Thread: Aight misc I broke one of the golden rules

I think I posted it a while back but my moms porches collapsed with me and her on it, giving me a 5 inch laceration on my head and breaking 6 of her ribs. I’ll post pics later. Anyways fast forward, I had two friends from work(restaurant) and they offered to redo the porch cheaper than the quoted 7300 from a contracter. Keep in mind I’m helping the whole time. I pay guy A 1500 and guy B 400 to rebuild post and set ledges while bolting it to the house. With materials I’m at about 4400. Guy A offered to finish the porch for another 1200, guy B said he would do it cheaper because we are friends. Him and his girl are big smokers but he does good work. I offer two hundred a day. One day he did about nothing, second day him and his girl came and he finished the last stringer and got the old boards down but no rail. His girl I guess cleaned by putting dishes everywhere? Anyways I paid him 100 and some thing happened in my life and I thought my wife had dealt with it. I get a text asking for 800 dollars. My mind is blown and I told him where the fuk did he pull that figure from when the porch isn’t finished? The friendship is over at this point. I offered the original 200 a day which would be 400 and if I get a butt hurt txt I’m blocking and not paying shiet. Am I in the wrong?

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Hell no you aren’t in the wrong. If you guys agreed on 200/day and they came two days. If he isn’t doing the job and screwing off he’s just taking advantage of you and your situation.

That is a giant cluster**** for a small porch job. Makes no sense


Did they actually requested $200 per person per day? That would be $800, right?


You should have just went with the contractor, they have the man power, insurance and you don’t have to life a finger.

Fuk his girlfriend. Srs fkn ded

Originally Posted by CuttyUnderleaf

That is a giant cluster**** for a small porch job. Makes no sense


Did they actually requested $200 per person per day? That would be $800, right?

No not per person. The initial offer was 2700 for the job plus materials. I then cut main guy out and offered the other guy 200 a day to finish. His girl somehow threw herself in there to get paid 200 a day too? My mind is blown, why in the hell would I pay her a cent?

Originally Posted by memcop

Fuk his girlfriend. Srs fkn ded

My wife came to the house with her to hang out with the kids and this girl started out of NOWHERE pricing flooring carpeting painting and thought she would get some profit off the sell of my moms house. OUT OF NOWHERE. If I would have been there i would have flipped my shiet. I paid this dude to finish the fukking porch. Just mind blown a good friendship is gone over this. I’m doing everything else myself, I’m just not confident in a two story porch.

Originally Posted by chalup

No not per person. The initial offer was 2700 for the job plus materials. I then cut main guy out and offered the other guy 200 a day to finish. His girl somehow threw herself in there to get paid 200 a day too? My mind is blown, why in the hell would I pay her a cent?

You shouldn’t because it wasn’t discussed, but if she’s there working he’s not going to eat the cost. As soon as she stepped foot on that job site you should have said something.

Originally Posted by winstrol356days

"His girl I guess cleaned by putting dishes everywhere? Anyways I paid him 100 and some thing happened in my life and I thought my wife had dealt with it. I get a text asking for 800 dollars. "


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pic of current deck?

hope you and your ma get better .

Mom almost died but she’s fine now.

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This but with the last stringer attached and all boards on, no railing or hollisters.

Originally Posted by chalup

My wife came to the house with her to hang out with the kids and this girl started out of NOWHERE pricing flooring carpeting painting and thought she would get some profit off the sell of my moms house. OUT OF NOWHERE. If I would have been there i would have flipped my shiet. I paid this dude to finish the fukking porch. Just mind blown a good friendship is gone over this. I’m doing everything else myself, I’m just not confident in a two story porch.

Oh man my bad I guess I didn't write it clearly enough.

Fuk his girlfriend.

Originally Posted by CuttyUnderleaf

You shouldn’t because it wasn’t discussed, but if she’s there working he’s not going to eat the cost. As soon as she stepped foot on that job site you should have said something.

She wasn’t working. She was in the house going through things while he was outside. The clingy type that is a “stay at home mom”

Originally Posted by chalup

She wasn’t working. She was in the house going through things while he was outside. The clingy type that is a “stay at home mom”

Christ this is a mess.

You’re not in the wrong. Don’t pay, worst case scenario is they retaliate with a lien or maybe small claims court

Sounds like a terrible situation, OP.

First, hope you and your mother are making a good recovery. That's quite a fall.

Second, If guy A offered $1200 to finish the job, but guy B(and his gf) is asking $800 - it's still cheaper than what guy A offered. Guy B did stick to his words.

Third, it seems like the discrepancy here is, you guys didn't decide what "finished" was.

At the end of the day, you are making your friends do manual labor for you. And if things aren't clearly laid out from the beginning, it's obvious you'll hope that the friends will throw in some freebies for you, because they are friends.

Don't forget to discuss this with others as much as you can. Just as you need physical healing, you will also need emotional and spiritual healing and support.

I read the whole OP, and I'll be honest, the most shocking thing wasn't the story, or even the gash on OPs head. The most shocking thing was his hairline. Damn.

Anyways, never get friends to do anything, get it done professionally so you can sue someone if they fuk it up.