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To ask for this man t be replaced in my home?

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CaspersBlanket · 08/03/2016 15:31

Insurance job on my home
It's been dreadfully mismanaged - if my Dh can get riled up over it then they must be incompetent as he gets ruffled for no man usually !

We have a chap working here and I think he is vile. He's likely to be here for at least another week and I dread him beng here. He's very rude/sexist- he mocks my work (he watches me do it at the kitchen table) When I have asked any questions or he has asked of me- he is rude, dismissive and takes the piss. If my Dh asks him anything (Dh incidentally doesn't know the difference between a self tapping screw and his elbow)

I've had enough today. He's taken the piss out of my home and told me his home is full of fabulous quality wood/leather/marble/insert matching carpets and curtains item here.

No my home isn't full of Porcelenosa stuff and the like and I don't have matching, spotless stuff- FFS I'm wondering if the insurance company would agree to replacing him (he's an approves supplier)

Anyone?

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LuluJakey1 · 08/03/2016 23:17

We had someone come to deliver and install a wardrobe from a large high street store -JL- who, when I said he was scraping the wallpaper from the bedroom wall with the corner of the wardrobe, told me to 'mind your own business. Women are always the bloody same - plenty to say but nothing to contribute to a job'.
I asked him to leave immediately and reported him. The store apologised, sent someone at 6 pm on. saturday night who had to drive 20 miles but got double pay including for his travelling time so was quite happy and gave us a £50 rebate.
Throughout the upset DH loked uncomfortable but told me he 'was there for you if you needed me but I felt you were handling it'.

DrPiggle · 09/03/2016 08:44

It's difficult, this sort of thing isn't it, because you're dealing with it in what is supposed to be your safe place.

We had similar, a handyman who was a sexist bully. Despite repeated requests not to, the landlady kept sending him over to do jobs.

I'm not very assertive at the best of times, but I was pregnant and DD1 was barely over a year.

Then FIL happened to stop by as the handyman was there. It was a coincidence, and FIL didn't know any of the background, but a former tradesman himself FIL immediately took issue with the guy and his behaviour and had a word with him. No idea what was said but we never him again.

A really horrible episode.

LindyHemming · 09/03/2016 09:13

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BitOutOfPractice · 09/03/2016 09:21

Erm Eupemia not all trademen are like that at all

chelle792 · 09/03/2016 09:26

euphemia not all tradesmen are bigoted blowhards. My DH is a quiet, gentle, trustworthy tradesman. The old ladies in particular love him and he is offered repeat work regularly. A couple of months ago a customer paid him up front I thought she was mental

On the other hand, he has sacked several employees for not being respectful to customers. He hates all of this "alright love, how's it going?" and too much of that happens.

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CaspersBlanket · 09/03/2016 10:16

We've had wonderful people over the years who have quoted for us- half the choosing is not the price but a combination of who you like and feel you could have in your home- it's been the insurers choice this time not mine- I don't mind banter and "ello love!" At all!

Because of how badly mismanaged our claim has been and because of the amount of cages I have rattled to get to where we are now- I've spoken to a "promise team" (no really- told you, you can't make this shit up) and they're getting no somebody new in next week.

Twat turned up this morning not knowing my husband was here. Wouldn't leave until he threatened to call the police. He's from at least 50 miles away but I am concerned he got so angry and he knows where we live .

I have him on video causing a nuisance. I don't know his company name just his first name so I cannot leave a review. I'm tempted to find out from the insurers . I would have thought they'd be obligated to supply me his details.

Hopefully it'll all be fixed and over soon.

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HazelBite · 09/03/2016 10:17

I have seen both sides of this Dh is a builder and only has othertradesmen in our house that he knows and trusts and I've never had any problems with any of his "colleagues" or any other workmen etc that we have directly employed.
However when we lived in rented accommodation the landlady used to employ some absolute horrors to do work on the house. Eight months pregnant with twins the window fitter watched me move a heavy sofa from in front of the window, he said "you will need to move that sofa before I start work", Dh was furious as he said he would have moved it but as we had not had any notice of this guy turning up at 7.30 one morning there was little preparation we could do. Same bloke came flying through the back door while I was looking in a kitchen cupboard by the back door and took the door off its hinges. Dh had to repair it and we had to purchase a special hinge.

Do tell the insurance company Op, there are plenty of decent tradespeople out there who would be glad of the work.

BitOutOfPractice · 09/03/2016 10:21

Euphemia I just thought it rather ironic that you would come onto a thread complaining about a bigoted twat with quite such an unmitigated generalisation yourself

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LurkingHusband · 09/03/2016 10:51

HE TURNED UP THIS MORNING???!!!!

Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity ....

LindyHemming · 09/03/2016 11:55

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shutupandshop · 09/03/2016 11:59

He sounds dangerous. Not to scare you but be careful.

Baconyum · 09/03/2016 12:02

At this point I'd be involving the police or at least threatening to. Absolutely NO WAY he should have been at your home this morning! I'd also be calling trading standards (sexual harrassment and threatening behaviour is illegal and they do look into such matters).

HelenaDove · 09/03/2016 13:20

Casper thats horrifying. He sounds unhinged.

Plomino ive seen the same thing happen several times One person got flooded out by the plumbers while they were taking four months to fit a boiler and six rads and he tried to say the carpet was wet from before.

Someone else (a neighbour actually has had 2 floods in 3 months.) the first flood happened after two rads were fitted One of them leaked . Second flood happened after the boiler blew. Leaked all over ,buckled the floors and affected kitchen ceiling of the flat below.

They cant just kick these plumbers out though because these two cases are both social housing tenants. In these cases they have to put up and shut up. Ive posted about crap services like this on another thread complete with links to prove it and got told im obsessed.

HelenaDove · 09/03/2016 14:00

He turned up this morning!!!!!!!!! Stupid tosser!

LauraMipsum · 09/03/2016 14:04

Euphemia I don't know where you are but Home-Jane are in London & (I think) Manchester with some fantastic reviews. We used them for some work and they were BRILLIANT. Turned up on time, no sexism obviously as they're women, did what they said they would for the price they quoted and were generally great.

MrsHathaway · 09/03/2016 14:09

Wouldn't leave until he threatened to call the police.

Holy shit.

I have a feeling you shouldn't review him, because your contract is with the insurers. Certainly put the biggest rocket you possibly can up the "promise team"

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CaspersBlanket · 09/03/2016 14:15

He's not dangerous
He's an idiot. He apologised and brushed it away this morning - he not made a nuisance of himself because it was the school run (perils of living next to the school) bonus to have so many witnesses gawking though!

It's all being sorted now. Insurance company cannot do enough for us now - funny that!

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99percentchocolate · 09/03/2016 14:18

Can't believe he turned up this morning!

I've had some mixed experiences as a renter - a lovely, lovely plumber that I was actually sad to see finish the job. I make sure I always recommend him now.

Hotpoint in my area have some terrible sexist workers. Tried to explain the problem to every man that came and none would even listen to me. One even handed me a freezer box and told me to leave him to work and get on with something I was more suited to - such as cleaning the freezer box. Arsehole. If we hadn't been in desperate need for the job to be done then I would have kicked him out on the spot.

sportinguista · 09/03/2016 19:51

I have just had two brilliant lovely tradesmen in. One I've known for years. Anybody needing a plumber and a handyman in the Notts area, I have great guys to recommend. No sexism. But they do require lots of tea!

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