Page 31 - APPENDIX_00_PREFIX 1-17

-31-
questions. I am well aware of your insistence, and supposedly a majority, that WADE be the contractor for all works, Internal/External, a super duper clean be adopted, and finally that the Internals be done this year with the Externals next year and no additional money to be collected from Lessees via the quarter- lies for the Externals until the Internals are finished late October, early November this year.
You'll never sell a flat here with that hanging over a purchaser! So let's see who exactly agrees with your preferences and contributing £12,210 or £13,320 to fund Wade's quote to cover both Internals/Externals, be that this year or next.
I have laid out below some pertinent and relevant facts for further consideration with two further attach- ments.
I have mentioned this before, and do so yet again.
I/we have absolutely no problem with WADE, since day one, it's simply that we don't have the money and can't afford the workings you have requested of them to quote for, again since day one. No other reason.
WADE, or indeed any of our other contractors/quotes, hire in sub-contractors for specialist works, be that scaffolding or Terrazzo floor cleaning. It's normal practice.
What is also normal practice is that the main contractor (example WADE) loads (meaning adds on an amount/percentage) to sub-contractors prices. It's normal.
As an example, I attach WADE's quote for Terrazzo Floor cleaning etc totalling £13, 802 plus VAT.
Also attached in the same pdf are the various quotes, FROM THE VERY SAME SUB CONTRACTOR, MARBLE SHINE, that we have sourced independently.
You will note that our independent quotes are IDENTICAL TO THE WORKS THAT WADE's QUOTE ITEMISES.... IDENTICAL (see the two pages dated 5th November 2012).
You will also note that our 5th November 2012 quote from Marble Shine totals £10,820 plus VAT That's a difference of £2982 plus vat, meaning a 27.5% loading. Quite normal.
But do you really consider Management to be incompetent in saving a TOTAL of £3578.40 (£2982 plus vat) by retaining Marble Shine independently.
Also consider, that the above situation is just ONE of a few other sub=contractor costs.
We cannot get too involved in the EXTERNALS costs, be that sub-contractors or main contractor costs/quotes because those works are out of our area of expertise (scaffolding etc), but when it comes to INTERIOR works, it is very easy indeed to have specialist contractors independently retained (flooring, painting & decorating etc) and make SUBSTANTIAL savings, as the above WADE TERRAZZO FLOOR- ING Quote adequately evidences.
I hope that is now made abundantly clear and you will now desist in accusing Management of incompe- tence and unprofessional arrangements, unless of course, you still wish to pay these additional percent- age premiums adding anywhere between 20-40% to SINGLE CONTRACTOR QUOTES FOR ALL WORKS, as opposed to Management's sensible savings by retaining independent contractors WHO ARE EXACTLY THE SAME CONTRACTORS, DOING EXACTLY THE SAME WORKS AS THOSE SPECI- FIED by the main single contractor, but for far less outlay!!!
BUT..... because you have caused so much trouble over all quotes since day one, and scuppered the schedules,(I refer to Management's original £27,000, then £35,000 Interior budgets, scheduled to com- mence September 2012), we are now in a situation where we cannot afford to proceed as originally planned without requesting of all lessees seriously large amounts of additional funding, as previously ex- plained, of approx £12,210 or £13,320 EACH LESSEE.....