Don't blame the builder

[maxine]

Did you see this on Channel 4 tonight. What a giggle

It was about a Mediator who was brought in to resolve a dispute with a customer who's £43k extension was over-running by 7 months. The builder was owed around £6k for the final staged payment and the customer was claiming that he should finish it for more or less nothing as they were claiming that he owed them in £7k worth of penalty charges as written in the contract. The builder didnt want to finish the job as he thought he wouldn't get paid but the customer wanted the job finished.

Highlights for me that when the rules of the new regime were agreed the customer installed a clocking in machine complete with punch cards for each employee in the hallway ready by the front door and when they were 10 mins late they had to mow her lawn. All the builder wanted was to not be shouted at and have a brew at 12.30 and another one at 3pm If the lady of the house didn't bring him his tea on time then she had to go and get his materials for him.

How that lovely builder put up with them I do not know... poor chap

On a serious note I think it is nice to see more balanced albeit light-hearted TV that doesn't paint all traders as rogues and customers as saintly

Did anyone else see it? Any thoughts?

 

[Matt1959]

love to have seen it, is it being repeated?

 

[estwig]

Yea saw that, silly TV rubbish really.

She wanted everything for nothing, she kept approaching the builders workmen behind his back trying to get stuff done on the cheap. This to me and the boys is theft, we take a very dim view of clients who try and play these games, outright dishonest.

Builder was spot on with his Tea breaks.............Good to see he had his priorities right!!!

 

The women was totally mad. You could see some of the stuff was a set-up though especially the tea part.

 

love to have seen it, is it being repeated?

It should be on 4oD or catch-up on demand if you have Virgin media cable TV.

 

[estwig]

The women was totally mad. You could see some of the stuff was a set-up though especially the tea part.

This is why you will never be rich, happy and desired by women everywhere, you don't take Tea seriously enough!!

 

[Mattonella Tile Studio]

Hmph, not currently available on c4 od

 

[An Oasis]

I saw about 5 minutes of it. Drove me mad watching two sets of morons or TV scripted trash, not sure which, bickering away. Clients and builder from hell, no idea how any of them managed to speak and walk at the same time, it certainly must have been a struggle.

 

[Yourlocaltrades]

That woman needed a slap! How big was that "high horse" she was on?
The husband was useless, hiding behind the gobby wife!
I have no idea why that bloke went back!
Like the bloke said, "i would have you as my builder" said it all!!

The end was funny!, She only said "i would have him back"!!!
Not in this time love he must of thought!!!!

 

[maxine]

The husband was useless, hiding behind the gobby wife!

situation normal then!!! lol

 

[maxine]

Was quite pleased tonight that the arbitrator awarded in favour of the builder for him to be paid for the work he had done when the customer wanted to pay none of it but was confused at the end when the credits came up and it said that "no money changed hands and the builder when into liquidation". Did that mean that they got away without paying even though they were ordered to? (confused)

 

[Mattonella Tile Studio]

Episode 1 is now available in 4od