Carpenter..is this normal?!

[Kmward36]

We’ve had a carpenter in to panel our hallway, stairs and landing. We’ve had him work for us plenty of times before and he’s quirky but work is good so no problems.

hes driving me a bit mad this time but I am 38 weeks pregnant and unsure if I’m being ridiculous?!

1. said the job would take 2 days, we’re currently on day 6.
2. he spent the first ‘day’ drawing the plans on the wall and then went to MOT his car at 11am and did not return that day.
3. he arrives at 10am because the school traffic around him is awful. He lives 1/2 from us. He has an hour and a half lunch break and finishes at 4. I don’t really feel like that’s a full days work..
4. He keeps sending us back to the shop for supplies. As in we went to screwfix Saturday morning and when we arrived home (it is sadly 40mins away) he asked us to go back. None of his day is taken up picking up supplies as we do that.
5. he was meant to turn up on Friday but couldn’t as he forgot he needed to file his tax returns. He told us at 10am.
6. he was 3 hours late on Saturday as he didn’t realise it was the first of the month and needed to tax his car. Couldn’t find slip/log book etc 🤦🏻‍♀️
7. we feel we can’t really leave him to it as he has so many coffees a day (8 on Saturday) and rings constantly asking questions.

am I being hormonal?! My husband says I am but it’s not helping as I’m keep to get things in order for the baby (3rd baby) and it’s just a bit chaotic with the mess and 2 other children. Or is this ok and I’m being annoying??

Well done OP!

I am SO pleased that you were able to prove that you weren't being unreasonable when he had the nerve to try and double his bill OP. Well done for standing your ground!

Stupid man, talk about shooting himself in the foot, and of course it won't just be your business he loses in the future, as word gets around about people like this.

Even without the camera evidence, if he quoted you a set amount it’s his cost to eat if he goes over. You could just have said “No, we agreed X and that’s what we’ll pay.” If he tried to take you to court for the difference he would not win.