Response from Borrow My Hubby
Customer requested to break-up pathway & relay making safe, even, and make good around existing manhole. Customer agreed initial quotation and requested job to go ahead.
On arrival at site, after breaking up a section of pathway it was found that the original path was deeper than normally expected and in order to break up and remove the total section would take longer than quoted, and more materials. It was discussed that a type1 sub-base would be laid and concreted to highest corner of manhole.
On completion, customer came and checked said ‘oh that’s much better’. Customer was advised that they should keep an eye on the manhole as we felt that there was a possibility that it was sinking.
Site was cleared and invoice was produced for a substantially lower amount and was subsequently paid and settled in a timely fashion, with no query or request of explanation of costs (which included 1.5 days on site, hire of a breaker, sand and cement and disposal of rubble)
At no point did the customer intimate that they were unhappy with the workmanship or tidiness of the work completed, or the final cost of the works.