your opinion please

[chrish_1977]

Anyway, I sub contract to a company doing council properties. Long story short neighbour of property I was working in asked if I could do a fuse board change as she was privately owned. I said yes and stated it would be through my company and not who I work for. She agree and the board was changed on a Saturday, anyway she now has called the company I work for and complained about me, my bids pulls me in the office and says that I should have asked for permission to do a job in my own time with my own bits and now he said he is going to invoice me for the time that one of colleagues took to test my work and check it wasnt his gear I used. What do you think about this, he has hinted that it will be several hundreds?!?

 

[markythesparky]

Did you give her a quote?

Did she agree (in writing if need be) to the quote?

Did you do what was on the quote?

Did you issue a legal cert?

Did you invoice her properly?

If the answer to all the above is 'yes' then the other company have no reason to get involved at all, it is not poaching work it was a private house and not council. It is not their contract but yours. You have every right to pursue this through the courts.

I suspect that as this bird is a scum bag and is just trying it on. You have been the victim of the typical low life that occupies this type of house and unfortunately, country, at the moment.

I would tell the other firm that youve had legal advice and to butt out, to threaten her with court action and see what happens next.

Bloody joke!!

 

[sedgy34]

I assume the company he's subbing for is thinking if they hadn't sent you to the other job you wouldn't have had that enquiry so there fore it was their enquiry and you taken it and not said anything.

 

[Engineer54]

I think i understand what's happened as far as the customer is concerned!! The OP isn't registered with a scheme provider, so she thinks he isn't a qualified electrician (typical). Adding insult to injury (in her mind) he has gone through LABC which has added extra cost to the CU change.

Any costs involved with the OP's company re checking his work etc, should be borne by the complaining client, as that is a contract between the customer and the company, and nothing whatsoever to do with the OP!! Any checking of suspected stolen material should be at the companies cost, again nothing to do with the OP unless it's proven that stolen materials were found to be used!!