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Toilet installed too high!!

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  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,675 Forumite
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    Tomc wrote: »
    Thanks, but the tiles are rather large, and a small step would look odd. Think I'm gonna make a legal thing of it...

    I understand that. Will you be suing a limited company?
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Tomc
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    I understand that. Will you be suing a limited company?
    His website says he is a Ltd company.
  • GDB2222
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    Tomc wrote: »
    His website says he is a Ltd company.

    Did you pay by card?
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Tomc
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    Did you pay by card?
    No all cash. When we were working out what was remaining to pay, he signed for what I had paid him to that date.
  • GDB2222
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    The thing about suing is that there are two stages. The first is going to court and winning your case. The second is collecting the money, assuming that you win in court. If this is a tiny limited company, it’s usually easy for the builder to close that one, with nothing in it, and start a replacement. The result is that you never get paid.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Tomc
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    The thing about suing is that there are two stages. The first is going to court and winning your case. The second is collecting the money, assuming that you win in court. If this is a tiny limited company, it’s usually easy for the builder to close that one, with nothing in it, and start a replacement. The result is that you never get paid.
    Thank you.
    So his ex company ends up with a CCJ and he gets await scott free?
    The consumer wins again...
  • Shaun_of_the_Dead
    Shaun_of_the_Dead Posts: 483 Forumite
    Tomc wrote: »
    Thank you.
    So his ex company ends up with a CCJ and he gets await scott free?
    The consumer wins again...

    Yes, but the consumer loses.
  • Tomc
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    Shaun_of_the_Dead wrote: »
    Yes, but the consumer loses.
    Yes I know, was being an bit sarcastic then. I could perhaps encourage him back with more money, but I'm not sure I want him back at all. after holiday period over, I will contact him one last time, then make a decision.
    Thank you.
  • Shaun_of_the_Dead
    Shaun_of_the_Dead Posts: 483 Forumite
    Tomc wrote: »
    Yes I know, was being an bit sarcastic then. I could perhaps encourage him back with more money, but I'm not sure I want him back at all. after holiday period over, I will contact him one last time, then make a decision.
    Thank you.

    I don't know if it's been suggested but send him a letter before action. Give him x amount of days to rectify the problem or you'll commence legal proceedings.
  • Tomc
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    Shaun_of_the_Dead wrote: »
    I don't know if it's been suggested but send him a letter before action. Give him x amount of days to rectify the problem or you'll commence legal proceedings.
    Not been suggested yet, but I know someone who's mates with a solicitor. I could maybe get him to write on my behalf, with notes from a surveyor I know.
    What an absolute plum the builder is...
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