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Depends how much you're talking about doesn't it and whether all materials get delivered to site.
Definitely remember my folks having friends who got stung on this back in the day.
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As opposed to a roofer I've met who did a £16k roof and the client just plain refused to pay.
It's a 2 way trust thing, I have turned down work based on a feeling of mistrust alone. If people don't feel I am trustworthy it is their prerogative to place their work elsewhere.
I always give a paid invoice for materials money paid upfront.
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I didn’t weigh in, because there are instances of people being ripped off. What irked me was the 30 posts of incredulous anger at the possibility that people might need cash up front, and the attitude that the majority of tradespeople are cowboys out to rip you off. People want the world, yet don’t want to pay.
The ratio was literally about 15:1 of people saying it was insane to get any kind of advance payment, where as all the good tradespeople I know do it as standard on big jobs.It also doesn’t add up in my eyes. I trust you to do work on my house, but I don’t trust you with cash.
But people do get ripped off so I get it, but I’m also careful about choosing tradespeople in general.
ColinTheBald
Nef
There was a big thing on the Nextdoor app, people balking at being asked for 50% up front.
This was apparently only a tactic used by cowboys trying to steal your cash. Was gonna wade in but thought better of it, wouldn’t have managed to remain very polite!