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Is there a reason for the delay? Was he waiting on appliances or units etc and the delay had a knock on effect with other trades?
Certainly asking for full payment is mad but delays do happen. (Currently 18 months into our kitchen and have finally put up the last wall hanging cabinet this weekend...)
CYOA-
From what @Marron has written it doesn’t seem like a reasonable level of service nor one which has been impacted by unforeseen delays or circumstances.
Could be wrong. Also still stewing about the plumber who’s now totally ghosting us -
No, everything arrived well before he started. We weren't happy with the state of the walls so there was a delay of a few days while he got the plasterer back in and the plaster dried, but apart from that it's mostly the fact that he seems to be pretty bad at his job. He's been working on other projects too, so has only been showing up sporadically. Initially I was taking photos of daily progress, but I gave that up as it dragged on. Wish I'd stuck with it, now.
18 months, wow! Hopefully it's been worth it + congrats on being on the home stretch!!
Tenderloin
Marron
Another day, another dispute with a tradesman.
The guy who was doing our kitchen has done a poor job + it has taken him six weeks to do a straight kitchen swap (and it's still only like 65% done) + he has said he's not going to finish the job, but he wants to be paid the full amount. He has become quite aggressive and is refusing to give back our keys.
I honestly don't think I'm ever going to hire anyone to do anything again. :(