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When starting out and getting quotes for the work the owner decided that he wanted a "turnkey" fixed price contract. He invited firms to bid for the job and went for the cheapest option, he's told me how much he was quoted and it was laughable, the figure was at least £80k short of what it should have been so it is obvious that the firm didn't have the experience to bid for that job properly. Inevitably the guy ran out of money and the job wasn't done so he was fired. Unfortunately when looking for someone to finish off the work the owner made the same mistake again so he had cowboys trying to put right work that had already gone pear shaped.
I actually don't think that either of the firms set out to rip him off and that in both instances took on work that they massively under priced so started cutting corners to minimise their losses.
It also doesn't help that the owner is in denial about how much he's fucked up and is understandably upset at having pissed so much (borrowed) money up the wall. He's currently around £65k over what I think would have been a decent price for the work in the first place.
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At what point do you tell them just to knock it all down and start again.
Terrifying though. How does this happen?