Has anyone had any experience with some bad tradies? i have just recently - i thought to try some chinese hire seeming there were relatively cheap for painting and plastering.
They demanded money every day for work completed - which under building contract requires only 10% however i am ok with that as long as it gets done. On one particular day - i did not want to pay them as their work was sub par and they got really upset and anatagonist in my apartment. I told them to either come back to get it done properly as i'm not paying some sub par job. They refused to leave and even held my key ransom.
I called security which told them not to cause trouble and it was like 9pm and they had to leave.The police came finally and told them to get out as it was civil disputes. As everything was verbal - nothing in concrete - it was hard to argue anything as nothing was in writing with their minimal english skills.
Overall - it was actually a learning experience - but i'm now sticking to registered tradies from now on.
They demanded money every day for work completed - which under building contract requires only 10% however i am ok with that as long as it gets done. On one particular day - i did not want to pay them as their work was sub par and they got really upset and anatagonist in my apartment. I told them to either come back to get it done properly as i'm not paying some sub par job. They refused to leave and even held my key ransom.
I called security which told them not to cause trouble and it was like 9pm and they had to leave.The police came finally and told them to get out as it was civil disputes. As everything was verbal - nothing in concrete - it was hard to argue anything as nothing was in writing with their minimal english skills.
Overall - it was actually a learning experience - but i'm now sticking to registered tradies from now on.