What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA
Last summer, we re-landscaped our property. Recently, the wind blew down a chunk of our shared fence. We agreed with the neighbor to replace the whole fence. During construction, the fence contractor destroyed about a third of our brand new plants, busted our sprinklers & a drain plus removed pavers from our sidewalk for the gate installation. We contacted our landscape designer to get the property back in shape. After looking at the damages, she e-mailed us a quote to which we agreed. (It was a lump sum for all the fixes with no itemization.) Yesterday, we unexpectedly received a bill for $400 from a subcontractor hired by the landscape designer for the sidewalk repair. We never spoke with this company nor got a written estimate. This $400 charge seems extraordinarily excessive. The worker who did the sidewalk repair arrived in the morning & left before lunch plus he used pavers which were in our garage left over from the summer job. Since we never apprised of this extra $400, are we liable? What is the best way to resolve matter?
Last summer, we re-landscaped our property. Recently, the wind blew down a chunk of our shared fence. We agreed with the neighbor to replace the whole fence. During construction, the fence contractor destroyed about a third of our brand new plants, busted our sprinklers & a drain plus removed pavers from our sidewalk for the gate installation. We contacted our landscape designer to get the property back in shape. After looking at the damages, she e-mailed us a quote to which we agreed. (It was a lump sum for all the fixes with no itemization.) Yesterday, we unexpectedly received a bill for $400 from a subcontractor hired by the landscape designer for the sidewalk repair. We never spoke with this company nor got a written estimate. This $400 charge seems extraordinarily excessive. The worker who did the sidewalk repair arrived in the morning & left before lunch plus he used pavers which were in our garage left over from the summer job. Since we never apprised of this extra $400, are we liable? What is the best way to resolve matter?
