Hi there, I wonder if anyone could help.
A great builder has just finished our extension and patio. Everything is great. Except that when he sent in the bill for the final payment he has added an extra £2500 for the rise of the price in building materials.
I wish he had spoken about this before, but he hadn't. Only vaguely mentioned some time ago that he might need to charge me more because of price rises. I have a contract and a schedule of payments that mentions extras as a possibility but I don't see this as an extra.
I understand that he has to make a living and that is not easy at this time, so I want to be fair to him. But I also think that it is a little unreasonable to add this onto a bill at the end without warning.
I would welcome people's thoughts on this as I wrestle with what to do.
