Page 59 - Paulisms: Gold Nuggets for Small Business

An example from the other side is if you are getting a bathroom renovated and you get given an estimate of a lump sum, and items supplied by the contractor are not listed. The bathroom is completed and you come along and ask where the mirror is that was meant to be installed. The contractor says it wasn’t in the original estimate. You assumed it was. If it was itemised in writing there would not have been a problem. Confirm everything in writing.