Before I start I'm happy to be told I'm wrong with this but looking for a 2nd opinion.
We've had a painter in recently and his work has been very good to be fair, however when we asked for the final bill it's been more than we were lead to believe.
Without going in to specifics, it comes down to the following question:
We were quoted 5 days (Monday to Friday) at £130 per day. In the end they came Monday all day, Tuesday they left at 1pm and Saturday they are coming for a half day to finish off. They are asking for 6 full days between them (£130 * 6). Should they be paid for days they are not here? They also tried to double charge us for a separate piece of work which is why we think they are trying it on a bit.
I think their quote was misleading to start with but our expectations have been set by a carpenter we used recently who charged us half a day in similar circumstances. He was going to another job after and therefore his day rate was split between 2 jobs, he only charged us for the work he was doing.
We've had a painter in recently and his work has been very good to be fair, however when we asked for the final bill it's been more than we were lead to believe.
Without going in to specifics, it comes down to the following question:
- If you are paying a day rate for a tradesman and they leave at 1pm (we know on at least one of those days he was going to another job), do you pay them for the full day?
We were quoted 5 days (Monday to Friday) at £130 per day. In the end they came Monday all day, Tuesday they left at 1pm and Saturday they are coming for a half day to finish off. They are asking for 6 full days between them (£130 * 6). Should they be paid for days they are not here? They also tried to double charge us for a separate piece of work which is why we think they are trying it on a bit.
I think their quote was misleading to start with but our expectations have been set by a carpenter we used recently who charged us half a day in similar circumstances. He was going to another job after and therefore his day rate was split between 2 jobs, he only charged us for the work he was doing.