no joy and questions about insurance brought the comment "What insurance"
So a year has passed and we have a completed bathroom, the bath was replaced and the soil pipes properly sealed.
BUT the original builder has sent us a bill for the work he undertook a little under a year ago (Feb 05) for the full amount of £888, and I am now wondering what to do?
The cost of repairing the ceiling was £200, the cost of a new bath was £325 and the cost of getting the bath replaced was £131.
Would it be civil of me to only pay the outstanding amount, ie: the cost of what he asks for minus what i've had to pay to get it fixed, or do I let him take me to court and let them decide or do I just say I aint gonna pay?
Does anyone know the legal positions on this?
mike
The Work
To replace a bathroom suite with a new one.
The builder
Chosen and undertook the work but not without problems
Ripped out the old bathroom no problem and then left us for three days with no bathroom, luckily we have a second toilet but that left us with no bath or shower.
The installed the bath, sink and loo but ended up chipping the bath doing other work on the shower (reccessed shower pipes into brick work). So a one day old bath was ruined!
Promised to replace the bath, but never did.
All the time he was there he would leave the room in a massive mess rendering it unuseable until we'd cleaned it.
Left when we complained about the bath.
Work undertaken
Removal of old bathroom.
Plumbing work to bathroom as new suite in different places to old.
Moved soil pipe to alternative location.
Installed Bath, Sink, loo and new pipes for radiator.
Other Problems
When the builder left we had a working shower and bath and taking a shower was fine but the first time we used the bath we ended up with water leaking through the ceiling below and ended up with a flooded kitchen!
Now, we had somebody else in to finish the job and had to claim on our insurance to get the kitchen celing sorted. Numerous phone calls to the builder about the bath brought no joy and questions about insurance brought the comment "What insurance"
So a year has passed and we have a completed bathroom, the bath was replaced and the soil pipes properly sealed.
BUT the original builder has sent us a bill for the work he undertook a little under a year ago (Feb 05) for the full amount of £888, and I am now wondering what to do?
The cost of repairing the ceiling was £200, the cost of a new bath was £325 and the cost of getting the bath replaced was £131.
Would it be civil of me to only pay the outstanding amount, ie: the cost of what he asks for minus what i've had to pay to get it fixed, or do I let him take me to court and let them decide or do I just say I aint gonna pay?
Does anyone know the legal positions on this?
mike