Grabbed By The Balls

[village idiot]

I am not smiling. I have a feeling I should never have gotten involved. Only time will tell:mad2::mad2::mad2:

 

[Rickster123]

Better than a kick in the balls...

 

[Crinkmeister]

Might depend who grabbed them...

 

[village idiot]

Might depend who grabbed them...

Well, I have just been given a contract by a landlord who has over 150 properties. So far, so good. So there are a good number of boilers that needs replacing, a lot of CP12's, servicing and new installations in houses he is converting to flats.

There are 5 boilers to install next week. Two are replacing combi to combi's and three are new installs in house being converted to flats.
Trouble is he sent me a mail today informing me he will be buying all the materials, parts, etc. I must only just charge the labour element. I can see problems. Missing parts, wrong materials, etc. OK, I will have my materials I can fall back to and finish the jobs, but I can just see him arguing that I am making up the materials??? Then there will be the question of wanting to pay a lot less for the jobs as he says I will not be short of work? Yeah, SO???

I think there is going to be tears

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Tell him to kiss your bum

 

[village idiot]

Tell him to kiss your bum

I can just see his face

 

[snowhead]

Attend job, parts supplied are wrong or missing = invoice for waste of time.
Plus all warranty problems are chargeable.

 

[townfanjon]

landlords !!!!! nah

 

[Ermintrude]

Jog on ! My favourite expression. Expect he will only be buying valliant ecotec plus and copper? I think not . Heatline and plastic same as most sub Saharan landlords!

 

[Ray Stafford]

Well, I have just been given a contract by a landlord who has over 150 properties. So far, so good. So there are a good number of boilers that needs replacing, a lot of CP12's, servicing and new installations in houses he is converting to flats.

There are 5 boilers to install next week. Two are replacing combi to combi's and three are new installs in house being converted to flats.
Trouble is he sent me a mail today informing me he will be buying all the materials, parts, etc. I must only just charge the labour element. I can see problems. Missing parts, wrong materials, etc. OK, I will have my materials I can fall back to and finish the jobs, but I can just see him arguing that I am making up the materials??? Then there will be the question of wanting to pay a lot less for the jobs as he says I will not be short of work? Yeah, SO???

I think there is going to be tears

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You say he has given you a contract. Is there actually a contract? A document that defines what each party are going to do?

Because if not, then I fear you are right - it will end in tears.

And landlords with 150 properties don't appear from nowhere. Have you had a chance to speak to whoever used to do his work? That could be most illuminating.