Max quoted £15k for £185 roof fix
The Herald|September 17, 2024
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MARY STENSON
Max quoted £15k for £185 roof fix

A MAN from Devon says rogue traders quoted him as much as £15,000 for a job that ended up costing a tiny fraction of that price. He has now advised others how to avoid being ripped off.

Former Herald journalist Max Channon says he was trying to sell his small house in Plymouth last summer and had a buyer lined up.

Things got complicated when their surveyor found a problem with the roof. One of the four purlins structural beams that run the length of the roof - had split and three of the roof rafters were beginning to sag.

Max says the prospective buyers also brought in a structural engineer who told him that the purlin had failed but said it could be replacedcheaply. He says he ran into further problems when they demanded a significant sum be knocked off the price of the house because of the problems with the roof.

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