Re: Building Contract. Please help.
- From: "charleswehner@xxxxxxxxxxx" <charleswehner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:41:07 -0700
On 22 Mai, 19:28, "Colin Peters" <cp014d2...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Howie" <to.reply.pls.see....@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all. Hope you can help.
I run a small building company with a business partner. We have a
written agreement (not a JCT contract, - just a document I wrote
- signed by both parties), to build a house extension.
For the reasons below, we have now spent £10,000 of our own money
and still not quite finished the job. There is approximately
£5,000 left to be paid but only as a final payment. We have
explained this to to the client and, for the last three weeks,
they have continued to pay some workmen directly and we have
bought some materials and supervised these finishing-off elements
of the work. It is nearly finished, but the £5,000 is more or
less used up.
The quote we did was supposed to be a budget price for
contract-spec everything. We were asked to do a good, cheap job.
However, throughout the build, the clients have increased this
spec with such things as architraves and picture rails, high
quality tiles which they now want laying in a diamond pattern,
two or threee colours of paint in each room, specialised window
and door furniture, etc. The clients provided a drawing which was
inaccurate and produced further costs for us. We even produced
temporary waterproof roofing (not previously agreed) whilst
removing the roof in order that the house could be lived-in
throughout the entire build.
More importantly, part of this job was supposed to include a
garage extension. But they failed to tell us that they did not
have permission to use their neighbour's land and, after a few
weeks, it became clear that they were not going to get that
permission and we knocked an amount off the full price to do the
job without it. The job was a distance away, so every working day
had significant cost implications. Being unable to build the
garage was a problem because we had planned the job as a complete
price and when men were waiting for other jobs to be finished,
they could be available to work on it. On top of all this, they
sacked their supervising architect approx 1/3 into the build.
Anyway, we have now had a solicitor's letter suggesting mediation
(even thought it's nearly finished), and threatening to take us
to court if we do not complete the rest of the job - including
the garage extension. The client had previously suggested that we
build the garage extension from the inside - out. But we have
further costs and safety implications if we do so.
The client is also bombarding us with demanding, provocative
e-mails which seem to be designed at getting us to incriminate
ourselves in one way or another. I'm very reluctant to reply to
them. Can they be used against us later?
What are our options? I was hoping that the original agreement
might have been effectively nullified at the point that we were
informed of the Garage problem and agreed to just do the rest. We
physically have not got any more money and the clients have had
£80,000 of work for approx £70,000, - with a possibility of us
being legally forced to do still more.
Are we going to have to declare bankruptcy?
Appreciate any help.
H.
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