Question to those who have used builders… who should pay for this?

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So the situation is that the client requested a bathroom shower hob and shower screen removed thereby converting the bathroom to a wet room.

Builder asked if the floor tiling extended under the hob to which the client mistakenly said it did. The floor had been laid many years ago and she thought the floor had been laid and the hob had been added afterwards.

When the builder removed the hob it became clear that this was not the case.

The hob had been built at the same time as the flooring laid and by removing the hob, the waterproofing is now compromised requiring the entire bathroom tiling and first row of tiles on the wall to be replaced.

So who should pay for this? The client or the builder?

Appreciate your views. Thanks.

@QueenCamilla I came here to say all of this, and I am no builder.

The client may be at "fault" for saying one thing and it turning out to be another, however, no proper builder is ever, ever going to take a client's word as gospel on a matter like this. They should have given at least two prices - one for if the situation is as the client said it was, and one for if it wasn't.

However, as said by QueenCamilla, it is wholly irrelevant anyway, as you cannot make a wet room from the existing floor, whether it covers the entire surface area or not.

In this instance, I'd say it'd damn lucky the floor doesn't cover the surface area, as it's forced the builders to stop work, thereby preventing someone having a very, very poor wet room installed.