Ask him to keep track of materials cost. At the end, pay him that, then figure out how much time he has worked and figure out a good rate that you would be comfortable with paying him. That way for your peace of mind, you know that you've paid him more than his strict costs of the materials. You'll know that he's actually being paid to do work.
I'll pay for materials separately - buy them myself or together with him.
And I keep thinking of more things I want him to do. I guess I'll just keep track of everything being down and tally up at the end - and just pay him extra if I feel like it.
Hiring someone for home improvement work.
- 19/11/2010 02:15:37 PM
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Well get creative. Tell him you want to make sure he's fairly compensated.
- 19/11/2010 02:25:50 PM
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Materials separately.
- 19/11/2010 02:45:32 PM
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if that's what you're doing, I think that just giving a "bonus" at the end is sufficient *NM*
- 19/11/2010 02:57:37 PM
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He might be relying on you passing his name on to people looking for work done
- 19/11/2010 02:29:50 PM
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Figure how many hours it should take.
- 19/11/2010 03:05:50 PM
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$25 is about what he accepted.
- 19/11/2010 04:26:17 PM
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Maybe he thinks you're cute and is waiting for an indecent proposal. *NM*
- 19/11/2010 03:50:38 PM
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Call out another contractor. A lot of them will give free estimates. Get a free estimate.
- 19/11/2010 04:28:08 PM
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He did accept your number.
- 19/11/2010 04:45:11 PM
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Re: He did accept your number.
- 19/11/2010 06:47:47 PM
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I would think it being the holiday season would make that easier, too.
- 19/11/2010 06:58:11 PM
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