Possible non-paying client

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There is nothing much you can do, but keep sending them reminders after the usually 30 days is up.  If they do not pay within say three months then take them to the small claims court.  You might win or you might lose.  It is only business.

Yup looks like this is going to be the way to go.

PS.  You might need to adjust what you say to your cleints about the time it takes to do a lump sum job.  Either that or charge by the hour.  Practice changes from sector to sector.  Try to go by what is accepted practice within your sector.

Been a plumber for 30 years and this is the first time Ive had this happen, there has never a misunderstanding even in this case the price was agreed before any talk of timings was mentioned, as i said before it was purely to let them know how much time to allow in case they had things to do, appointments to attend, if people visiting etc