A family in israel with 3 children, wanted to renovate their house. They started working with one contractor, who disappeared. The new contractor offered an attractive price. They wrote up a contract, and committed to paying him a sum of 120,000 shekel. However the contractor would make excuses to avoid actually signing the forms.
After receiving the payment, the contractor started trying to squeeze more and more money out of them. He demanded payment of 300,000 for “extras” in order to finish the work.
The family were left just before Yom Kippur, with 3 kids, including a baby, with no way to pay the 300,000 shkalim that he was demanding, and a house that was not fit for living in.
Stories like this one are unfortantely not rare
The news feature explains:
In a year, 16 000 renovation projects end in disagreements like this one.
Be In touch with Meatzvim and we can help you draw up a contract to protect you. A detailed contract, will give you the confidence, that your building project goes to plan without a “balagan” like this one.
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