customer avoiding paying.

[got_any03]

Also theres only the incoming restrictor elbow outside so no joy in capping the meter off

 

[goz666]

Go round to his house, knock on the door and politely head butt him in the nose, pull him outside and kick him round the street a few times until he's bleeding heavily, shove a can of expanding foam up his ....car exhaust and down his flue pipe, then relax and wait for the cops.......or seeing as it's only been a week give him a bit more time, ring him politely and tell him your accounts are due this week and you need payment to satisfy the merchants. Most people pay up given a bit of time.

 

[Dotty]

Go round to his house, knock on the door and politely head butt him in the nose, pull him outside and kick him round the street a few times until he's bleeding heavily, shove a can of expanding foam up his ....car exhaust and down his flue pipe, then relax and wait for the cops.......or seeing as it's only been a week give him a bit more time, ring him politely and tell him your accounts are due this week and you need payment to satisfy the merchants. Most people pay up given a bit of time.

UKPF does not, on the whole, recommend that you headbutt the pleb. This post actually scares us and we implore that Goz seeks professional help. .....

 

[plumberpete]

never leave paperwork until payment is made.does the condensate pipe go outside?.

 

[SimonG]

UKPF does not, on the whole, recommend that you headbutt the pleb. This post actually scares us and we implore that Goz seeks professional help. .....

He did say politely 🙂

 

[DrainMedic]

Unfortunately, as you've not got a contract, and therefore you've given no cooling off period, the small claims court won't rule in your favour as its illegal to fail to give the notice of cooling off period under the doorstep selling regulations. The only exemption in this case from the DSR's is if the customer has called in to your office and booked you to come and do the job from there. If you've gone to him, either by his request or otherwise, the law isn't on your side. The other exemption is if the whole job is under £35 plus vat, but that's unlikely in almost all cases.

The DSR's are a pain, and you should always give the written cooling off period and if you ever need to start the work within the COP, you must get a form signed, called an opt-out form.

 

[DrainMedic]

Next time
1) get deposit and signed estimate/quote
2) get an amount paid when boiler on site / first day
3) signed doc saying payment on completion

The contract must include a cooling off period, or its not enforceable in court. Your local authority will advise more on this, and the FMB have a section on their website where you can download sample forms to comply with the doorstep selling regulations.

 

[CJH]

Hope you get paid, without a contract your a little tied but not totally screwed id say allow up to 28 days for payment then report back and on to the next step.
Good luck

 

[got_any03]

Update. Ive had no contact from landlord since sunday wont answer my calls or text. Ive rang him off ofher numbers somebody else answered fobbed me off saying hed ring me back but didnt. Does anybody know the position on gaining access to remove boiler if there is a tenant living in there or not.

 

[Dotty]

You can't remove the boiler. That would constitute you committing a criminal offence.

 

[plumben]

Update. Ive had no contact from landlord since sunday wont answer my calls or text. Ive rang him off ofher numbers somebody else answered fobbed me off saying hed ring me back but didnt. Does anybody know the position on gaining access to remove boiler if there is a tenant living in there or not.

I'd get your solicitor to send him a letter with your invoice attached

 

[got_any03]

You can't remove the boiler. That would constitute you committing a criminal offence.

why would i be committing a criminal offence if i own the boiler

 

[got_any03]

i think the address i was given for the landlord part of the cp12 he doesnt live there.

 

[got_any03]

As ive been round 4 times and theres nobody answering the door and his vans not there

 

[got_any03]

how can i be committing an offense if i own the boiler

 

[hammers4spanner]

Your removing it from someone else's property your snookered son

start money claims if i was you

Or option b expanding foam down flue

 

[Rickster123]

Your removing it from someone else's property your snookered son

start money claims if i was you

Or option b expanding foam down flue

Or option 3 get in rip it out and get out quickly. Fastest option is to not isolate the supply's.

 

[Best]

Have you got any emails & texts & other communication from him? Keep all this & get it all in print.
He asked you to do the job & was there for a while as you worked. The labourer would be a witness.
I would suspect the Small Claims court would look favourably on you. He has not paid you any money so far & he would have to alledge that there was faulty workmanship- which he would have to prove in court. A contract can be verbal. It simply requires an agreed job at an agreed reward. Only real problem with a verbal contract is proving it. Did anyone witness you giving a price etc?
Try getting the landlord to reply to your texts & he might say the wrong thing & hang himself.
Small claims is a straightforward process

 

[got_any03]

Was thinking of blocking the condense to be honest

 

[got_any03]

Ive got all the texts promising to send payment and agreeing to have the job done