Advice about entering into a contract with a trade

my builder has insurance policy's available for any & all jobs booked through the site to safe guard against such things, for a fee. but realistically its up to you to do your due diligence on any tradesman you choose, while I understand you have already paid this once and feel aggrieved that it has not been carried out to your satisfaction, you cannot then treat everyone as untrusting or this will come back & bite you big style, there are as many bad customers as there are tradesmen in the world who talk the talk till it comes to settling the bill then there are all sorts of reasons for not paying it or delaying in paying it that is the world we live in, your tradesman has given you the choice of paying for materials & scaffolding direct therefore alleviating himself of the risk of leaving him massively out of pocket for scaffolding & materials that will be custom made, while only maybe losing out on his time travel costs is really a good deal for you, Personally I don't think he can do much else the fact your having to ask this question leads me to believe you might never be happy and if it was me that was your tradesman I would walk away. While I appreciate you feel let down your sending out to many red flags, your not the first person that's ever been scammed in the world and you definitely wont be the last, so it's best to put it behind you and learn from the experience. Most tradesmen require a deposit to try and lesson the risk as you don't know them and they don't know you. It's trust and if there is none then there is nothing, good luck Alex

I’m a Carpenter and I always ask for some of the money a week in advance to pay for materials and then the rest on day of completion. if I ever have someone who isn’t sure I will give the customer option they supply material I can give them receipts of materials or I order material and they can phone up and pay for it from a tradesperson point of view I want to make sure I’m not out of pocket. I think what the gentleman said is the best route to go down hope this helps

we dont take a penny of the customer until the job is complete and they are happy with works carried out

Always draw up a short contract,list of work and payment schedule alway pay at the end of the project,good builders don't ask for payment up front,ask for insurance docs, and recommendations X3 with contact numbers, if it's a bigger job! Sorry you we're scammed makes life hard when you're painted with the same brush !