Hello,
I had a tradie come and quote on a job to be done on an IP I am preparing for sale.
He gave me a quote in writing. I accepted the quote via text - so my acceptance is also in writing.
We agreed on a start date, but as that loomed, I could not raise him by text or phone.
When I finally heard from him, he said he'd been sick (hence the lack of contact). He also asked for some cash up front for my job, as he had no money to buy the materials needed for it.
This sent some alarm bells ringing, so I made a few phone calls, and found out the guy is unreliable and shonky. (Yes, I perhaps should have made these calls beforehand, but he advertises every week in my local paper - so I mistakenly presumed he is upstanding. Lesson learned!)
Anyhow, my question is this: having agreed to his quote, am I legally obliged to follow through - ie allow him to do the work and pay him?
I've never been in this situation before.
Thoughts on the legalities?
Cheers,
H.
I had a tradie come and quote on a job to be done on an IP I am preparing for sale.
He gave me a quote in writing. I accepted the quote via text - so my acceptance is also in writing.
We agreed on a start date, but as that loomed, I could not raise him by text or phone.
When I finally heard from him, he said he'd been sick (hence the lack of contact). He also asked for some cash up front for my job, as he had no money to buy the materials needed for it.
This sent some alarm bells ringing, so I made a few phone calls, and found out the guy is unreliable and shonky. (Yes, I perhaps should have made these calls beforehand, but he advertises every week in my local paper - so I mistakenly presumed he is upstanding. Lesson learned!)
Anyhow, my question is this: having agreed to his quote, am I legally obliged to follow through - ie allow him to do the work and pay him?
I've never been in this situation before.
Thoughts on the legalities?
Cheers,
H.