Invoiced 10+ years after work carried out.

CountyParking

m0bov said:

If you can show you knew you needed to pay, prove you tried to pay then I can't see how he can invoice you now. How did he come to that figure from materials and work done more than a decade ago?
Do you have legal cover with your insurance? Can legal with union or membership of something? Worth getting some proper advice regarding Limitations Act, its there to protect you not help you get out of something you genuinly tried to pay.

Thanks - I'll look into this. 

Hasbeen

If the Op wants to screw the builder who he really got to like and not pay then that's up to the Op. But to get the same works done today would cost ££??  Yes go for it OP and join the majority of the human race or get some legal advice and see what is required to come to any payment or not?

davidmcn

If the builder has been this laid-back about simply issuing the invoice in the first place, do we think he's likely to be chasing it up any time soon?

ThumbRemote

Write addressee deceased on the envelope and return it. After this long will he even remember what you look like?

CountyParking

davidmcn said:

If the builder has been this laid-back about simply issuing the invoice in the first place, do we think he's likely to be chasing it up any time soon?

Haha, small town unfortunately! 

peter_the_piper

Just pay the invoice, the job was done and is satisfactory (no complaints to builder) Granted he's very late but he did the work so cough up.

Aylesbury_Duck

Stop wriggling, get in touch with him, come to an agreement on a sensible figure and then agree how and when you'll pay him.