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Re: Tile Care in Hyde - Damaged bathroom and ran off!!!
« Reply #15 on: 09:44:17, 18/04/08 »
 A sequence of pigs have just flown by my window.......
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Re: Tile Care in Hyde - Damaged bathroom and ran off!!!
« Reply #17 on: 14:55:17, 18/04/08 »
I knew you'd 'pig' me up on that, I was in a hurry to go out - I had a 'thirst of Irish' :P
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Re: Tile Care in Hyde - Damaged bathroom and ran off!!!
« Reply #18 on: 18:24:01, 18/04/08 »
mind how you go then    ........beware 'a kiss of vampires'  !!   :-*

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Re: Tile Care in Hyde - Damaged bathroom and ran off!!!
« Reply #19 on: 12:13:47, 19/04/08 »
how exciting - should I avoid all churchyards?
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Re: Tile Care in Hyde - Damaged bathroom and ran off!!!
« Reply #20 on: 13:25:04, 19/04/08 »
......until further notice !!  8)

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Re: Tile Care in Hyde - Damaged bathroom and ran off!!!
« Reply #21 on: 13:17:53, 21/04/08 »
Hmm.. This thread appears to have gone a little off topic.

The outcome is that this person isn't coming back, isn't taking responsibility for the damage they've caused and they don't have public liability insurance.

There's not much I can do to recoup the costs I'll incur putting right what this person has done, however I will make sure others are aware of the problem. I'll be contacting the local press and anyone that uses the CIAO review site will no doubt find interesting reading about the company too (plus CIAO tends to have high google rating, so many people will find that when googling for a tiler in Hyde or Manchester).

This person has caused me lots of problems, my anger cannot be described at present. He's lucky I've not got the time to drag him through civil court or even consider criminal prosecution for criminal damage (he didn't caused damage intentionally, but it could be argued he did so recklessly).

Hopefully this post and the reviews and press can save others from having such a terrible experience with this company!

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Re: Tile Care in Hyde - Damaged bathroom and ran off!!!
« Reply #22 on: 14:25:42, 21/04/08 »
hio chinchilla,

Your complaint must be frustrating but can't you get redress from small claims court action ?

I wonder what cost to actually replace a few tiles anyway ?
It doesn't seem very much beyond a DIY job
Your local builders merchants could probably give you the name of a few plasterer's then claim on your household insurance if all else fails

Infact get the whole thing costed to include any dodgy areas that company 'DODO' are baulking at and tell the insurance company covering your property that work needs doing, give two or three quotes and you should be winning !!
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Re: Tile Care in Hyde - Damaged bathroom and ran off!!!
« Reply #23 on: 16:21:39, 21/04/08 »
hio chinchilla,

Your complaint must be frustrating but can't you get redress from small claims court action ?
I am currently looking at this. I don't really have time at the moment, however there is an online small claims system that may prove useful in this situation.

I wonder what cost to actually replace a few tiles anyway ?
It doesn't seem very much beyond a DIY job
If it was just a few tiles then yes, that would be the case, however this person has done much more than just remove a few tiles. Their lack of skill appears to have resulted in the removal of the rest of the materials behind the tiles revealing the brickwork. We've been told that this may mean the whole wall has to be stripped and redone before it can even be tiled. If that's the case then it's a much longer job, more costly and something I certainly don't have the ability to do.

That's part of the reason I'm so mad, this person hasn't just left me in the lurch and cost my wife 3 days holiday needlesly, he's also damaged my wall costing me more expenditure and increasing the amount of work that needs doing compared to the first lot of work!
Your local builders merchants could probably give you the name of a few plasterer's then claim on your household insurance if all else fails
Claiming on my house insurance will cost me though. There's the excess and the increased premium when it comes to renew. Does that seem fair that this person has cost me money due to their own neglegence and the fact they ran out of the house instead of doing the work?

Infact get the whole thing costed to include any dodgy areas that company 'DODO' are baulking at and tell the insurance company covering your property that work needs doing, give two or three quotes and you should be winning !!
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Again it would cost me for their cockup.

I'll have a think about my next move over the next few days, but in the mean time hopefully I've saved others this problem and if the paper gets back to me re my email about the event then I may be able to get the message out to many more people.

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Re: Tile Care in Hyde - Damaged bathroom and ran off!!!
« Reply #24 on: 18:38:07, 21/04/08 »
I think you'd get the message out to more people if you involved the newspapers
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Re: Tile Care in Hyde - Damaged bathroom and ran off!!!
« Reply #25 on: 18:58:10, 21/04/08 »
I've emailed the local paper already, just waiting on a response from them to see if they want to run the story.

Also, try googling 'tile care hyde' and see what the first link is to appear.

The message is getting out there very quickly  :)

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Re: Tile Care in Hyde - Damaged bathroom and ran off!!!
« Reply #26 on: 19:01:00, 21/04/08 »
And it appears others are supportive too, check out some of the comments left for my review

http://www.ciao.co.uk/Comments-on-Review__Tile_Care_Broadbottom_Hyde_5755803

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Re: Tile Care in Hyde - Damaged bathroom and ran off!!!
« Reply #27 on: 19:15:01, 21/04/08 »
Brilliant (did you send pictures if not do) O0 O0
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Re: Tile Care in Hyde - Damaged bathroom and ran off!!!
« Reply #28 on: 19:16:19, 21/04/08 »
I've not sent any pictures as of yet, but I do have them stored in high quality and a brief video showing the damage. I'm prepared  ;D

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Re: Tile Care in Hyde - Damaged bathroom and ran off!!!
« Reply #29 on: 19:19:31, 21/04/08 »
I wonder how you can get Trading Standards notified - can you send them a copy of what you put on the internet?  They must have an email address
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