Back Yard Boys are trouble. I have learnt this the way you'd expect me to have learnt it.
I live in an old weatherboard house which needed the wiring upgraded. A big job. The tradies are getting quiet so I decided to get it done. I remembered a sparky who came around on short notice to fix a power board problem a few years ago and gave me a reasonable bill. (I was in no position to seek quotes!)
Rang him on Friday, he checked out the job on Saturday. Because my sparky son was in town and he offered to be the "tradesass" and really there was no way he would know how long the job would take, I said to do it on an hourly rate.
He started the job on Monday and finished on Thursday. The job was tradesman's standard and we even got a 10% "pensioner's discount" on the labour because we took him on faith.
Tradies are people like everyone else. Treat them as such.
