Found out we were expecting in Feb this year.
Neither DH or I are handy, so booked a local tradesman to decorate the nursery and put up furniture. He is very well reviewed and therefore tends to book up 12-18 months in advance. We have used him before and always happy with his work.
We booked in April after getting an early scan for the job to be completed end of October.
To book we needed to pay a 30% deposit, which was refundable in case of emergency.
Found out last week we had lost the baby and due to medical circumstances surrounding the loss it will be hard for us to get pregnant again.
Told the tradesman last night that we would need to cancel, he sent condolences but said this didn't count as an emergency as he could still decorate, just not for a nursery.
We don't need the room decorated if it's not for a nursery as it's just a normal guest room currently.
He has a very long wait list, so DH asked if he could at least try and rebook something on that date, if he is able to then he can refund the deposit. The tradesman is refusing to do this.
AIBU to think losing the person this room was being decorated for is enough of an emergency to get the deposit back. It's over 3 months from the start of the job, he has a wait list currently of 62 people (they post about it on their FB page)