Thepaintedman
New Member
Apologies for not posting before but i'd really like some opinions on this situation I've got.
I work as a plasterer and a few months ago a chap phoned me up looking for some work. As we had quite a bit of work on I said that I could give him some work on one of our jobs.
I went and worked the first day with him at this job and thought that he wasn't the quickest or best plasterer but if he took his time he could carry on at the job and 'plod' through it for the rest of the week.
The short story is that he made a right mess both on the carpets and windows in the house and his work was not upto standard in quite a few areas. We have since been charged by the builder for cleaning up his mess and not received any payment as his work was deemed not upto standard.
Now we've told this guy that we have been charged and received no payment for his work but we have paid him the remainder from his invoice minus what we've been charged as a goodwill gesture.
Now he has written to us saying that he is going to issue a county court claim against us for the remainder that we've not paid him. I'd just like to try and establish what I should do. Should I just pay him and get the hassle over or stand my ground and go to court. The problem is that the builder will probably not want the hassle of going to court with us so it'll just be our word against his.
Any help will be much appreciated.
I work as a plasterer and a few months ago a chap phoned me up looking for some work. As we had quite a bit of work on I said that I could give him some work on one of our jobs.
I went and worked the first day with him at this job and thought that he wasn't the quickest or best plasterer but if he took his time he could carry on at the job and 'plod' through it for the rest of the week.
The short story is that he made a right mess both on the carpets and windows in the house and his work was not upto standard in quite a few areas. We have since been charged by the builder for cleaning up his mess and not received any payment as his work was deemed not upto standard.
Now we've told this guy that we have been charged and received no payment for his work but we have paid him the remainder from his invoice minus what we've been charged as a goodwill gesture.
Now he has written to us saying that he is going to issue a county court claim against us for the remainder that we've not paid him. I'd just like to try and establish what I should do. Should I just pay him and get the hassle over or stand my ground and go to court. The problem is that the builder will probably not want the hassle of going to court with us so it'll just be our word against his.
Any help will be much appreciated.