I would think if the contractor has a contract, he is also bonded which means you can bet he has insurance. Any contract that states the consumer is responsible for the supervision of workers will most likely be thrown out of court. ----- Original Message ----- From: Betsy Whitney To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] newly installed bathroom with poor cleanup
Thank heaven she had a contract, even if she didn't have it checked by a lawyer first. The contractor should be carrying insurance. If there is such a thing for the customer, I think the contractor should have to pay for it, but that's my own half cent opinion. Has she considered contacting the Better Business Bureau or a consumer advocacy organization to help her? At 05:56 AM 5/26/2009, you wrote: >Clifford I agree. I'm going to try to get some more facts. I do not >think the burden of supervision belonged to her. It is all in the >written contract though. The time to get the lawyer is when the >contract is being written. Is there such a thing as project >insurrance do you know? Rita >----- Original Message ----- >From: clifford >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 10:03 PM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] newly installed bathroom with poor cleanup > >Dear Rita: >Your friend has every reason to be miffed and for that matter, she >has a claim against the contractor, as a contractor is responsible >for the acts of his employees. She needs to consult an attorney in >her state and to discus filing a claim or having the attorney get >after this person. I would also not recommend that she try to clean >up the mess, as I fear she will make it worse. Any fool would know >not to leave grout >left-overs in a bath tub. > >Yours Truly, > >Clifford Wilson >----- Original Message ----- >From: RZaug >To: ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com ; RZaug >Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 9:03 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] newly installed bathroom with poor cleanup > >Hello Everyone, I've a friend who just had an extensive bathroom >remodeling job finished. It was of course very expensive, almost >twenty thousand dollars. Things went along rather well until near >the end and the terrible job of cleanup. It turns out the man who >put the grout down with the floor tile, dumped the excess large >bucket of water and muddy grout into the bathtub and left it there >to harden. What this did to her pipes is something I don't want to >even think about. Then she was told the job was finished and the >cleanup was up to her. She did not discover this for hours after it >had happened. She was told it had been up to her to keep after the >workers to be sure they did their job. I feel the responsiblility >was that of the contractor and not hers. She is now so upset and I >am in listening mode here and do not want to upset her more with >questions now. This is absolutely not acceptable. Much of the work >was done satisfactorly. She is now scraping out the tub ever so >slowly with razor blades! I am more upset than she is I think. Rita > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >signature database 4102 (20090525) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
