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Made agreement with Builder but changed my mind

akorn77 · 2022-08-13 10:15:34

I made an email agreement with a builder for a full house renovation, new roof and small 3 metre extension for £92.5k. He came to my property twice to discuss. He was very pressurising and kept telling me that he had another couple people about to agree a project and that I had to get it done quick to nail him down. So i…

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Slinky Posts: 11,352 Forumite

15 August 2022 at 12:57PM

Bendy_House said:

Let us know what happens when the first builder gets wind of what's really happened.
As he will

Wife/mother/cat applied for the loan and was accepted. OP didn't bother going back to the original builder as s/he knew they would already be booked up at that point........

Make £2025 in 2025
Prolific £841.95, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £456.58, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £60, Shopmium £52.74, Everup £95.64 Zopa CB £30
Total (1/11/25) £1954.45/£2025 96%

Make £2024 in 2024
Prolific £907.37, Chase Int £59.97, Chase roundup int £3.55, Chase CB £122.88, Roadkill £1.30, Octopus ref £50, Octopoints £70.46, TCB £112.03, Shopmium £3, Iceland £4, Ipsos £20, Misc Sales £55.44
Total £1410/£2024 70%

Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%

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