Olly Peters and LDT Building and Carpentry started work on our barn conversion in Dec 2019 having provided a quote for both materials and labour. By the end of July 2020 Olly was more than 100% over both quotes and took no responsibility or accountability and ignored a fixed finishing budget that had been agreed. Olly was completely out of his depth, left countless jobs unfinished or botched, left the drainage an open sewer, holes in the roof, rain water draining into the house and the floor over 100mm out. He completely disregarded building regulation notes and didn't return calls. Unreliable
Response from LDT Carpentry and Building
In December 2019 LDT started works on the customer’s property. I provided an estimate for a list of labour items and an estimate for a list of materials. A fixed price quote wasn’t given due to the nature of the work and the likelihood of additions that couldn’t be predicted. The customer instructed me to carry out additional work not estimated for almost immediately. There were also a large number of ground works that needed to be carried out, including footings and drainage, that had been missed by the customer and his architect at the stage of estimate. It soon became clear that the customer’s budget was unrealistic and his cash flow was very tight. The customer was relying on incoming funds from letting his other property to fund the project. This unfortunately didn’t happen due to the global pandemic and national lock down. LDT were supplying up to five operatives per day. The customer allowed the works to continue, however when I approached for payment I was informed there were no funds remaining and so I pulled off the project to avoid any more loss of earnings.