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ARWadsworth writes http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/d...re/8267763.stm No-one wins is my guess. Rather curious rafter spacing? regards -- Tim Lamb |
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ARWadsworth presented the following explanation :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/d...re/8267763.stm No-one wins is my guess. You have to wonder how it can get to this stage, without it going to some independent body for a decision. £15000 seems awfully cheap for an extension, if the de-roofed bit is the extension. What happened to the builder who demolished the unpaid for porch last year? -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk |
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"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message k... ARWadsworth presented the following explanation : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/d...re/8267763.stm No-one wins is my guess. You have to wonder how it can get to this stage, without it going to some independent body for a decision. £15000 seems awfully cheap for an extension, if the de-roofed bit is the extension. What happened to the builder who demolished the unpaid for porch last year? He set up his own website. http://roguecustomer.com/ Adam |
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ARWadsworth wrote:
"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message k... ARWadsworth presented the following explanation : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/d...re/8267763.stm No-one wins is my guess. You have to wonder how it can get to this stage, without it going to some independent body for a decision. £15000 seems awfully cheap for an extension, if the de-roofed bit is the extension. What happened to the builder who demolished the unpaid for porch last year? He set up his own website. http://roguecustomer.com/ About time too. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message om... ARWadsworth wrote: "Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message k... ARWadsworth presented the following explanation : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/d...re/8267763.stm No-one wins is my guess. You have to wonder how it can get to this stage, without it going to some independent body for a decision. £15000 seems awfully cheap for an extension, if the de-roofed bit is the extension. What happened to the builder who demolished the unpaid for porch last year? He set up his own website. http://roguecustomer.com/ About time too. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk Last chance to watch http://www.itv.com/ITVPlayer/Video/d...&Filter=100300 The fat chav Adam |
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The Medway Handyman
wibbled on Tuesday 22 September 2009 19:15 ARWadsworth wrote: "Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message k... ARWadsworth presented the following explanation : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/d...re/8267763.stm No-one wins is my guess. You have to wonder how it can get to this stage, without it going to some independent body for a decision. £15000 seems awfully cheap for an extension, if the de-roofed bit is the extension. What happened to the builder who demolished the unpaid for porch last year? He set up his own website. http://roguecustomer.com/ About time too. Do you have many? (Rogue customers). Real rogues as opposed to slightly awkward, cheap or otherwise a bit random? -- Tim Watts The ****artist formerly known as Tim S Explaining magnetism to little children: "The magnet has a boy end and and a girl end and a boy and a girl like to hold hands. Magnets aren't gay so two boys or two girls push each other away..." |
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Tim W wrote:
The Medway Handyman wibbled on Tuesday 22 September 2009 19:15 ARWadsworth wrote: "Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message k... ARWadsworth presented the following explanation : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/d...re/8267763.stm No-one wins is my guess. You have to wonder how it can get to this stage, without it going to some independent body for a decision. £15000 seems awfully cheap for an extension, if the de-roofed bit is the extension. What happened to the builder who demolished the unpaid for porch last year? He set up his own website. http://roguecustomer.com/ About time too. Do you have many? (Rogue customers). Real rogues as opposed to slightly awkward, cheap or otherwise a bit random? No real rouges - awkward, cheap and random yes. What ****es me off are people who try to take advantage. Typical call of its type, seems always to be a female of one ethnic origin; Caller; How much would it be to do x, y &z? TMH; £65. Caller; Can't you do it for £50? TMH; No, if I wanted to charge £50 I would have said £50. Caller; Go on, you must be able to do it for £50. TMH; Meet me at Tesco and I'll do £65 worth of shopping - if you can get them to reduce it to £50, I'll do your jobs for £50. I can't be arsed with them anymore. The other type, again of a certain ethnic origin, give a list of jobs. I might quote one days work for example, 'depending on what I find when I start, but I'll complete as many as possible'. Last time it happened I was changing some basin taps amongst other things. Turned hot & cold water off, fitted taps, turned on cold, tried to turn on hot, poxy gate valve failed in the off position. Nobodys fault, **** happens. Explained what had happened to client, off to Wickes for gate valve. Unable to drain tank, rubber bungs in holes, large dust sheet, wet vac - did the job live & got a little wet. Took a couple of hours. Stayed on for an extra hour at no extra charge & finished all the jobs but one - customer moaned like crazy and next day complained to Trading Standards that I had charged her for a list of jobs & not finished them all. No mention of her duff plumbing or the extra free hour of course. 98% are fine, reasonable nice people. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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"Tim W" wrote in message ... The Medway Handyman wibbled on Tuesday 22 September 2009 19:15 ARWadsworth wrote: "Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message k... ARWadsworth presented the following explanation : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/d...re/8267763.stm No-one wins is my guess. You have to wonder how it can get to this stage, without it going to some independent body for a decision. £15000 seems awfully cheap for an extension, if the de-roofed bit is the extension. What happened to the builder who demolished the unpaid for porch last year? He set up his own website. http://roguecustomer.com/ About time too. Do you have many? (Rogue customers). Real rogues as opposed to slightly awkward, cheap or otherwise a bit random? -- Tim Watts The ****artist formerly known as Tim S Explaining magnetism to little children: "The magnet has a boy end and and a girl end and a boy and a girl like to hold hands. Magnets aren't gay so two boys or two girls push each other away..." I have had one rogue customer this year. He was a builder. Adam |
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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
ARWadsworth presented the following explanation : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/d...re/8267763.stm No-one wins is my guess. You have to wonder how it can get to this stage, without it going to some independent body for a decision. £15000 seems awfully cheap for an extension, I thought that was the outstanding payment, not the full cost. Tim |
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On Sep 22, 8:27*am, "Tim Downie"
wrote: Harry Bloomfield wrote: ARWadsworth presented the following explanation : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/d...re/8267763.stm No-one wins is my guess. You have to wonder how it can get to this stage, without it going to some independent body for a decision. £15000 seems awfully cheap for an extension, I thought that was the outstanding payment, not the full cost. "The dispute over a £15,000 extension". MBQ |
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Man at B&Q wrote:
On Sep 22, 8:27 am, "Tim Downie" wrote: Harry Bloomfield wrote: ARWadsworth presented the following explanation : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/d...re/8267763.stm No-one wins is my guess. You have to wonder how it can get to this stage, without it going to some independent body for a decision. £15000 seems awfully cheap for an extension, I thought that was the outstanding payment, not the full cost. "The dispute over a £15,000 extension". ""He was on a fixed fee, of which he received just over three quarters of the money and he hadn't got the finances to progress the works satisfactorily."" It seems more likely to me that it was a £60,000 extension with £15,000 outstanding despite what was said elsewhere. Tim |
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Harry Bloomfield writes: ARWadsworth presented the following explanation : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/d...re/8267763.stm No-one wins is my guess. You have to wonder how it can get to this stage, without it going to some independent body for a decision. £15000 seems awfully cheap for an extension, if the de-roofed bit is the extension. What happened to the builder who demolished the unpaid for porch last year? He already got permission from the owner (the Council) before he started the demolition. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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