Hello everyone,
I have the following problem and would like to hear your opinion on it.
Last year, we built a house and a garage. The carpenter worked on the roofs of both buildings. Originally, an intermediate roof between the house and the garage was planned back then.
For various reasons, not caused by him, this was postponed to this year.
At that time, we were very satisfied with the work on the house and garage. Deadlines were met, communication was excellent, everything was perfect.
He came by in August to discuss the roof. He took notes and left. The offer price was delayed because the company that is supposed to build the trussed roof had forgotten to process the inquiry.
So he contacted them again, and after two weeks the price came through. The total price was acceptable to us, and I said, let’s go ahead and do it now.
Four weeks later, I reached out to ask how things were progressing with the roof so we could start planning. He replied that he would get back to me the next day. Of course, that never happened.
The following week, I tried calling him, but only reached his voicemail. We were on autumn break at the time, so I didn’t pursue it further.
Then on Monday, I called again, and he ended the call. Okay, maybe it was a bad time and he would call back. I sent him a message asking him to just get in touch.
Nothing happened.
The next day I tried calling again, and he ended the call once more.
Now I’m not sure what to do. On one hand, I’m getting tired of chasing him, but on the other hand, I want the roof done. We’re talking about an order volume of nearly $10,000.
No idea what I’ve done wrong. I mean, he is also supposed to build my patio roof and do some work for my parents in the same town.
I have the following problem and would like to hear your opinion on it.
Last year, we built a house and a garage. The carpenter worked on the roofs of both buildings. Originally, an intermediate roof between the house and the garage was planned back then.
For various reasons, not caused by him, this was postponed to this year.
At that time, we were very satisfied with the work on the house and garage. Deadlines were met, communication was excellent, everything was perfect.
He came by in August to discuss the roof. He took notes and left. The offer price was delayed because the company that is supposed to build the trussed roof had forgotten to process the inquiry.
So he contacted them again, and after two weeks the price came through. The total price was acceptable to us, and I said, let’s go ahead and do it now.
Four weeks later, I reached out to ask how things were progressing with the roof so we could start planning. He replied that he would get back to me the next day. Of course, that never happened.
The following week, I tried calling him, but only reached his voicemail. We were on autumn break at the time, so I didn’t pursue it further.
Then on Monday, I called again, and he ended the call. Okay, maybe it was a bad time and he would call back. I sent him a message asking him to just get in touch.
Nothing happened.
The next day I tried calling again, and he ended the call once more.
Now I’m not sure what to do. On one hand, I’m getting tired of chasing him, but on the other hand, I want the roof done. We’re talking about an order volume of nearly $10,000.
No idea what I’ve done wrong. I mean, he is also supposed to build my patio roof and do some work for my parents in the same town.
Tassimat schrieb:
Solution: Try calling from a new phone number! Contractors always answer then—it might mean a new project is coming I seriously considered that. Maybe I’ll do it if he doesn’t respond to the last message.
Tolentino schrieb:
Maybe the job is too small for him, and you could attract him by awarding all projects at once? So it would be worth his while to come out, that way? Regarding the travel, I’m not sure. If it weren’t for a hill nearby, I could see his house. He’s 5m (3.1 miles) away as the crow flies.
When he was here before, he took notes for everything related to the terrace, but I still haven’t received a price for that. Since the roof for the terrace will be 8 x 5.5 m (26 x 18 ft), the cost will probably be around 10,000 or even more.
But if 20,000+ for a site 5m (3.1 miles) away doesn’t attract him, I don’t know what else I can do. First, I just want to get him on the phone. Then we can discuss everything else.
I just don’t know if he even ordered the prefabricated rafter roof. If he did, soon, once it’s finished, they’ll be stuck up there on it.
Tolentino schrieb:
Not that he fell off another roof.You mean he doesn’t actually want to hang up, but just misses the accept button with his plastered arm? *LOL*https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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