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Plumber Bill Dispute


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www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/15/section/51/enacted
Reasonable price to be paid for a service
(1)This section applies to a contract to supply a service if—
(a)the consumer has not paid a price or other consideration for the service,
(b)the contract does not expressly fix a price or other consideration, and does not say how it is to be fixed, and
(c)anything that is to be treated under section 50 as included in the contract does not fix a price or other consideration either.
(2)In that case the contract is to be treated as including a term that the consumer must pay a reasonable price for the service, and no more.
(3)What is a reasonable price is a question of fact.
The plumber would need to demonstrate the increase in costs.
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bjf02031986 said:Their estimate quotes were 6k for heating, 4k for the bathroom which was roughly what a few other plumbers quoted. He was vague with how accurate the estimate was so I sent a thorough list saying clearly that were happy to proceed for a set fee of 10k and fully listed again any specific details, he accepted this and verbally said any extra we’d deal with at the time but it should be there or there abouts.
If you received estimates for £10k for the work and the final bill came to £11,800. that's an increase of 18% above the estimate and many people would find this acceptable.
If however you can prove that they agreed to the £10k set fee then you have every right not to pay anything above this amount.0 -
DiddyDavies said:bjf02031986 said:Their estimate quotes were 6k for heating, 4k for the bathroom which was roughly what a few other plumbers quoted. He was vague with how accurate the estimate was so I sent a thorough list saying clearly that were happy to proceed for a set fee of 10k and fully listed again any specific details, he accepted this and verbally said any extra we’d deal with at the time but it should be there or there abouts.
If you received estimates for £10k for the work and the final bill came to £11,800. that's an increase of 18% above the estimate and many people would find this acceptable.
If however you can prove that they agreed to the £10k set fee then you have every right not to pay anything above this amount.0 -
bjf02031986 said:DiddyDavies said:bjf02031986 said:Their estimate quotes were 6k for heating, 4k for the bathroom which was roughly what a few other plumbers quoted. He was vague with how accurate the estimate was so I sent a thorough list saying clearly that were happy to proceed for a set fee of 10k and fully listed again any specific details, he accepted this and verbally said any extra we’d deal with at the time but it should be there or there abouts.
If you received estimates for £10k for the work and the final bill came to £11,800. that's an increase of 18% above the estimate and many people would find this acceptable.
If however you can prove that they agreed to the £10k set fee then you have every right not to pay anything above this amount.0 -
Aylesbury_Duck said:bjf02031986 said:DiddyDavies said:bjf02031986 said:Their estimate quotes were 6k for heating, 4k for the bathroom which was roughly what a few other plumbers quoted. He was vague with how accurate the estimate was so I sent a thorough list saying clearly that were happy to proceed for a set fee of 10k and fully listed again any specific details, he accepted this and verbally said any extra we’d deal with at the time but it should be there or there abouts.
If you received estimates for £10k for the work and the final bill came to £11,800. that's an increase of 18% above the estimate and many people would find this acceptable.
If however you can prove that they agreed to the £10k set fee then you have every right not to pay anything above this amount.0
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