justalayman
Senior Member
The bill was what it was. You paying less than the bill and making the pm pay any portion of the bill would be unjust enrichment.
So, you have a valid offer to engage into a contract with all the work performed by the comtractors to prove you could have it done for less? It really doesn’t matter if you do. I can find a dozens places that charge more than you were charged. Will you pay the pm the difference because he saved you that much? Of course not.
You were charged a reasonable fee even if it wasn’t the cheapest place.
And again: the pm could not pull the permits but regardless, you have continued to say he didn’t have the authority to do that anyway. Since he couldn’t pull the permits or legally engage the contractors, you surely have no right to treat him as if he did.
Why would you even entertain the pm applying for the permits since he didn’t have the authority to engage the comtractors? Since the pm couldn’t engage the contractors, how would he ever know when it was possible to apply for permits? Were you in the process of engaging the contractors so a permit would be issued? If so, then you or the comtractors would apply for,the permits. The pm wouldn’t even have the information available to apply for a permit so,why would you agree to have the pm apply for permits if he had no authority to act as your Agent in this mattter?
You’re goimg around in circles. You’re trying very hard to say the pm didn’t have the authority to engage the comtractors yet you want to hold him liable for issues possible only if he did have the authority to engage the contractors. You really need to make up your mind and pick a position to stand on.
If you have any other gas appliances in the building using the same exhaust flue, you need to address that issue. Backflow of carbon monoxide from other appliance can kill the occupants of the building.
So, you have a valid offer to engage into a contract with all the work performed by the comtractors to prove you could have it done for less? It really doesn’t matter if you do. I can find a dozens places that charge more than you were charged. Will you pay the pm the difference because he saved you that much? Of course not.
You were charged a reasonable fee even if it wasn’t the cheapest place.
. Unless he had a fiduciary duty to you that is irrelevent. Given your continued statement he was not empowered to engage contractors, he obviously had no fiduciary duty to you for those issues.Owner relied on PM statements (via meetings, phone and emails) that he would have the required permits pulled. Thanks.
And again: the pm could not pull the permits but regardless, you have continued to say he didn’t have the authority to do that anyway. Since he couldn’t pull the permits or legally engage the contractors, you surely have no right to treat him as if he did.
Why would you even entertain the pm applying for the permits since he didn’t have the authority to engage the comtractors? Since the pm couldn’t engage the contractors, how would he ever know when it was possible to apply for permits? Were you in the process of engaging the contractors so a permit would be issued? If so, then you or the comtractors would apply for,the permits. The pm wouldn’t even have the information available to apply for a permit so,why would you agree to have the pm apply for permits if he had no authority to act as your Agent in this mattter?
You’re goimg around in circles. You’re trying very hard to say the pm didn’t have the authority to engage the comtractors yet you want to hold him liable for issues possible only if he did have the authority to engage the contractors. You really need to make up your mind and pick a position to stand on.
If you have any other gas appliances in the building using the same exhaust flue, you need to address that issue. Backflow of carbon monoxide from other appliance can kill the occupants of the building.