Is this is an acceptable job?

[Shuvi Tupya]

The police were called out to a burglary at my house and they called in a company to 'secure' the property.

As i had already had some trouble, the police knew how to get in touch with me, so they called me while this work was being carried out, it was 10:30pm, so I do not expect the job to be done for free but is this acceptable for £300?

outside


Inside: as you can see, the screws were screwed in from outside, and for some reason they also destroyed the locks when there was no need to as it was only the glass that was smashed.


Without any tools at all, i could easily pull this board off from the outside, due to the way it was attatched. Would you query a £300 bill for this or just pay up?

Ta.

[fergywales]

Sure the Police were not raiding your house for cannabis following recent incidents?

[Shuvi Tupya]

fergywales said:

Sure the Police were not raiding your house for cannabis following recent incidents?

They were a week late if that was what they were doing

[anonymous-user]

Get them to come back and finish the job - if they are capable of doing so, then pay up.

However, in their defence (weak though it may be), did they have access to the inside so that they could get out after doing a more secure job?

[clarkmagpie]

[carmonk]

You paid £300 for someone to nail a piece of wood to your house? You could've got a new door for that.

[Shuvi Tupya]

coanda said:

Get them to come back and finish the job - if they are capable of doing so, then pay up.

However, in their defence (weak though it may be), did they have access to the inside so that they could get out after doing a more secure job?

Yes, they could have let themselves out the front door or the other back door. Or they could have done it with the door open and then locked it had they not removed the locks.

[Shuvi Tupya]

carmonk said:

You paid £300 for someone to nail a piece of wood to your house? You could've got a new door for that.

I have not paid yet. I think there is some room for negotiation at the very least!

[fergywales]

Shuvi Tupya said:

I have not paid yet. I think there is some room for negotiation at the very least!

Do not, for the love of god, offer to settle the bill in exchange for a big bag of ganja!

[carmonk]

Shuvi Tupya said:

carmonk said:

You paid £300 for someone to nail a piece of wood to your house? You could've got a new door for that.

I have not paid yet. I think there is some room for negotiation at the very least!

Offer them three quid but have a fiver in your pocket, in case the worst comes to the worst.

[Shuvi Tupya]

carmonk said:

Offer them three quid but have a fiver in your pocket, in case the worst comes to the worst.

I appreciate that it was late at night, so a minimum of £100 just to show up, and i was thinking maybe another £20 for the five minutes work..

[Deva Link]

Shuvi Tupya said:

I have not paid yet. I think there is some room for negotiation at the very least!

You don't pay it - send the bill to your insurance company.

[Shuvi Tupya]

Deva Link said:

You don't pay it - send the bill to your insurance company.

I didn't have insurance, due to a fk up on my part

[anonymous-user]

Shuvi Tupya said:

coanda said:

Get them to come back and finish the job - if they are capable of doing so, then pay up.

However, in their defence (weak though it may be), did they have access to the inside so that they could get out after doing a more secure job?

Yes, they could have let themselves out the front door or the other back door. Or they could have done it with the door open and then locked it had they not removed the locks.

Their weak defence is therefore no defence at all. A truly st job carried out by a bloke probably on call who spent ohh, I don't know, 12 minutes on the job. However, your house was secure (ok, not as nice as you or I would like, but, the glass was covered over at least) from most people, so there is something to be said for that.

[carmonk]

coanda said:

Shuvi Tupya said:

coanda said:

Get them to come back and finish the job - if they are capable of doing so, then pay up.

However, in their defence (weak though it may be), did they have access to the inside so that they could get out after doing a more secure job?

Yes, they could have let themselves out the front door or the other back door. Or they could have done it with the door open and then locked it had they not removed the locks.

Their weak defence is therefore no defence at all. A truly st job carried out by a bloke probably on call who spent ohh, I don't know, 12 minutes on the job. However, your house was secure (ok, not as nice as you or I would like, but, the glass was covered over at least) from most people, so there is something to be said for that.

Not really, it would be secure from most people if the window had been left broken. The fact the screw heads are on the outside means that anybody wanting to gain access could, and very quickly and without causing damage, so effectively it's not secure. Therefore IMO it's irrelevant what time these jokers showed up, they didn't do the job and therefore I believe three quid is a fair offer.

[anonymous-user]

carmonk said:

coanda said:

Shuvi Tupya said:

coanda said:

Get them to come back and finish the job - if they are capable of doing so, then pay up.

However, in their defence (weak though it may be), did they have access to the inside so that they could get out after doing a more secure job?

Yes, they could have let themselves out the front door or the other back door. Or they could have done it with the door open and then locked it had they not removed the locks.

Their weak defence is therefore no defence at all. A truly st job carried out by a bloke probably on call who spent ohh, I don't know, 12 minutes on the job. However, your house was secure (ok, not as nice as you or I would like, but, the glass was covered over at least) from most people, so there is something to be said for that.

Not really, it would be secure from most people if the window had been left broken. The fact the screw heads are on the outside means that anybody wanting to gain access could, and very quickly and without causing damage, so effectively it's not secure. Therefore IMO it's irrelevant what time these jokers showed up, they didn't do the job and therefore I believe three quid is a fair offer.

If most people hang around back gardens with screwdrivers, then I'd agree.

Please don't think I'm defending the job done by these bumpirates, I'm just thinking that there aren't many places that get burgled twice in one night by different thieving gits, therefore, the job is better than nothing.

[Shuvi Tupya]

Actually the other house doors may have been locked now i think about it, but they could still surely have figured out a better way to do this if they are charging so much.

[chris1roll]

You've got actual wood - that there's a luxury!
My sister's flat got broken into via a window a while back, the bloke the police got to make it "secure" hammered a sheet of tin over it.
Which then flapped about in the wind...

[carmonk]

Shuvi Tupya said:

Actually the other house doors may have been locked now i think about it, but they could still surely have figured out a better way to do this if they are charging so much.

Ah, so that's why they removed the locks then. That makes more sense. Offer them £103.

[Shuvi Tupya]

carmonk said:

Ah, so that's why they removed the locks then. That makes more sense. Offer them £103.

I still can't see a good reason for the removal of the locks TBH, they didn't open the patio doors.