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Thanks all for views on extractors. Noted.
I have another question. It is the opposite of diy, but I reckon there are plenty of appropriately knowledgeable people in here who might be able to help. We are currently having our bathroom re-tiled. I got a couple of quotes and we ended up going with a handyman we have used before and liked. Gf was keen to use him as she had met him before and happy to have him in the house for few days etc. He quoted on the basis of it being a big job, it looked like loads of water had been getting in through a big crack in the tiles and he anticipated having to hack damp plaster out and rebuild with bonding etc.
So, first slight let down is that he turns up on Friday with 'his tiler' who is, predictably, an older polish chap. No drama really, chap is very nice and based on the assumption that he's very good guess we're OK, although feel slightly that he could/should have been upfront when quoting that he wasn't doing it himself. When he gets the tiles off (half day work on Friday) plaster is wet but no rebuilding needed. Which is good. His 'tiler' has been working today and, whilst probably better than I could do, it's far from a stellar job. This is not our 'forever' home, and I'm sure it will look OK when finished, but my question is really what sort of reduction in price would people think appropriate to recognise the reduced scale of the job? And should the fact he's not doing it himself (nor popping in a couple of times a day to oversee - he tells me he won't be back till Thursday!) factor into the reduction I ask for? Opinions would be helpful. If it is helpful, we're probably only taking 6m2 of tiling, Max, with a couple of tricky bits. It took less than three hours for chap to get all old tiles off and scrape the wall down.
Cheers