My sister has purchased a new house which needed a complete renovation. She received some astronomical quotes for her kitchen, which was the most pressing aspect, so I asked my husband to help. He managed to convince a joiner we knew to do the work but pointed out he had other jobs so wouldnt be able to dedicate himself to just my sister's kitchen. He was also much cheaper as my husband has been along time client of his. The kitchen is finished but it's taken 6-7 weeks rather than the original 2-3 weeks.
The rest of the house still needs to be refurbished however he is now refusing to help because my sister became rather vocal about how long the kitchen took to complete.
My husband had his builder provide a very reasonable quote but the builder is no longer willig to carry out the work for the agreed price.
Becase the renovations are relatively small the usual builders aren't interested and hiring separate tradesmen is going to be too expensive.
I have repeatedly asked him to help but it's escalated into shouting from his side.