Grabbed By The Balls

[village idiot]

I am not smiling. I have a feeling I should never have gotten involved. Only time will tell:mad2::mad2::mad2:

 

[Rickster123]

Better than a kick in the balls...

 

[Crinkmeister]

Might depend who grabbed them...

 

[village idiot]

Might depend who grabbed them...

Well, I have just been given a contract by a landlord who has over 150 properties. So far, so good. So there are a good number of boilers that needs replacing, a lot of CP12's, servicing and new installations in houses he is converting to flats.

There are 5 boilers to install next week. Two are replacing combi to combi's and three are new installs in house being converted to flats.
Trouble is he sent me a mail today informing me he will be buying all the materials, parts, etc. I must only just charge the labour element. I can see problems. Missing parts, wrong materials, etc. OK, I will have my materials I can fall back to and finish the jobs, but I can just see him arguing that I am making up the materials??? Then there will be the question of wanting to pay a lot less for the jobs as he says I will not be short of work? Yeah, SO???

I think there is going to be tears

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Tell him to kiss your bum 😉

 

[village idiot]

Tell him to kiss your bum 😉

I can just see his face

 

[snowhead]

Attend job, parts supplied are wrong or missing = invoice for waste of time.
Plus all warranty problems are chargeable.

 

[townfanjon]

landlords !!!!! nah

 

[Ermintrude]

Jog on ! My favourite expression. Expect he will only be buying valliant ecotec plus and copper? I think not . Heatline and plastic same as most sub Saharan landlords!

 

[Ray Stafford]

Well, I have just been given a contract by a landlord who has over 150 properties. So far, so good. So there are a good number of boilers that needs replacing, a lot of CP12's, servicing and new installations in houses he is converting to flats.

There are 5 boilers to install next week. Two are replacing combi to combi's and three are new installs in house being converted to flats.
Trouble is he sent me a mail today informing me he will be buying all the materials, parts, etc. I must only just charge the labour element. I can see problems. Missing parts, wrong materials, etc. OK, I will have my materials I can fall back to and finish the jobs, but I can just see him arguing that I am making up the materials??? Then there will be the question of wanting to pay a lot less for the jobs as he says I will not be short of work? Yeah, SO???

I think there is going to be tears

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You say he has given you a contract. Is there actually a contract? A document that defines what each party are going to do?

Because if not, then I fear you are right - it will end in tears.

And landlords with 150 properties don't appear from nowhere. Have you had a chance to speak to whoever used to do his work? That could be most illuminating.

 

[AWheating]

give him a day rate, if the materials are not there then next day it will cost another days money.

 

[albatross]

Walk away.

 

[village idiot]

We have not exchanged any contracts, so nothing in ''stone'' yet.
As for the type of boilers Erm, you would be surprised. He insists it he only fits Worcester Bosch boilers. I have informed him I'd prefer Ideal logic+ Combi instead. I am amazed at the number of landlords I work for who only fit Worcester Bosch boilers?????? I hate them with a passion. The new compact ones are even more of a pain to fit. Even removing the front cover and accessing innards is one big joke.

 

[villa_tom]

We have not exchanged any contracts, so nothing in ''stone'' yet.
As for the type of boilers Erm, you would be surprised. He insists it he only fits Worcester Bosch boilers. I have informed him I'd prefer Ideal logic+ Combi instead. I am amazed at the number of landlords I work for who only fit Worcester Bosch boilers?????? I hate them with a passion. The new compact ones are even more of a pain to fit. Even removing the front cover and accessing innards is one big joke.

Thats what good advertising does for you 🙂

 

[josh]

I to hate the WB compact, thought it was me being the idiot when i was taking out no end of screws.

 

[village idiot]

Thats what good advertising does for you 🙂

You can say that again. Every single one of the new compact ones I have fitted has managed to cut me somewhere when I pick up the jig?? But no need phoning WB as they will say; ''if you had bothered to read the case cover before removal, you would have seen the warning about sharp edges''. great

 

[gasmanrob]

I had a similar landlord do that until one of his parts went under warranty and needed changing and I slapped him with a bill for doing it. When he questioned it I said the part wasn't supplied by me and the warranty doesn't lye with me it's between him and his supplier I am just swapping it over. After a bit of to and throwing it was agreed I supply all parts in future.

he only wanted to supply them so he could claim back the vat against his commercial properties and off set the costs the naughty boy!

 

[village idiot]

I to hate the WB compact, thought it was me being the idiot when i was taking out no end of screws.

Nope. Why go to all that trouble of screws here and there, when with the old ones, you remove clip at top, undo two bottom screws and slide out. Simples. But oh no. WB needs to make their product look superior by giving you hell to install it. ffftttttt.

BTW, When I spoke to the landlord earlier today, I made him aware that I will not be prepared to wait for 28-30 days for payment. I expect to be paid after every job. He said if that is my preference, he will do that. That being the case, I can always walk away if he starts to drag his foot with the payments.

He wants to only pay £140 daily rates and £42 for each CP12. I've informed him I charge £200/day and £50 for CP12. Just have to wait and see what he comes back wit on that issue. He claims he used to pay the other chap £120/day. Yeah, right. It aint gonna happen with me. Period.
He has between now and Wednesday to convince me or I am walking.

 

[Ermintrude]

Bet he's got some great carrots.dangle dangle. Was in local corner shop, he pipes up about services and cp12s.... Can u do them we have hundreds of houses...... We just paid BG 7k for cover....... ( ok so why are we talking I'm not BG. Keeps on. Not interested. We service and maintain loads of boilers. Only deal with landlord if it's lucrative.... But usually find you service and repair and cp12 and some illegal will be doing installs. " oh he's really good, fitted boiler in 2 hours for £100." No stat, no benchmark, undergassed plastic. It's all there. But he can't change a thermo on a bbu! Assholes!

 

[REDSAW]

Nope. Why go to all that trouble of screws here and there, when with the old ones, you remove clip at top, undo two bottom screws and slide out. Simples. But oh no. WB needs to make their product look superior by giving you hell to install it. ffftttttt.

BTW, When I spoke to the landlord earlier today, I made him aware that I will not be prepared to wait for 28-30 days for payment. I expect to be paid after every job. He said if that is my preference, he will do that. That being the case, I can always walk away if he starts to drag his foot with the payments.

He wants to only pay £140 daily rates and £42 for each CP12. I've informed him I charge £200/day and £50 for CP12. Just have to wait and see what he comes back wit on that issue. He claims he used to pay the other chap £120/day. Yeah, right. It aint gonna happen with me. Period.
He has between now and Wednesday to convince me or I am walking.

heard that figure before, must be trending?

find the bloke who used to do it and contract him?