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Re: Homeowner Wants To Deduct Pay... Possible?
What's the final payment owed to you?
Knock off 2%.
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Re: Homeowner Wants To Deduct Pay... Possible?
So if my client says, "due to the duration of this project, i cannot pay you the remainder of the balance of this contract", what would you guys say?
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One party to a contract does not magically get to change things. By allowing it, you really don't have a contract.... you have expensive toilet paper.
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Re: Homeowner Wants To Deduct Pay... Possible?![]() You need to seriously rethink your payment draws. Tell them 10% off the final payment=$2000 (2%).
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Re: Homeowner Wants To Deduct Pay... Possible?Quote:
If you're telling us that he owes you $20K and doesn't want to pay, that's 20% of your contract... you're telling us it's 70% your fault which would lead us to believe there's more than one written communication/text detailing the delays and your responsibility for it... But at 70% of it being your fault, and a long term client, you should consider throwing the guy a bone but you don't HAVE to lose money and his "personal pay" is irrelevant... if he's an established client, own up to your part and tell what you CAN do for him (whatever that amount is) and be sure he knows contractually that you don't HAVE to give it to him as part of your contract and he can't just change that contract and that's what lien laws are for... you're doing it in recognition of him being a long-term client in a business where he knows things like this can happen... if he's a long term client and you came in under completion date in the past, you can use that to your advantage... We're not getting the full picture on what the 70% your fault represents without dragging it from you, so... the more information, the better... Last edited by KAP; 03-26-2019 at 09:07 PM. |
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Re: Homeowner Wants To Deduct Pay... Possible?
What are his holding costs on the property? Would he have been able to sell it sooner if not for your delays?
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Exactly. Time to hit the sack. I'll be interested in what is added overnight.
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Re: Homeowner Wants To Deduct Pay... Possible?
If I drug it out like that, I'd probably eat the last payment.
I assume you new customers are more lucrative than a long term customer.... |
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Re: Homeowner Wants To Deduct Pay... Possible?
It's bad form for a supposed professional to behave in that fashion.
You shouldn't have left the job to go do other ones, when you promised him a completion date. If he, or the City, held you up, you can legitimately pull off, and go work somewhere else, but you should have come back finished it, or explained that the delays were going to push back the Projected Completion Date. You should behave more professionally, and have a better, more professional Contract to go along with it. |
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Re: Homeowner Wants To Deduct Pay... Possible?
Nothing came up about this when it was clearly not done at expected completion time?
Long story short - lesson learned. Either don't put completion dates in the contract or be prepared to finish them on time.
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Re: Homeowner Wants To Deduct Pay... Possible?
Thanks for all the info. In terms of timing, I bit off more than i could chew with a few other projects so i had my crew on other jobs. Rain held me back for a few weeks on the roof but it didnt hold me up for the amount of time that has actually allotted. I assume my clients holding costs are 10%. The house was bought for 650k.
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Re: Homeowner Wants To Deduct Pay... Possible?Quote:
But my Contract is rife with "Contractor is not responsible for delays beyond Contractors control, including but not limited to...." And then the list goes on. And on. And if something comes up, I always try to get out ahead of it instead of the client having to tell me. ![]() |
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Re: Homeowner Wants To Deduct Pay... Possible?
If he planned on flipping 2 houses every year with 10% profit, you just cost him ~$32K, and he's sitting on market risk the whole time.
You got in over your head on other projects, that's your problem, not this customer's. |
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Re: Homeowner Wants To Deduct Pay... Possible?
If he thinks he can just 'amend' the contract on a whim, he'd have to agree YOU can too.
Ergo, the final price just went up $10k.
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Assuming of course that op actually has a contract that is "legal" in whatever state he is in.
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Re: Homeowner Wants To Deduct Pay... Possible?
A fair point haha, although I'd be wary of taking such a confrontational route with it - always better to try and build bridges rather than burn them!
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Re: Homeowner Wants To Deduct Pay... Possible?
There is no excuse for a project running over on schedule as much as this one has unless the client drastically changed the scope of work. I could see weather delays adding a couple weeks, but your schedule over run is ridiculous. I hope you didn't tell them "you had other projects that you were working on" that caused some of the delay. A customer does not care about your other clients project and shouldn't ever have to hear about it.
You need to learn how to accurately schedule your work and hit deadlines. It's generally good practice to under promise and over deliver. For instance, tell them the job should take about 5 months, get it done in 4 months and you look like a hero. I'm guessing you don't have a very good written contract either, with terms and details explaining all of the "what ifs". This is something you should have in the future and both you and the client need to have a clear understanding of the terms, so you don't run into issues like this. There are some very good canned construction contracts available which you can uses as a basis to customize your own contract. Having said all of this, if you don't have a clearly stated completion date guarantee in the contract, then he is entitled to no discount. Advertisement |
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