Experience counts for nothing....price is right ..nope

[Olz]

:yikes::yikes::yikes:
Got any pics?

 

[psychowitch]

getting some ..

 

[CJ]

I try if poss, NOT to do repair/**** up/bodged jobs. Unless its a TOTAL strip out and start again..........:incazzato:

 

[doug boardley]

me too Col

 

[Fred]

'need the work'..............makes me mad. I know, like all of you, I take pride in doing a good job, but to under price because he needs the work then to do a bad job......:mad2:

 

[devonmark]

It takes me a friggin morning to grout up a small splash back because I want it perfect...
:mad2:

sorry had to get that off my chest...

Good on ya, only way to do a job.....I.m.o..

 

[alib103]

I've just done a couple of repair jobs and they drive me mad. Seems twice as hard to fix a crap job for some reason and still never looks right. Considering just not doing repairs anymore as they just (REMOVED) me off!

 

[silver]

My worry about doin ""part fixes" is the previous worker has never marked out as I would....so slivers are usally unavoidable to continue grout lines.
My work would look totally different to the rest of the tiling but may still be under par to my usaul standard because of what I am working with / to..........and moreso....the customer will have told everyone that their tiling is s**t......its probably done by someone in a car or unmarked van........then next thing my van is outside their house......and they (the neighbours) may think they have got the same tiler back to fix it !!

I never do fixes for these reasons...any visitors who ask who done the tiling wont say why they are asking and the customer will only remeber to say the tiler who was there last.......it aint worth it.

 

[psychowitch]

Yup have to say I would agree with that and it does concern me...Customer im currently working for keeps asking me 'it wont leak like that again' and all I can say is that if Im not stripping he whole lot out I cant say it wont because of what the tiles are on.

 

[macten]

Don't let it get you down mate. The few jobs I've lost is when I've been significantly undercut. By that I mean the quote they take is of my materials bill AT TRADE for the whole job. I walk away smiling knowing the job they end up with will be sh*te! as I've done my best to educate the customer on what needs doing - I don't want to work for these types of people and I never fix botch jobs when I originally quoted but often go to view the chaos so I can say 'told you so'.

My latest dozen customers have been brilliant and have done their research and accept that they have spent all this money on tiles and they want to pay for a top job once and once only and that it will last them a lifetime.