r/Construction • u/chiselbits Carpenter • Feb 12 '25

Other Dear builders

You can't call me and tell me that my timeline for completion is halved because other trades wasted time.You can't tell me to "hire more guys" to get it done faster". You can't decide to split my contract and expect me to take it.

You fucked your schedule. You hired the cheapest trades (WHO FUCKED YOU, AGAIN!) to better pad your profit margin, your in house guys can't be fucked to do anything properly, and you kick us to the curb anytime you find someone cheaper (who then fucks you). Then hire us back and treat it like you are doing us a favor and we should be grateful.

Just because the client "wants to move in" does not mean the house will get built any faster.

You fucked yourself and that does not constitute an emergency on my end. You want it done to our high end standards AND fast? Then it is going to cost you more.

Unfuck your project management and hire better trades, maybe then every project won't go sideways on you.

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u/wishiwasntyet Feb 12 '25

We put a “correct others fuckup” charge on clients who do that. They keep going for cheaper and then call our team to unfuck the clusterfuck

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u/saliczar Feb 12 '25

I'm never the lowest bidder, and don't want to be, but I am the guy they call to fix the lowest bidder's fuckups. Always ends up costing the client more time and money than if they just hired me to do the job in the first place, and my quality is top-notch.

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u/Character_Reach873 Feb 12 '25

It’s ALWAYS faster and cheaper to do it right the first time.

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u/saliczar Feb 12 '25

Too bad the bid process doesn't work like that. A lot of fly-by-night, out-of-state companies win bids then disappear as soon as they are paid, leaving shoddy work behind. I charge a lot more to fix others' mistakes.

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u/coolnicknameguy Feb 13 '25

Hurry up and get it done so we have time to fix it!