Recently bought a lovely little house, the home inspector told us that a wall in the front room was load bearing and would need supporting if removed. The front room is quite small so needed this out to start a DIY home reno, i'm very handy and capable, but would not touch something that I don't fully understand.
After searching google I found this company, looked perfect and offered exactly what we needed.
I asked for a quote and he turned up 15 minutes later than agreed but he arrived.
We discussed my needs and exactly what needed to be done, there were two walls, one was assumed to be load bearing and the other just cosmetic, Both walls needed removing and supported with a steel or wooden beams to keep the room open.
He agreed and we arranged a time on Saturday for him and what i assumed would be a few guys to get the job done, the price agreed was $2300 cash, for a days Labour and a steel/wooden beam this seemed reasonable.
Saturday arrived and again 15/20 minutes later than agreed but he and his buddy arrived, he left one guy on site and left.
A few hours later i popped in to see how it was going and spoke to his labourer, I asked if it was a load bearing wall and would need the support, he told me no, Great thats going to save me a fortune on a steel beam!
I messaged the boss to find out now how much he needed me to get out as no beam was needed so assumed the price would be reduced drastically as its now just one labourer for 6 hours.
I got a reply to tell me that it would still be 2300 regardless, we went back and forth for a while, and he refused to lower the price, he used a bunch of excuses to get out of it.
I was told that his labourer would be paid $48 dollars per hour and thats why he needed to charge me $2300, i'm not quite sure where the other $2021 dollars went!
He knew full well i'd have no issues in taking the two very smalls walls down myself (6x9 and 9x9 stud, lathe and plaster)but thought it would be ok to charge me 2300 for one guy for 6 hours.
His bill was paid in full but id never recommend him, $2300 for 6 hours of labour is ridiculous, we was not willing to reconsider or lower the price, he was only concerned with making extra cash!
- Approximate cost of services:
- $2,300.00
- Company Response
Thanks for your review.
I think you wanted for free,but doesn't exist on these days unfortunately.
I think I was the cheapest one, that's why you choose me.
Quality of the job was top ,that is important for me.