You are reading a single comment by @Mr_Smyth and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
NickCJ
@Mr_Smyth
“No one likes open-ended unknown costs.”
no but why agree to pay for them? they had an outline estimate for the work so they should have worded it as “we will pay xxxx towards the upcoming works”.
“Lesson learned - specify the retention amount upfront next time”
again that would be for them to outline, otherwise that means trying to get hold of all the consultation documents before you can even put an offer in, in this instance that was neither practical or necessary when they have stated
“the planned works will be paid for” i take that as saying they will pay for that work to be done, nothing more nothing less.
You can’t really agree a retention on day one but you can certainly agree a sum to cover the full costs they have said they will pay, we will not settle for anything less.