Bathroom renovation overcharge

[Ethan Teuscher]

We got a quote to renovate a bathroom in one of our units. When he finished the project the total price came in way over. There was no mention of it being over by that much. What are my options? Do I pay the bill? Or fight it? Or pay the original quote? Or am I being dramatic?

[Ben Skaggs]

@Ethan Teuscher

The contractor should have informed you whenever anything beyond the scope of the estimate came up. It's possible some of the things that were extra didn't need to be done. But since they didn't tell you, now they think they can charge you. Be fair, but firm. I don't know what way over is to you. Are we taking double, half, a couple hundred? If you have more units and you liked the work maybe future work can handle this situation? Communicate. If it's a good conversation great. If it goes south, I'd tell them "it's gonna take me a while to pay off all the extra you charged. Sorry"