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Danm phone! Tennant it's supposed to say tennant
Is a trip to specsavers due? lol
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Danm phone! Tennant it's supposed to say tennant
If the tenant agreed to this price then I'm afraid you will struggle to recoup your losses. You probably won't get an accurate charge from people you ask on here as its impossible to quote without seeing the job. I think its probably fair to say its quite steep though.
James.
pay half under protest then let them contest it.
Unless you authorised the tenant to contract on your behalf with the plumber, you do not have any losses. Your tenant does.
I would strongly recommend against this. Unless the tenant was specifically authorized to deal as your agent, you have no part in this contract.
To make a part payment would run the risk of a judge construing that such an action joined to you the contract.
OP - can you make it clear whether the tenant was acting on their own, or with your permission? Your best course of action depends entirely on this fact.
I would strongly recommend against this.
OP - can you make it clear whether the tenant was acting on their own, or with your permission? Your best course of action depends entirely on this fact.
As much as us guys who can only dream of charging this (myself included) I think you have to pay the bill.
If the company have charged you their standard rate for the job (not some hiked up cost as they were trying it on) then that's their price. They were called in - they didn't turn up unannounced. They did the job. That's their cost. Learn a lesson and get a regular plumber in your phone who you can trust and doesn't charge crazy rates.
There is something about door to door selling, and disclaimers that may help you here. But others on the forum will know the details better than I.
There is something about door to door selling, and disclaimers that may help you here. But others on the forum will know the details better than I.
theres something about a cooling off period as well!!
if only life was so simple
the tenant will have signed an agreement in which they agree to take reasonable actions to protect and look after the property..if they had done nothing about the leak they would be liable to costs incurred....they took action in an emergency to protect the property, which they would be under contractual obligation to do so,they entering into a questionable contract but they would plead ignorance,as they are not aware of property maintenance costs,as not property owners and they were placed in a situation were their hands were tied if the landlord does not agree with their actions ,she should have made advanced arrangements and written it into the contract
the landlord has a contract with the tenants and the tenants have a contract with the contractor,as said unless a special clause set in the tenant..landlord contract..the landlord is liable...as emergency works..you discuss charge of works..can you imagine possible cost of repairs if works not carried out by call out....suddenly cost not so great .... but as said..these contractors are chancers...you may well get away with paying a % of the bill
I'm absolutely certain that you're wrong on this drip-dry. The tenancy agreement will include a clause that the tenants are obliged to look after the property, yes. But not that they have authorisation to contract on the landlord's behalf.
I've been in a similar situation where a lettings agency refused to pay part of my invoice on the grounds that they could have had the job done cheaper (it was a Sunday callout and I charge double time). I took the legal route and was told that my contract existed solely with the tenant. They tenant ended up having to pay.
What a decent landlord / lettings agency will do is provide a 24-hour emergency number to a someone who can then call in trusted tradespeople as required. Not many of them do this, unfortunately.
I will definitely be looking at checkatrade next time!
You would do a lot better, in my opinion, in posting your location on this forum.
Members here have a lot more to fear than bad customer feedback - criticism from their own peers is harder to dodge. Also no spurious positive feedback from friends and family, which allegedly goes on on some of the review sites...
Thank you all so much for your responses - I really didn't expect so many.
I will definitely be looking at checkatrade next time!
many thanks
Check-a-trade fffftttt. I still fail to understand why people come on here for advice and help? If you really believe that members of this forum give you good advice, then what reason is there to go somewhere else to look for a tradesman/woman than ask on here??? When things go wrong, UKPF members should help explain, but UKPF members are not fit to be contacted in the first instance to do the job? Am I missing something?
OK, I agree the likes of Village Idiot should be avoided, but there are many other decent trades people on here. Why not use them? I think I need a drink now.
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