Builders taken over garden - Advice

Nitefly · 13 Mar 2011 at 13:25

Tell them that you gave them a licence to put up the scaffolding, that was it.

They are in breach of that licence and have trespassed and caused damage to your property. Tell them to rectify it pronto or you will be pursuing damages.

Deleted member 77746 · 13 Mar 2011 at 13:29

Wait till they have finished and let them tidy up. Tell them they need to tidy the mess up afterwords.

DM · 13 Mar 2011 at 13:32

Maximum Triceratops said:
If they refuse to move, then surely they can do something, thats why I mentioned the Police.

Sorry i wasnt trying to be an arse, im just saying plod wont help.

Just tell them face to face, and i dont mean Bosnian Bill up the scaffolding, talk to the governor of the building firm and tell him whats happened, he dosent want to give you the hump so much you **** him off remember you are his access to the job.

ecksmen · 13 Mar 2011 at 15:43

Don't wait for them to tidy up, nor let them leave site as they'll never come back.

Speak to them, if they don't sort it out then look to take further action. Waiting and doing nothing is the wrost thing you can do.

vicisthebest · 13 Mar 2011 at 15:53

That's disgraceful OP. You gave them permission to put up some scaffolding, not ruin your garden! Good luck getting it sorted.

arknor · 13 Mar 2011 at 15:55

iDroid84 said:
Wait till they have finished and let them tidy up. Tell them they need to tidy the mess up afterwords.

lol the will just leave it when they are finished, tell them they need to hire s skip and get everything out of your garden or you will remove there right of access and lock your garden up

VFM Addict · 13 Mar 2011 at 15:58

Nitefly said:
Tell them that you gave them a licence to put up the scaffolding, that was it.

They are in breach of that licence and have trespassed and caused damage to your property. Tell them to rectify it pronto or you will be pursuing damages.

This.

Deleted member 77746 · 13 Mar 2011 at 15:58

arknor said:
lol the will just leave it when they are finished, tell them they need to hire s skip and get everything out of your garden or you will remove there right of access and lock your garden up

Not all builders are idots. It's worth asking.

G-MAN2004 · 13 Mar 2011 at 16:02

Jesus Christ, just talk to them? If even a quarter of that mess was in my garden, I'd have a word. Man up.

Mark A · 13 Mar 2011 at 16:13

I'm amazed they haven't just chucked all the rubble down the cavity.

arknor · 13 Mar 2011 at 16:23

iDroid84 said:
Not all builders are idots. It's worth asking.

most are lazy thought and wont pay for a skip if they can just dump the stuff on you

DM · 13 Mar 2011 at 16:30

arknor said:
most are lazy thought and wont pay for a skip if they can just dump the stuff on you

The builder dosent pay for the skip, the customer does.

gatzi · 13 Mar 2011 at 17:15

The reason it got so bad was that we live in a flat and this garden is out back to one side and we have to go:

out the house, down the street, through our neighbours garden to get to it

I couldn't believe it when I saw it, especially after 4 weeks. The owner is going to try and sort the builders out tomorrow but if that doesn't happen then i'll be asking them to leave with all their mess

JBuk · 13 Mar 2011 at 17:48

Speak to their boss , tell them you want the crap cleared and your garden restored to the way it was and to replace/repair anything broken or damaged

If they don't then seek legal advice

JBuk · 13 Mar 2011 at 17:50

DiamondMark said:
The builder dosent pay for the skip, the customer does.

It depends who does the job

Destination · 13 Mar 2011 at 17:54

gatzi said:
Would we get in trouble by hiding all thier tools?

Sell their scaffolding for scrap.
Claim ignorance.
Record their reactions when they turn up to find it gone (best done over a bank holiday)

DM · 13 Mar 2011 at 17:56

JBuk said:
It depends who does the job

So under what circumstances are the cost of skips not passed on to the customer?

233 · 13 Mar 2011 at 17:58

1- Pull down the scaffolding
2- get yourself down the local scrap metal merchant
3- profit
4- hookers and drugs
5- ??????????????

JBuk · 13 Mar 2011 at 18:04

DiamondMark said:
So under what circumstances are the cost of skips not passed on to the customer?

The builder pays or the skip, the customer pays the builders

passing on the costs is not the same as paying, might sound a bit pedant but there's a difference

if the builder didn't include the price of a skip in the quote but agreed to remove all the rubbish as part of the work then it's upto them to either pay for one or find another method to remove the waste

DM · 13 Mar 2011 at 18:06

JBuk said:
The builder pays or the skip, the customer pays the builders

passing on the costs is not the same as paying, might sound a bit pedant but there's a difference

if the builder didn't include the price of a skip in the quote but agreed to remove all the rubbish as part of the work then it's upto them to either pay for one or find another method to remove the waste

Yea ok i can accept that.