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What is the name of your state? Pennsylvania
I signed a contract to build a 500-600 square foot deck. When I checked on the work, I realized it was much smaller than I anticipated. The contractor said that what I wanted would amount to "almost 1000 square feet" so he would have to approximately double the cost. Like a dummy, I verbally agreed. Later, I measured the work that he had done so far. You guessed it: 250 square feet. There's no way to even fit a 600 square foot deck in the available space, much less 1000.
Obviously my spatial skills are poor, and I feel like a sucker. Can he hold me to the new cost, even though the new work he is doing is actually no more than was specified in the original contract? What are my options?
I signed a contract to build a 500-600 square foot deck. When I checked on the work, I realized it was much smaller than I anticipated. The contractor said that what I wanted would amount to "almost 1000 square feet" so he would have to approximately double the cost. Like a dummy, I verbally agreed. Later, I measured the work that he had done so far. You guessed it: 250 square feet. There's no way to even fit a 600 square foot deck in the available space, much less 1000.
Obviously my spatial skills are poor, and I feel like a sucker. Can he hold me to the new cost, even though the new work he is doing is actually no more than was specified in the original contract? What are my options?