fencing contractor issues

fgreen79

Hi could i ask for some advice and peoples opinions and also just to check that i am not being unreasonable.


I collected quotes from people to replace a small area of picket fence on our driveway entrance. Booked in contractor to start 2nd week September. Last week he emailed me on the Wednesday to start the following day, i said ok, but informed him i had to be out at 10:30 taking children to dentist. He had not turned up before we left, received an email to say he was having trouble getting uprights. arrived home, and his man had ripped out our old fence and put in posts and rails to support uprights. Looked at the uprights he had they are not the ones we requested, so he went away, i gave him an upright we had from our other fence to get it to match as close as possible, he sent me an email of a stained dark one, they are supposed to be green so go natural. explained oit was to dark. Following day, arrived home and found fence 3/4 put up and itr was dark stained wood. tried to get hold of the boss, sent him email with pictures to show it was wrong, explained he couldn't speak to me today as he was in hospital. His man finished up and left. I then didn't here back so went the boss an email with photo evidence to show what was wrong with the fence
1) wrong color
2) posts are in at different heights so some parts post is above picket line some points it is below.
3) posts are not put in even distance along.


Person says he will come this week and remove it. so i asked him if he will finish the job he says no as he has lost money on it, so i have asked him he needs to make the garden secure again as i have 4 young children the youngest being 2 and next to a main road. He is now threatening to take me to court.



Any idea what i can do please?
1) can he remove fence with out re securing garden as it was secure before he started work and ripping out my old fence.
2) can he take me to court as he has completed the job substandard and not to requirement.



Thank you

hollydays

So have you paid him anything?

Aylesbury_Duck

What did you agree to pay and at what stage? Without knowing the nature of the contract it's impossible to say whether he has grounds to take you to court.

Have you paid anything yet? If you haven't then he's entitled to take back his fence because you haven't paid for it.

Forget the dramatic "think of the children" angle. It's emotive and baseless. If you are genuinely concerned that unattended children will run out into the road, get someone to fit an interim fence as an urgent stopgap.

hollydays

Op logged in but didn't respond ?!

Bradden

Never understand why people take the time to ask a question and then never respond.

Mr_Singleton

People post in frustration and then things get sorted as they have the habit of doing.