I get a call last week and man says. I have a house for SALE. I would like you to give me a price on to wash.
This house is a OLDER HOUSE right in the middle of a rich subdivision… Like $200,000 houses next door.
I go loo pk at it, its not real big there is also a white wrap around fence out back with green milldew all on it…
I give him a price$ 250 with the white fence $300. He says do the whole place $300…
This guy is out of State. I tell him I will get it on Tuesday… Pose to rain I go today and start… I did one side. Starting the front, a fellow drives up in a van the comes to me and says… Just to let you know I mowed this yard 2 weeks ago and hauled some stuff off… I have NOT GOT PAID YET…
The grass now is about 2’ tall needs cutting bad…
HMmm I’m thinking HMmmm this guy left well I called the man same number on my phone and the sign…
Went to a voice mail… Hmm… I packed up right there thought I will wait till we talk… I want to see who he knows here. I have lived here my whole life and know about every body. City Judge is my best friend…
Hard to say without knowing more. But from what I’ve read, I probably would have finished the job. I agreed to do the work, so I’m going to do it. For all I know, the homeowner had some reason to not pay the lawn guy, or extenuating circumstances that kept him from paying sooner. As it is, 2 weeks waiting on payment isn’t terribly alarming, and if I had been in the lawn guy’s shoes, I don’t think I’d be ‘warning’ other contractors just yet that the customer might be a dead beat. That seems a little odd to me, tbh.
Worst case scenario, I spend 2 hours and a few bucks in bleach on a job that I never get paid for. The most damage done would be to my ego and sense of fairness. That’ll heal.
But that’s just my take on it. From this point, I’d recommend contacting the customer, being frank but not accusatory about what happened. Let him know what his lawn guy told you, and that you got a bit spooked (ok, probably not the word I would use), but you don’t want to jump to conclusions about what’s going on. Give him an opportunity to explain, and try and use your judgement from there. He might be a deadbeat, but I honestly think it’s a little soon to tell.
I have called the guy now 3 times and no answer… Here in Tennessee in my parts you don’t pay a person for a job done on a house…
You going to have about 4 or 5 broke windows. Cut all wires cables to the house…
House is empty he even told me where the key was… I gonna give him a day or so
Man, you can’t buy a shed for $200k around these parts. A “rich” subdivision around here is in the 1M - 2M range. Usually the more expensive the house the more they complain about the price of maintaining it!
Do you think you have 100% of the story from the lawn guy? Maybe the homeowner uses a third party payment service and it takes time to process. Maybe the lawn guy hasn’t been living up to his duties because he figures the owner is out of state and “he’ll never know”. I wouldn’t use his experience to anticipate your outcome.
My opinion is to Wash the house and fulfill your commitment. Hopefully you’ll get more work from it. Right now, all the neighbors and onlookers have seen is incomplete work and you left the job. For heaven’s sake… How much does it cost to pack up and return later??? I would have washed it the first time and lived with the outcome.
Good luck!
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I sat down right there and called him, and he was pizzed MAD, I told him what the guy told me and I was checking with him… With him oweing this guy, his yard is now 2’ tall. Just not adding up to good. I asked him what he did her who he knew told him my name what i did ec ect… He was MAN I mean, he told me if you are half done I will have my dad in law go look at it and put a check for half in the box… I said ok sorry for the call but I had to ask…
Turns out I find out about him. He owned a place in town good food he sold it… I know some who know him they laughed said he is hard…
Next Day i go by and there is a check in the box for half… I get a call that evening. He says my dad in law said you done a good job.I found out you who you are…we know some same people… You finish the job and I will mail you a check. I to sorry we got off on wrong foot but we did. All I want is a good job and you did it so far.
OK now my mind is working… I have a few side jobs. Mowing, Pressure washing, I buy stuff off Craigslist and re sell the next month. Bought a car last few mos ago $3,000. I re sell it month later $5,000. I work in a Steel Mill 32 years make good money… We work 12hr shifts, 14 days a month. I off alot so I can do side jobs…
I tell him SIR I live 4 miles from this house, I go by it about every day… If you let me I will sell you house for you. You give me 2% comission cash money.
I put my number on the sign. I will put the house on Craigslist I will show it… He just tells them where a key is and they look… I will put the sales move on them. Make them want to buy it… He said OK I WILL do that. I have heard good things on you. You are a worker you sell it I will pay you 2%…
You see how a bad deal can be a good deal after all.
Hope no REALATORS on here… Gawd… I will get you taking money out of our pockets. Not paying taxes. Taking money out of my familys mouth.
I can hear it now
If you cant tell my now I cannot Spell… My 10th grade education is not to good.
Now if it makes you feel better to make fun of me. Bully me so be it.
That’s the kind of man you are…
I can live with it, most message boards I’m on over look my spelling and are my friend anyway…
You just aint one of em…
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