Am I wrong or is my contractor wrong?

[Miguel Hernandez]

Hi BP members! I need a little help. I recently purchased a duplex in WI and I am in the process of rehabbing the property. I hired a contractor and things have been going fine recently until today. I received a phone call today that my contractor wants to have someone else come in and paint the property, as well as lay LVP in the property. He told me the price the person is charging and that’s where I got a little confused.

In our contract we both signed, I have a scope of work document saying the contractor will paint and lay LVP flooring, however, the contract states that he can hire on people to the job-site. Does this mean I have to pay the people he hires on? I feel like I hired him to do the job (paint and lay LVP) but now he is just out sourcing the work. I am paying him 12k for rehabbing this 1 unit. I paid half in the beginning and the rest will be paid once he is finished, (it’s in pretty rough shape), but I expect a 12k performance done by him. If he wants to hire people on to help him paint and lay LVP, does that come out of the 12k I am paying him, or does that have to come out of my pocket?

Any help is appreciated, thank you.

[Patrick Liska]

If your scope of work clearly states that his price includes Painting and laying down the LVP floor, then the Contractor needs to honor that as part of the $12,000 contract. He may have in there that he can hire sub contractors to do the work but unless it says that cost will be additional, it is included. you should give him a call and clear it up, ask them that question, are you charging me more or is this contractors proposal coming out of the $12,000 that was agreed to? Hard to tell you who is in the right with no contract to look at.