Fences

Bastard fencing contractors!


Ooooh looky, another post for the month!

I mean bastard fencing contractors! They did the side fence, which was not cheap, 74 meters of fence with red gum posts etc and so on, not a cheap exercise when you haven't, well maybe you have but no one knows for sure, a job. So, we had to also get the front fences done as we got a puppy and we have kids and cats and fish and apparently no one knows not to play on the (major) road we live on. So to make this a little cheaper, 12 meters vs. 50 kind of cheaper, we decided on a fence on either side of the house butting up to the house directly. Guy says yep, you do good lunches and the after work beer is pretty good too, here's a good price and we'll do it next week. I say awesome, thanks guys!

Price has almost doubled; the job has been dragged out an extra 2 weeks and most of this is because the fencer got a little scared of the gas line and the fact that no one knew where it lived. Dial before you dig hadn't a clue, the council hadn't a clue, the gas retailer had to charge us so they could pay the wholesaler to pay someone to come out with the plans and the little finder thingy to find it so we told them to get stuffed and called a guy we know with his own little finder thingy. But Joe has a life, and he came out a week later. But eventually the gas line was found. YAY! Fence sorted, so come out and do the work boys.

Ahh they said, yes, here we are but we just realised, what about the concrete house footings Witchy? We can't put the gates where you want them because we may hit the footings which would be bad.

ARRRRGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

I'm paying a fortune for a couple of fences that won't even be what I want.

Next week I may tell you all about my electrical contractor issues. They're more fun because we are still at quote stage. Tell me, why would there be a difference of over 3k for the same job between contractors who all want the work?