Tools left my a tradesman

cnelson2020

Hello,
A tradesman has left some tools in my house and in picking them up he claimed he left more. My husband has been working on the house so we had a lot of tools in the house and I think he trying to claim them. How do we go about proving this or is it just my word against his?

[Deleted User]

 Close the door and tell him to go away

TELLIT01

If your husband is sure that the tools he has been using are his own you don't need to prove anything.  If the tradesman can show evidence that the items are his then hand them over.

AskAsk

not your problem if he is incompetent and didn't pick up his tools when he finished the job.  you don't have to prove anything, it is him who has to prove that the tools belonged to him.

tell him politely that the tools belonged to you and if he thinks otherwise, then he will need to show you proof that they belonged to him as you don't want to hand over your tools.

clive0510

if he runs a business that involves going into peoples property and working there, before he leaves he should have the sense to have a check around the place,make sure he hasnt left anything behind,and also of course tidy up where he been working. not rocket science really.

TBagpuss

Tell him that the only tools which were left behind were the ones which you have handed over to him and suggest he check any other properties he has been working at.  Say that if he can give you details of anything else he thinks he may have left behind you will keep an eye out and will let him know if you come across it.

Barny1979

Did better than I did, my builders/decorators acquired a brand new carpet knife and a couple of wallpaper scrapers!

Dox

cnelson2020 said:

Hello,
A tradesman has left some tools in my house and in picking them up he claimed he left more. My husband has been working on the house so we had a lot of tools in the house and I think he trying to claim them. How do we go about proving this or is it just my word against his?

Give him the tools you know are his and tell him the rest belong to your husband. End of story.

MalMonroe

cnelson2020 said:

Hello,
A tradesman has left some tools in my house and in picking them up he claimed he left more. My husband has been working on the house so we had a lot of tools in the house and I think he trying to claim them. How do we go about proving this or is it just my word against his?

If he is any kind of tradesman worth his salt, he will have an inventory of his own tools. You should ask to see it. Other than that, tell him that you have returned his tools and you are not prepared to gift him with yours. What a cheek!

AskAsk

Barny1979 said:

Did better than I did, my builders/decorators acquired a brand new carpet knife and a couple of wallpaper scrapers!

i sold a house a couple of years ago and i left a wall paper scraper in the hall cupboard as i didn't think anyone coming to view the property was going to nick it.  the property was empty so the only people who would have stolen the scraper would have been the estate agent or someone coming to view the property.  it was an old scraper as well.

i felt gutted when it went missing!   :'(

DCFC79

MalMonroe said:

cnelson2020 said:

Hello,
A tradesman has left some tools in my house and in picking them up he claimed he left more. My husband has been working on the house so we had a lot of tools in the house and I think he trying to claim them. How do we go about proving this or is it just my word against his?

If he is any kind of tradesman worth his salt, he will have an inventory of his own tools. You should ask to see it. Other than that, tell him that you have returned his tools and you are not prepared to gift him with yours. What a cheek!

If hes any good his tools would be marked with a post code in some way or maybe a PAT testing label, if the husband doesnt get tolls PAT tested then any with a label/sticker are the tradesmens.