dirtydaryl
New member
We just had a new driveway poured and stenciled. The quality of the work is way below the standard that anyone would expect. The driveway was done in three seperate pours, 100 square meters. The quote was $8200 and we have $400 left unpaid. We have concrete cuts where they should not be, mismatched colouring, white spots and patches, lumps, stencil not matching up, cracks, holes, headers where they should not be, jagged edges around corners, uneven/missed sealing, sealing sprayed on the lower part of our garage door, and an uneven slope on the drive that would probably be scraped by a car on entering.
After complaining all the way through the job of our dissatisfaction and nothing being done about it all as it was "too late now" we are left with a decision of what to do next.
Now the contractor will not disclose his licence number and refuses to resolve the issue or give us a receipt as he knows our intentions. We have since learnt that his licence has expired. The contractor is now not dealing with the original person that had quoted us the job. As a result we have no paperwork except for the original quote and payments that were made written on it.
Should we just seal it all ourselves, bite the bullett and live with a crappy driveway?
Will the Department of fair trading be able to help us to resolve all the issues?
Try to drag the issue through the court system?
Are there any other options that anyone can suggest?
After complaining all the way through the job of our dissatisfaction and nothing being done about it all as it was "too late now" we are left with a decision of what to do next.
Now the contractor will not disclose his licence number and refuses to resolve the issue or give us a receipt as he knows our intentions. We have since learnt that his licence has expired. The contractor is now not dealing with the original person that had quoted us the job. As a result we have no paperwork except for the original quote and payments that were made written on it.
Should we just seal it all ourselves, bite the bullett and live with a crappy driveway?
Will the Department of fair trading be able to help us to resolve all the issues?
Try to drag the issue through the court system?
Are there any other options that anyone can suggest?