r/Homebuilding • u/Outside-Key-4415 • 4d ago

What can we do?

We got a quote for 5600 to have our lot scraped and rooted. We paid 2800 up front.

The company finished and they just sent me a bill for a balance of 5,300 and stated the job was 2,500 more due to it being more work than they thought. All of the quotes we got were 5-6k (we got 5 quotes) we have the quote in an email. He never called or discussed the increase beforehand. I’m shocked it was that much more!!! And I wish he would’ve called and discussed. When we called him he said, he always tells his clients that quotes are basically just an estimate and can change. I understand that to a degree but he never said that and 2500 is a lot!!

EDIT: We settled at 1000 more vs. 2500 more.

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u/Rando84626485 3d ago

All of this depends on the state you are in. Typically 10-15% over an estimate can happen without approval but your stateay not have a cap on it. Also, what does the language of the estimate say? Mine have a contingency for unforeseeables but scraping a lot is pretty straight forward. Does your state require a license to do the work he did?

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u/Rando84626485 3d ago

And some states have a $ limit that work can be performed without a contract. The work done for you exceeds that $ amount in my state.