The builders we have chosen have just started work on our new extension. They are knocking down the old dwarf wall conservatory and replacing it with a proper room. The contract is fixed price.
The builders are having a hell of a job removing the conservatory foundations. Under the deep concrete slab there is layer upon layer of old curb stones and after 4 layers they still haven't reached the bottom. It has taken them a week and a half using a pneumatic drill and still no end in sight. They now need to hire a sit on drill (or some such thing) and it has required more skips than they budgeted for.
The boss has just come round and asked if we can help them out with costs, but have no idea how much this will be. I'm very tempted to just quote "fixed price" back to them and show them the contract, but I do appreciate the unexpected costs are eating into their profits and that this is slightly unusual. We don't have endless amounts of cash and the most we would offer is maybe £1,000 as a good will gesture. If we do agree to pay some more we need to make it clear that this is a one off and we can't have an open ended project. Any thoughts.
They have been great builders so far - excellent time keeping, good communications and very hard working. They are also no trouble at all, refuse all drinks and food and keep themselves to themselves.
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Fixed price building work, but asked for more money. What would be the right thing to do?
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firesidechat · 15/06/2016 11:45
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