Response from Jean-Marie

Finally we have received a reply to David's mail from last week; it's all M. Mekki's fault, as his workmen were sent a sketch in September of how the plasterboard should be [obviously it's not J-M's fault that he didn't do his job and make sure that the plaquistes followed the sketch/notice they hadn't!], and he [M. Mekki] is now the one delaying the work...

My understanding of his email [not always 100% accurate, admittedly!], is that he wants to get the work finished as he's desperately in need of funds...

I think it's the first time that he's talked about finishing the job!

And (again if I'm not mistaken) the first time he's implied that he might finish the work before submitting another bill!

No mention of the plans we paid for four and a half years ago and that he's known are wrong for nearly six months...

Hm! Not sure what David's response is going to be, but I've run out of pity; I hope we can just receive the plan, get him off the job and out of our lives. I can't help feeling that if he is desperate for funds, and he really has been working 60 hour weeks, it must mean that he's left an awful lot of other clients unhappy/with half-finished projects.

Perhaps it's better to finish one or two jobs well, and in good time, than to take on so many projects that you cannot get anything right on one of them?

And we only know about our extension; so there could be lots of builds out there where he is showing the same level of diligence/attention to detail.

Still, if he is replying to our email after ten days, it shows there's no urgency, right?