Advice needed on small claims court for poor workmanship

Naughtynat

We had someone in to do some plastering in our home. The finish was awful. Lumps, bumps and rough. We spoke to the plasterer and he agreed to come back and rectify the job. After lots of messing us about he finally came back and started the prep. He was then due to come back the following day to start the re-plastering. He then gave us excuse after excuse as to why he couldn't come. We told him that we couldn't go on with out house in the state it is in and that we wanted a refund from him so that we could get someone else in to do the work. He came to the house to pick up his stuff and told us that he had some work on and that he would pay us back within a week. He actually signed a statement confirming he would pay us within a week. Needless to say we have received no money. We are now looking at taking him to small claims court for the money paid for him to do the job together with the cost of the materials that we bought for him to do the job. Can we also add the cost of us having someone else in to rectify the job to our claim?

Plumber90

If you get all the money back that you paid him why would you also need to charge him for someone else to come in to rectify it???

nickj_2

how much was the job ?

macman

Why did you pay him for the job if you were unhappy with the result?