Hello all readers,
I would like to warn all of you who might be planning any extension or renovation work to your property to be watching out for a Polish builder named Robert who is usually accompanied by his son Pawel , called 'Pav'.
He had started work at our property on 22nd of July, with an agreement to complete the extension and renovation work in 6 weeks with a maximum extension of a week taking up to 7 weeks. Today was the end of 11 weeks and he has left my house in a mess with less than half the work completed.
He had quoted a price of £50,000 and had asked us to pay regularly when they had to order concrete, roof tiles etc. 2 weeks ago they asked a further £2000, which would have brought the total remitted amount to £42,000. My husband refused to pay until a part of the job was completed. They were preparing to abandon us. So we got them to sit down and worked a plan and agreed to buy extra supplies (floor tiles, bathroom supplies etc) to get the work moving.
This morning they demanded an additional £2000. My husband was adamant and told that he would pay the amount tomorrow, provided they completed the work that was agreed to be done by tomorrow. His son 'Pav' and his helper 'Damien' just walked out of our house. The main builder 'Robert' wasn't there at that time. He came in later. My hubby left to work. On his return, he found that the guys had taken their Van away with most of their tools and left our key on our door. It seems to us that they will not return.
I had a vague feeling that he was planning to start another project at my son's friend's house. I had popped into their house this evening and to my shocking surprise found that he had agreed to be at their property to start work on Monday morning at 08:00. I have invited my son's friend's mum to our house to see the state. She has decided to cancel the job with them.
So please please be on the look out for these rogue builders. I have taken pictures of them both. So if anyone of you thinks you have a project agreed with these guys and would like to confirm if this is the same team I have mentioned, I'm more than happy to discuss this further with you.
They are from Linton.