Friction happens when contractor cannot deliver as promised, or delay your time, or cannot agree on what you ask them to do, or irresponsible, or try to squeeze everything start to charge u $$ for every single thing.

So, when you stop/terminate your contractor, how to settle? Some contractors turn into gangsters and insist you pay them or let them finish the job despite your lost of confidence in them.

Police report

weikee..police got care for such matters?

Well...either you have strong back ground, or just pay and let it be history.
Polices can protect you for how long?
Refer this maybe could help you make decision

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1377224

Some kontractor act tough oni, shout at them & say 'i also know some ppl' *fierce expression* & they will stop & think. Just business, no one would wan to get involved in criminal act & mess up their lives. Police report, laminate it, hang it where yr kontraktor can see, that is if kontraktor is unreasonable & joda's way did not help.

i paid him off like 70% and say bye bye to him

WHere the stage payment was? Or pay extra?

if $$ can solve the problem, i would rather jus pay and avoid any fights.

zheilwane, how about if it's 5-10k or 10-20k. would you still pay?



didn't pay extra. but i didn't manage to minus off his faults, coz if i minus off he'll take peanuts.

From what I hear, if u have a disagreement with your current contractor and terminate their service, a new contractor would be unwilling to continue where your old contractor left off.

This is how contractors protect their business and their industry. Not sure how true this is though as I've never faced this situation personally.

5-10k i might, 20k is a big no no ahha. It depends how fierce the contractor is, if he has 3 - 4 guys with parang, even 100k u nd 2 pay them

adrianjc, perhaps u think a bit too much la..sure someone will continue..want to protect what le? they dont know each other oso. running business all they wanna do is earn some living, and all we owners want is u live up to ur promises and not give us unreasonable works, that's all.

zheilwane, if they got 3-4 parang want 100k i oso wont give them coz i oso don't have how to give?

so moral of the story from renovations is: don't buttock itchy suka-suka renovate, end up waste time, waste money, lots of headache and also tempers might fly. Better buy renovated unit if price ok, design can accept and if one really don't have so much cash, time and money to go play play

This post has been edited by @Adele: Sep 13 2011, 11:49 PM

This is call ROB

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Added on September 13, 2011, 11:54 pmThe world is small, I won't be surprise. Many contractor know each other.


Is all about managing and setting the correct expectation.. I learn something. If you want 10, you tell you contractor you need 12, if you luck he may give you 9.5.

This post has been edited by weikee: Sep 13 2011, 11:54 PM

Really
maybe the new contractor worry that
1. The house owner darn kwai lan until the previous contractor cabut...
2. The previous contractor gonna hentam him later.

hahaha

i think they are not so free to go call each other and say ..eh u kena terminate eh? they dont even ask me who's the previous person, so nobody cares la really.

phoenix69, if they dont take up this job, they take up other job, is there guarantee they wont meet even worse ppl...doubt that lo..

next time make agreement on % of partial payment before the work starts .

i have a friend working as consultant for house owners who want to renovate their houses to avoid disputes and help owners monitor progress and consult them how to keep their budget low

well i'm a interior designer and tis totally explain different between a design firm and contractor. If earlier u had attach with some id firm. this wont be happen. coz we have everything with copy and sign letter. Btw good luck to u.

coldman86, u seem to be gloating over other ppl's mistakes which is not so nice. imho, i dont think use id with letter and everything guarantee anything at all. my neighbour use id to do whole house cabinets 50k, already paid 20k, already 4 months also didnt finish. Just for cabinets! she also had to terminate, so it really depends on how responsible the contractor/id is. like my lawyer says, u can have 100 pages of legal paperwork , at the end of the day paper is paper, action is action.

by the way, this thread is for ppl to share their experiences on how to settle the disagreement..so far nobody has posted any real life events.

This post has been edited by @Adele: Sep 14 2011, 03:13 PM

for my experience don't pass the renovation job to any friends even them are contractor,we are believe them and give them job finally a lots of thing to headache ,fights . the reason is cost cannot cover .................who can accept this?????

This post has been edited by hhaf: Sep 14 2011, 03:37 PM

Sounds scary. I think it's better to get reputable and recommended contractor from friends. Those who has renovated your friend's house and u have seen it.