u/secret_schmecret

I opened my bank account earlier and felt like I was missing a few bucks, so I did a quick run through my transactions to categorize everything and realized I screwed myself on a job from last Tuesday. I was called for a job to fix a leaking kitchen faucet. After I was done, the client asked me if I could help him get a smart deadbolt on his front door, and patch up a couple of holes in the living room drywall. I said yes to it, bought all the extra stuff I needed, finished the job, got my pay. Problem is, I've noticed now that the invoice I sent was just based on my hours and the flat rate for the faucet fix. I've forgotten to add the materials needed for the extra job which adds up to $285. The client was nice and all but I feel like it's way too late and unprofessional to ask for that now so yeah. Guess all that's gone.

Just wanted to rant a bit but man I can't stand the administrative / office side of the business. I'd genuinely take a day of crawling under a leaky kitchen sink over doing paperwork after a long day out. Piecing together home depot receipts, itemizing random hardware, drafting invoices ALL at home when I just want to relax. It makes it feel like I’m never actually off the clock.

Anyways you guys can probably tell I just had a long day. What about you guys, what's the thing you hate most about the job? I'm guessing most of it has to do with certain types of clients lol

So I was doing an LVP install for a laundry room and I found the subfloor around the washer drain was mush and rotted. I told the homeowner I couldn't lay the new floor and that it'd cost an additional $500 for the repairs. She told me that it's fine to go ahead so I did.

Fast forward and I finished the job, handed her the bill and she's refusing to pay the additional fee. Now of course I have a down payment but that's only about 50% of the LVP install, not the unexpected additional fee. She also paid me the remaining fee after, just not the additional subfloor rot repair cost. Is there anything I can actually do here? $500 feels too small for a lien or a claim but it doesn't feel right to me.