Not quite a saga yet but getting there.
Plasterer quoted me for a cornice repair on his own judgement that he could re-use the fallen cornice. I gave the go ahead and added that I'd be happy for him to replace the cornice with a plain one if the original one turned out to be unusable.
Now he's expecting me to supply him with a new cornice before he'll start! He hasn't even tried the fallen cornice yet. And it's not like I'm demanding a pattern match, I've said that I'd be happy with whatever he can manage to find. Isn't he supposed to be the one with the suppliers and contacts in the industry? I can't imagine a carpenter asking me to get his wood for him.
I thought the point of me engaging a plasterer and not a handyman was so that he could take care of the entire problem for me. Is that unreasonable?
PS - there's also some additional plastering jobs in the quote, a decent day of work at least so it's not like it's not worth his time.
Plasterer quoted me for a cornice repair on his own judgement that he could re-use the fallen cornice. I gave the go ahead and added that I'd be happy for him to replace the cornice with a plain one if the original one turned out to be unusable.
Now he's expecting me to supply him with a new cornice before he'll start! He hasn't even tried the fallen cornice yet. And it's not like I'm demanding a pattern match, I've said that I'd be happy with whatever he can manage to find. Isn't he supposed to be the one with the suppliers and contacts in the industry? I can't imagine a carpenter asking me to get his wood for him.
I thought the point of me engaging a plasterer and not a handyman was so that he could take care of the entire problem for me. Is that unreasonable?
PS - there's also some additional plastering jobs in the quote, a decent day of work at least so it's not like it's not worth his time.