Most Expensive Materials cost ever !?!?

Dan-Dan

Love the £5 wall plugs line!

cem

ceredigion wrote: »

However, in this instance it would appear the OP was given a price and is wanting to have his cake and eat it.

Please don't make assumptions. If you dont know then ask and verify then to pass silly comments

cem

Thanks all for replies, next action is obvious.

ceredigion

cem wrote: »

Please don't make assumptions. If you dont know then ask and verify then to pass silly comments

Was not making assumptions

cem wrote: »

Scope of work was a downstairs through lounge and a small bedroom ... size of the through lounge can be seen below..its a similar property. I definitely think he has taken the mick with the level of costs...when I challenged him on it his argument was that I had agreed to it up front so I should not be challenging it whereas I saw the pricing as estimates when provided initially and was expecting the material costs to be revisited after the works so I am only charged for what has been used. Unfortunately, nothing is in writing ... aaahhh!

docmatt

This is why I never list a labour and materials quote. The quote is X amount, you either go with me or use someone else.

If I do the job it's done perfect, customer pays and everyone happy.

robatwork

I had to lookup dryzone as I didn't know what it was.

Looks like the standard tube is 310ml and £15 from Wickes which probably means a tradesman can buy it for £12. So it's 100% profit on that for starters.