Glazing firm is taking legal action against me.

Alter_ego

tamsinx wrote: »

I did not notice that this decision was not reflected in the contract that I signed.

So, what happened to your fine toothed comb?

Doozergirl

It's all very well fighting for injustice, but does it allow you to win, ultimately? Does the stress feel worth it? What would you have been more amenable to if they had been more compassionate? People talk about solicitors but their service for you adds up very quickly into something that looks a lot like the cost of the actual claim itself - it's fair to say that the courts don't actively encourage people to claim in this country. It isn't cheap when you have solicitors involved.

What is the actual solution? If you think the ideal is brand new windows but ultimately signed off on the wrong sizes, then I can see why they're interested in defending their corner. They build to those dimensions - they're the most important part of that contract. Is there a compromise that can be found, that isn't expensive and where you both accept some responsibility for things going awry?

The way you've described it, I'm picturing that the problem is visible at the bottom, not the top, despite thinking that the problem would visible at the top? I can't even work out if every window is physically the same height or not.

tamsinx

Alter_ego wrote: »

So, what happened to your fine toothed comb?

It was worn out ;-(

The build has been immense. You see it on Grand Designs but you can’t imagine until you’ve gone through it yourself what over a year of day-in and day-out does to you. Every step of the way - from the setting out of the building, - you’re there (if you care) - looking, questioning, thinking, working out, wondering.

And sometimes you make a decision and it is the wrong one because you are tired, or feeling the pressure to move on and not hold up, very skilled people from doing the job they are being paid to do.

“You’re cursed” - a friend said to me the other day. Because I aim for perfection.

Please don’t write a hold load of stuff about the problem with aiming for perfection because I already know!

Mistral001

tamsinx wrote: »

It was worn out ;-(

The build has been immense. You see it on Grand Designs but you can’t imagine until you’ve gone through it yourself what over a year of day-in and day-out does to you. Every step of the way - from the setting out of the building, - you’re there (if you care) - looking, questioning, thinking, working out, wondering.

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Grand Designs is a TV entertainment programme. Rely on such programmes at your peril. Like all "reality shows" they give you a TV version of reality. No supplier will want to look bad on TV and will put up with a lot and I suspect will take a loss so that they come across well on TV. They do not have architects and designers on them any more because in the early days of the shows the clients messed these design professionals about by ignoring their drawings and complaining about their designs and the TV producers encouraged it because it made good TV and as a result they now refuse to take part in the shows even though they are usually crucial to the success of the build.

owen_money

Alter_ego wrote: »

So, what happened to your fine toothed comb?

Your comment should be brushed aside, I think you are just splitting hairs

Doozergirl

If this problem is something aesthetic, of less than an inch in size, then I genuinely think there's probably a solution that could be found that just allowed you to enjoy what you have instead of focussing on what you don't.

This is the story of my life. People aren't always going to do things exactly as you expect and it might be that things were genuinely misunderstood in that conversation and you didn't spot it.

Sometimes things have to be redone a bit, but generally not started from scratch. Do enough head scratching and there's usually a solution that you can be happy with - it's a case of using imagination.

parking_question_chap

Can we see a photo of said eyesore?