Block paving turning into nightmare.... Please help

Legacy_user

Hello all

I don't even know where to start

My partner and I have wanted our drive block paved for about 4 years. Its the last big smjob we have to do to our home. We have just had our first born so money is not what it was for now. We saw a few houses that had their drives done and they looked lovely. I thought about getting a quote but decided to leave it. However when we got home they had pushed a leaflet through the door (clearly telling the us our drive needed help) so I phoned for a quote. The chap came round and said £6k but if we had it done in the next few days £5k. He went off and we decided we just couldn't do it so I sent a message thanking him and told him once circumstances change (maternity ended) then I would be in touch. He sent a message back to say he would look at the price and we did not have to pay straight away. I said 5hats very kind of you but we aren't the sort to not pay for work, and understand as a business man he will have bills etc. Next thing he is at the door saying look I really want this job. Basically our house is on the corner so an awful lot of traffic goes by so he said he knows it will get him more work. He said £4,200 which was awfully tempting. We would need to do a 0% credit card money transfer so we said depending if we could get it we would go for it. We managed to get £4k exactly so I told him this and he said well I will have to do it for that then. I said you don't have to do anything. He said no don't worry I will. So here we are. Yesterday they came and dug most of the drive up and laid hardcore down. My partner would be doing this job himself had he have the time as he is an engineer and more than capable. He was worried about the lack of hardcore and the steepness that they had created at the bottom of the drive which had been filled with tarmac. I was getting anxious so I sent him a text asking him if we could speak as my partner had some concerns. Our cars are really low at the front and there is no way they are going to clear what they have done to get on to the drive. He called and my partner spoke to him. He basically said we were doing nothing but questioning him and that we should leave him to get on with it. He said shall I leave it as it is and you pay me for what I've done. I'm in such a state over this. So tonight my partner tried to get the car on the front part of the drive and the bottom of the car scraped it. How the heck do we approach this guy? What are our rights? To make matters worse once he started the work he told us he was a traveller but does a first class job. He looks the part, speaks it. We even went to people's houses across town to find out what they thought of him and were they happy with the work he had done. So we did research but they don't advertiwe the fact they are travellers. The work he has done on others is lovely. But he has just turned really unapproachable. I'm worried he is going to just leave it as it is and make us pay for it. What do we do? Please help

Greta_Sharbo

Do you have his name (or business name) and address?
Did he leave you any paperwork?

If the job is substandard you are entitled to pursue a remedy but the onus would be on you to show it's substandard. (Assuming the trader doesn't admit that it is).

Aylesbury_Duck

Stick to one thread. Spamming multiple sections of the forum in the hope you'll get an answer you want to hear isn't helpful.

[Deleted User]

Query already answered fully and comprehensively on an earlier (duplicate) thread;
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5908054/block-paving-nightmare-please-help

System

Thank you but it was more of I'm not sure which forum to post in. Not that I was spamming.