Rights of consumer

Dewdrops1420

Aylesbury_Duck said:

People that said it was robbery did so on the basis of a few photos and without knowing all the details. It does sound overpriced, but without knowing all the details no one can be sure.

So you've seen work this second tradesman has done? That's good.  Have you spoken to his customers, or just seen photos he's shown you?

He completed rest of our garden for 1900£ when the first one quoted the same work for 5200£ and he said no discount that’s when we got doubt.

oldernonethewiser

Dewdrops1420 said:

oldernonethewiser said:

Dewdrops1420 said:

Aylesbury_Duck said:

Oh, I see.

Just to be clear, though. You haven't lost £4,080.  You've paid £4,080 for a patio, and you have a patio.  You also have an opinion (and at this stage, it's only an opinion from a second tradesman, without any proper detail) that £2,500 is needed to put it right.

The only way you would have lost £4,080 is if you'd paid that and the trader had disappeared with it and not done any work.

But if I need to spend money again on the same patio then I lost £4080 from my account as the patio has to be reworked.

The quote from the second landscaper is to change the work already done.  Their quote for the same job the original landscaper did may have been much higher. 

I appreciate this is annoying for you.

If you don't get any joy in terms of refund from the original landscaper are you planning on paying £2500  to remedy the situation?

We took loan for this gardening work and I’m sure that if things don’t favour us God will make sure that the first gardener and his family will suffer and not benefit from this money.

Oh dear.

MikeJXE

sheramber said:

perhaps perhaps asking landscapers is your problem. You want somebody to lay a patio, not landscape your garden. Landscapers are usually employed in design and layout, not just laying some slabs. The job may be too small to interest a landscaper. 

The job is for a paving contractor not a landscaper, even a ground worker who works on site, go round the local building site and ask around or even the local builders merchant 

Contractors who do block paving to driveways etc 

Dewdrops1420

MikeJXE said:

sheramber said:

perhaps perhaps asking landscapers is your problem. You want somebody to lay a patio, not landscape your garden. Landscapers are usually employed in design and layout, not just laying some slabs. The job may be too small to interest a landscaper. 

The job is for a paving contractor not a landscaper, even a ground worker who works on site, go round the local building site and ask around or even the local builders merchant 

Contractors who do block paving to driveways etc 

We asked for a landscaper who could turn our garden acc to the design I showed them but no one was interested

Dewdrops1420

Some came by and said 25£ travel charges as well. But I guess I should have gone with such people who claimed to have gardening degree instead of these who I don’t think knows gardening well and just father helping son to start a livelihood 

Aylesbury_Duck

Are you in London, by any chance? It might explain the apparently high costs and those "travel charges". London seems to operate as an entirely separate economy to the rest of the UK. I've got relatives who pay significantly more for trade work than I do, and I'm in Surrey, a place not known for lower cost of living.

Dewdrops1420

Aylesbury_Duck said:

Are you in London, by any chance? It might explain the apparently high costs and those "travel charges". London seems to operate as an entirely separate economy to the rest of the UK. I've got relatives who pay significantly more for trade work than I do, and I'm in Surrey, a place not known for lower cost of living.

No I’m in Berkshire

Dewdrops1420

That’s not how Karma works!!If you believe or not !!

Dewdrops1420

Anyways enough!! I’m leaving this chat!! Will let you all know the final outcome!!
Thanks for your help!!

Aylesbury_Duck

I don't believe in Karma. It doesn't exist. If it did, there would be no injustice in the world, and there is plenty. This forum is evidence of copious minor injustices for a start, before we even get onto serious miscarriages of justice and outright tragic unfairness going on here and all around the world.

Believe what you wish, but it's not going to help you address your tradesman dispute.  You need to set beliefs and emotion aside, and tackle it in a practical manner, as advised by many posters on here.