GALA Bauer invoice is getting more expensive

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I have deliberately removed the company names.
There was the following text with the offer:

“You can count on 25k, which we would actually claim for ourselves”

PS: I haven’t signed anything, but I confirmed the offer and the text via WhatsApp.

You come to €35,000 (you write this in the first message) and the offer states €35,000. The landscaping contractor carries out work that is listed in the offer as a possibility but not priced, namely the disposal of material. In addition, the offer is one year old and the landscaping contractor had to expect to be able to complete the work earlier. Price adjustments after such a long time would be possible. I cannot see from what I read that you are being treated unfairly.

You come to €35,000 (you write in the first post) and the offer states €35,000. The landscape gardener performs work that is listed as a possibility in the offer but not priced, namely the disposal of material. In addition, the offer is a year old and the landscape gardener had to expect to be able to complete the work earlier. Price adjustments after such a long time would be possible. I cannot see from what I read that you are being treated unfairly.

I completely agree with wiltshire. Furthermore, it keeps coming to my mind that the landscape gardener with the €25k probably meant that you transfer that amount and the remaining €10k is “net cash in hand.” You save €1,900 in taxes and he saves corporate tax. Mine also hinted at that and expressed himself very cryptically. I politely declined and said that in case of warranty claims I would have difficulty enforcing them and that we had planned the budget anyway. Are you generally satisfied with the work performed? Seek an honest, open conversation with the contractor and find a solution together where both can save face. There will be no other solution.

You come to €35,000 (you write in the first post) and the offer states €35,000. The landscaping contractor performs work that is listed as a possibility in the offer but not priced, namely the disposal of material. In addition, the offer is one year old and the landscaping contractor had to expect to be able to complete the work earlier. Price adjustments after such a long time would be possible.
From what I read, I cannot detect that you are being treated unfairly.

Good morning,

actually, I come to more than €35,000 gross. It's almost €39,000.

What might be a bit confusing are the €35,000 from the first "offer."

The situation here is as follows:

The financing bank wanted proof in the form of quotes covering the entire amount in advance so that they would release the sum. But since many "small" things arose during our renovation for which we initially could not provide concrete cost evidence (electrical and heating work done by friends), we asked the landscaping contractor for a favor.

He verbally gave us an offer of €25k for our project. However, he deliberately created the offer without any discount, which we then used as a quote for the bank. As a side note, he confirmed the €25k (gross!) to us again.

In short:

The €35,000 from the offer was never up for debate and was never approved. It was always about €25,000.

Work only began in September last year (the offer was from May), and it was determined that more excavation was necessary. This was first increased by €5,000 and then again by another €5,000. We also approved these, but gross.

You must not make the mistake of using the offer price as the basis. But this was also agreed with the landscaping contractor.

So we have:

25,000
+5,000
+5,000

= 35,000

Now the €10,000 becomes net and a crane is charged. And these two things are exactly what this is about.

Are you generally satisfied with the work performed?

Seek an honest, open conversation with the contractor and together find a solution that allows both sides to save face. There will be no other solution.

Hi,

So far, it has only been excavation work. It is difficult to assess the work at this stage.

Regarding the conversation:

One is planned for Thursday evening. I just wanted to get an assessment from outsiders in advance. Friends and acquaintances are often biased in such matters.

He verbally offered us 25k for our project. However, he deliberately created the offer without any discount, which we then used as a quote for the bank. As a note, he confirmed the 25k (gross!) to us once again.

Do you have that properly in writing? Otherwise, there was never an offer (in court...).

One must not make the mistake here of using the offer price as the basis.

You two

An offer was made to us with an invoice amount of €35,000. This was without discounts for forwarding to the bank for financing purposes (the bank insisted on offers so that the loan amount is consistent). This offer was then offered to us in writing with the same services for €25,000, which we then accepted.

So everything fits after all. Offer price and current price with additional costs.

Yes, of course that is not correct based on verbal agreements. But in the end, what counts is what is signed and verifiable.