That's really bad that he would leave a tile guy alone in your home that he doesn't know and had randomly met two weeks ago! Heck yeah it makes him look bad!
Some of you might know from my post yesterday that I lost my cles along with my cards & £60 cash (fresh out the ATM).
At the moment we are having a kitchen extension done. Our main builder was here yesterday with a tiler. After I lost my purse my husband wondered if the tiler could have taken it (we have known the builder for 20+ years). I brushed off his suspicions.
Today the builder was back here with the same tiler. My builder popped out for 20 minutes to buy a new lock for my front door. By the time he got back the tiler and my husband's MacBook Air had disappeared!
I'm so sad & angry!!! Thanks for all the kind words yesterday x
Some of you might know from my post yesterday that I lost my cles along with my cards & £60 cash (fresh out the ATM).
At the moment we are having a kitchen extension done. Our main builder was here yesterday with a tiler. After I lost my purse my husband wondered if the tiler could have taken it (we have known the builder for 20+ years). I brushed off his suspicions.
Today the builder was back here with the same tiler. My builder popped out for 20 minutes to buy a new lock for my front door. By the time he got back the tiler and my husband's MacBook Air had disappeared!
I'm so sad & angry!!! Thanks for all the kind words yesterday x
Louish, what a horrendous twist to "I lost my cles" story. Very sorry that your trust and home have been violated in such unforgivable manner. Thank you for sharing your story with us. It will make me (and I am sure other members) more careful as to, who and how we trust. Hope, you will be able to replace things lost.Some of you might know from my post yesterday that I lost my cles along with my cards & £60 cash (fresh out the ATM).
At the moment we are having a kitchen extension done. Our main builder was here yesterday with a tiler. After I lost my purse my husband wondered if the tiler could have taken it (we have known the builder for 20+ years). I brushed off his suspicions.
Today the builder was back here with the same tiler. My builder popped out for 20 minutes to buy a new lock for my front door. By the time he got back the tiler and my husband's MacBook Air had disappeared!
I'm so sad & angry!!! Thanks for all the kind words yesterday x
I'm glad he is doing the right thing by giving you the $ for the stuff. he probably doesn't want to deal with insurance or police - but I would still consider pressing charges against the tiler guy or at least submitting a police report. Other contractors need to know this guy should not be trusted. Good luck OP.He had only met the tiler 2 weeks ago outside a hardware store so this is a hard lesson learnt for him! He said he will give us the money to replace our stuff but it makes him look bad as he is an independent builder - his reputation is everything.
Haha I do!
At least the builder is being decent and offering to compensate you for the losses - he could be a real jerk about the whole thing - but the police should be involved. The tiler committed theft which, the last time I checked, was a crime and as such needs to be handled by the law; 'ignoring' it would only encourage the thief further by giving them the sense that they're beyond punishment and that they can steal from other people again. If there's one thing I truly hate, and yes hate is a strong word, it's a thief.He had only met the tiler 2 weeks ago outside a hardware store so this is a hard lesson learnt for him! He said he will give us the money to replace our stuff but it makes him look bad as he is an independent builder - his reputation is everything.
I'm glad he is doing the right thing by giving you the $ for the stuff. he probably doesn't want to deal with insurance or police - but I would still consider pressing charges against the tiler guy or at least submitting a police report. Other contractors need to know this guy should not be trusted. Good luck OP.
At least the builder is being decent and offering to compensate you for the losses - he could be a real jerk about the whole thing - but the police should be involved. The tiler committed theft which, the last time I checked, was a crime and as such needs to be handled by the law; 'ignoring' it would only encourage the thief further by giving them the sense that they're beyond punishment and that they can steal from other people again. If there's one thing I truly hate, and yes hate is a strong word, it's a thief.
I am sorry this happened to you. I do not trust having workmen in my house without me not being home. I would also question if this person you hired had the necessary information on the tile guy such as his address and phone numbers or was he just using him like paid day labor with no information? It sounds like the builder guy for some strange reason may want the keep you from getting the police involved because maybe he is supposed to follow some labor laws with employees and he is hiring people he meets off the street.
Another thing is to go around you house and check for other things that could have went missing. Would he have access to any important papers and items hidden away in closets, your jewelry? Also do you would need to worry about the personal information on the computer such as banking and credit cards. Cancel all cards and delete all emails with any personal nail information from another computer. Hopefully the police are involved to find this guy and stop him from stealing from others.