Argh! Hubby just got a phone call, we billed a contractor $4K for the balance of a job, contractor says he sent the customer a bill for $87K - current balance on job (high end Coronado homes), customer gives him $20K, said no more. “That’s what you quoted last year.”
Don’t know what the contract says, but for most of the sub-contractors (which DH is), when they get quotes from their suppliers, they’re only good for 30 days. Not 180 days. So, subs have to pay more for the material and that cost passes on to the contractor who passes it on to the customer.
DH thinks that when the client paid the deposit invoice, which spelled out what was quoted last December and the increase in cost in July, that there would be an additional $4k due at the end of that portion of the job, means that the client agreed to the terms. If they didn’t like the terms, they shouldn’t have paid the deposit. If they didn’t pay the deposit, he’d not have done the job. And not been out any money.
It will be interesting to see how work progresses as the other subs aren’t getting paid either (and one of the suppliers is Dixieline Lumber). Brian’s got stuff to do out there and he’s not going to do it. He said why should he if he’s not going to get paid? We’re sure we’ll be paid eventually from the contractor, even if it comes out of his pocket, he’s a stand up guy.
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