Advise Re Work Cancelled

mylesm

HI All

Looking for some advise here before I go to Solicitor

I engaged a company to carry out work in my Home to refurbish Bathroom

They visited my home and quoted for job in writing we accepted the quote and paid 50% upfront we waited almost 3 months for the agreed start Date

The Day before Job was to start they called and said they could not do Job and would refund Deposit

Now this sets us back 3 months at least and we have to start again getting quotes etc

Also we had prep work done to facilitate start

Do I have any recourse here or do I just suck it up and move on I feel some compensation should be forthcoming to make up for our loss of time work etc

Is this Breach of Contract

Thank You
Mylesm

lawred2

Suck it up I would say (as long as they refund you)

The prep would you would have had to do anyway so I don't really see why you mentioned that

mylesm

lawred2 wrote: »

Suck it up I would say (as long as they refund you)

The prep would you would have had to do anyway so I don't really see why you mentioned that

Well I mentioned Prep as I only done it 3 days before Job was to start as it meant taking old Bathroom out of commission and also Bedroom as they were breaking in for new Ensuite because of this we now cannot use old Bathroom or Bedroom That is why I left prep work until last minute now we cannot use for however long it takes to get new quote and job done

worker bee

If you get all your deposit back then I would say you are best to be happy with that and move on to a new contractor.

nuac

Mod
Sorry, cannot give legal advice here.
Will leave open for general discussion subject to forum rules
Hope you get the part-payment/deposit back
I agree with Worker-bee