A few months ago a family member decided to give/sell me their house and I'm in attempts to remodel it. I'm not at the stage where I am rebuilding, but demolishing the place. In the process I decided to live with an old friend of mine from high school that I've known for 16+ years.
He knew of a plumber that could rebuild my plumbing in the house, so he referred us to each other. However, in the process, I got a quote from the plumber of the cost, which is a decent deal but not a great deal. However, I was not ready for the rebuilding as I was not at the point. I told him I can try to get him to start last Monday but didn't know if it was possible.
Now keep in mind I've only been talking to him for a week at this point. The plumber was unemployed and doing it as a "side job"... So he has no insurance or anything through a company. So my family member told me they would not pull a permit because if anything happened while he was on the job site, they could get sued, and they have basically given up on the house, and the family member didn't feel comfortable doing so... So I had to get the house in my name.
Since the plumber is unemployed, he wants to move to another city mid April, so he told me he had to start right away. I couldn't do that because to change over the house title into my name would take atleast 3 weeks. I told him I'd try to pull strings and make it happen sooner, and I would let him know last Sunday what the outcome was. I called him and let him know it didn't look good as he is moving and it would take too long to get the house in my name, get the permit pulled and for him to get the work done. He told me he could start demolishing the old plumbing since it didn't require a permit.
In a misunderstanding, he hired out another person to jackhammer concrete in the basement to lay down new floor drains, and that they'd be starting this week. The jackhammer guy costs nearly $400... So the plumber paid that out of his pocket (supposedly), and I'm not going through with the deal.
However, my roommate is all pissed at me because they worked out a deal between each other that if my roommate got me to hire him as a plumber on my house, that the plumber would redo my roommates bathroom for free. Since the I backed out of the deal and it cost the plumber $400, the plumber is now refusing to finish the job for my roommate. Now my roommate is pissed...
So what do I do? Pay the plumber the $400 for the misunderstanding, which I don't feel responsible so he can feel better about the thing and hopefully finish my roommates bathroom? (Which he may not do). Or just say to my roommate WTF you got yourself into this, you get yourself out. Possibly lose my friend for 16+ years and have him kick me out which would probably cost me $400+ in the end where I may have to find an apartment. My roommate is aware of this fact, so I think this is why he decided to take advantage of the situation to get his bathroom done for free... Which is a slap in my face, and the reason this is pissing me off.
All in all, we are all pissed at each other...
Cliffs
-Have old house need to repair, but not ready.
-I'm living with roommate temporarly until house is ready.
-Roommate decided to help me out, find a plumber to help.
-Roommate works a side deal with plumber where he gets a free bathroom remodel out of the deal if things work out.
-Things don't really work out due to bad timing.
-Plumber pays $400 for hiring 3rd party even though I didn't tell him to start, and couldn't let him start.
-Roommate is pissed his bathroom is half done and plumber won't finish due to plumber being out $400
-What do I do if anything to resolve the situation? Pay plumber $400, or refuse and get kicked out of roommate's house and move on?
He knew of a plumber that could rebuild my plumbing in the house, so he referred us to each other. However, in the process, I got a quote from the plumber of the cost, which is a decent deal but not a great deal. However, I was not ready for the rebuilding as I was not at the point. I told him I can try to get him to start last Monday but didn't know if it was possible.
Now keep in mind I've only been talking to him for a week at this point. The plumber was unemployed and doing it as a "side job"... So he has no insurance or anything through a company. So my family member told me they would not pull a permit because if anything happened while he was on the job site, they could get sued, and they have basically given up on the house, and the family member didn't feel comfortable doing so... So I had to get the house in my name.
Since the plumber is unemployed, he wants to move to another city mid April, so he told me he had to start right away. I couldn't do that because to change over the house title into my name would take atleast 3 weeks. I told him I'd try to pull strings and make it happen sooner, and I would let him know last Sunday what the outcome was. I called him and let him know it didn't look good as he is moving and it would take too long to get the house in my name, get the permit pulled and for him to get the work done. He told me he could start demolishing the old plumbing since it didn't require a permit.
In a misunderstanding, he hired out another person to jackhammer concrete in the basement to lay down new floor drains, and that they'd be starting this week. The jackhammer guy costs nearly $400... So the plumber paid that out of his pocket (supposedly), and I'm not going through with the deal.
However, my roommate is all pissed at me because they worked out a deal between each other that if my roommate got me to hire him as a plumber on my house, that the plumber would redo my roommates bathroom for free. Since the I backed out of the deal and it cost the plumber $400, the plumber is now refusing to finish the job for my roommate. Now my roommate is pissed...
So what do I do? Pay the plumber the $400 for the misunderstanding, which I don't feel responsible so he can feel better about the thing and hopefully finish my roommates bathroom? (Which he may not do). Or just say to my roommate WTF you got yourself into this, you get yourself out. Possibly lose my friend for 16+ years and have him kick me out which would probably cost me $400+ in the end where I may have to find an apartment. My roommate is aware of this fact, so I think this is why he decided to take advantage of the situation to get his bathroom done for free... Which is a slap in my face, and the reason this is pissing me off.
All in all, we are all pissed at each other...
Cliffs
-Have old house need to repair, but not ready.
-I'm living with roommate temporarly until house is ready.
-Roommate decided to help me out, find a plumber to help.
-Roommate works a side deal with plumber where he gets a free bathroom remodel out of the deal if things work out.
-Things don't really work out due to bad timing.
-Plumber pays $400 for hiring 3rd party even though I didn't tell him to start, and couldn't let him start.
-Roommate is pissed his bathroom is half done and plumber won't finish due to plumber being out $400
-What do I do if anything to resolve the situation? Pay plumber $400, or refuse and get kicked out of roommate's house and move on?
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