WWWWD?

zsazsa-stl

A decent chunk of my savings account is supposed to pay for a new fence.  Insurance already wrote us a check for what they were willing to pay towards it.  Two months ago we called a guy who built a fence for one of our neighbors.  We really like their fence and the guy who built it is a carpenter rather than just a fence guy (also happens to be neighbor's cousin, so maybe they wouldn't dare say anything bad) and we weren't wanting the standard dog ear Lowe's panels. 

We had a little trouble meeting up with him (I think there were three cancelled meetings and many unreturned phone calls), but he finally came over and we really liked him.  He and H did some quick sketches and we agreed on what we wanted.  He gave us an estimate and we agreed that he would order the lumber and have it delivered to our house.  We would stain the wood on our own and he would would give us a call when he had a better idea of when he would get to us.

That was two months ago.  There is no lumber in our back yard.  We have not heard a peep from him.  You would think he would at least order the lumber to lock us in with him.

H wants to just call someone else and ditch this guy.  He wouldn't even bother calling the guy to let him know we were going another way.  I feel like we have made a verbal agreement with him and at least need to verbally cancel before we go elsewhere.  I don't want a double batch of lumber in my yard.

I know I would like the fence he would build so much better than what we could get elsewhere...so I want to give the guy another chance.  Am I crazy?

Note that the current fence is in bad, bad shape and super ugly.  We have stacks of broken fence and other miscellaneous things stacked in places to keep the dogs in, so there is more than a bit of an eyesore situation at the moment.

Note also that a regular 'ol fence from a fencing company would end up costing us about half of what carpenter guy would charge.

hmonkey

if you want to call carpenter guy, don't give him a week.  he has two days to call back and then you go with the fencing company.

6fsn

Call carpenter guy and cancel the contract.

zsazsa-stl

H is going to call him this afternoon...or so he says.  H is much meaner on the phone than I am.

zsazsa-stl

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_wwwwd-56?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:47Discussion:87545181-0518-4d61-a501-cd3f2051b50ePost:6efbae8d-a798-4641-be85-043da6758728">Re: WWWWD?</a>:
[QUOTE]he'll show that voicemail a thing a two!
Posted by Wifezzilla[/QUOTE]

You know it!

sandymbme

As a former contractor, I can tell you, no contractor worth a darn is going to walk away from a meeting with a commitment to deliver materials without first getting at the very least a deposit to cover the materials. Also, being as the crap economy has been toughest on contractors, I would strongly reccommend you get written estimates from several contractors before choosing one, making sure to check out online reviews and the BBB. Seems like a lot of work for a fence, but a little research and you should only have to replace it once in your lifetime.