22/08/2026
‼️ Customer Announcement ‼️
Booking jobs in to an already packed diary means not being able to take other work on, meaning a loss of a potential customer, which is no worries at all given that the diary is full, but when people cancel that work, not only have I lost that job, but also that other potential customer I had to turn away.
It happens, it’s part of being self employed unfortunately, but to protect my income and livelihood i’ll be introducing a deposit up front on any work over £500 of 20% of up front quote. Not only does this prevent me from losing money should i be dropped in it, but it also means less stress and rushing around trying to find other work. Obviously there are legitimate reasons for cancellations or for rearrangements which i’ll be more than happy to listen to, but for the most part anyone cancelling work will lose their deposit. If like most cases the work goes ahead, then the deposit amount will be taken from final bill leaving you with less to pay at the end. I’ve avoided doing this for 6 years now despite it being a common occurrence, however I have a house to pay for and a baby on the way. Needs must as they say! Hopefully any existing and future customer can understand this, if anyone has any questions please feel free to get in touch 👍🏻
