A joke from life: how my brigade demolished someone else's annex by mistake

Hustle and bustle at the construction site is a common thing. When there are many orders, you can forget or confuse something. It happened with a member of our portal, Ilya. The case is funny, but instructive. Read how builders sometimes make mistakes and how they pay for it.

Order

It was in May 2019. Through my acquaintances, I was given an order for the construction of a small extension from a gas-block. The order is ordinary, but with a slight dismantling: in the place where it was necessary to build, there was an old, wooden annex.

I met with customers, discussed all the questions and received an advance payment. From Monday next week, I had to start dismantling, and then dig a trench for the foundation.

I notified my partner about the new order and instructed him to start work, since on Monday I had an important meeting on a large promising object. He took over this task.

I sent the address and other data on the work to my partner via the messenger. Trouble did not bode well, but it did happen.

An object

The house in which the work had to be done was a typical building of the Soviet era. They were kind of called "collective farm" houses. These are one-storey buildings divided into two apartments. In modern terms it is called duplex.

A whole street of the private sector consisted of such houses. In general, my partner went to the site on Monday, as planned.

From the site, he called me and said that there was no one at home, they entered the courtyard, and the house was closed. I called the customer, and he replied that there should be a brother at home, but perhaps he went away on business. I asked about the key. The customer said that the key should be under the window tide.

I called my partner and gave this information. A minute later he called me back and said that the key was in place and they were starting. I asked not to bother me and to go to work.

The final

At lunchtime, the customer called me and asked with concern in his voice where my team was and why nothing had been done so far. I called my partner and asked what was the matter. The partner said that the roof had already been removed from the annex, the door and window had been dismantled. Now they will start breaking down the walls.

"Don't do anything else!" - I shouted into the phone and ran into the car. There I found a contract, looked at the address and realized that I was on the money. The contract stated: st. Geologists house, 63. I sent the brigade to Geologov Street, but to the house at number 53.

By some coincidence, the key to the extension of house No. 53 was also under the window tide. And the owners were not at home at that time. With ill thoughts, I drove to my new voluntary facility.

On the spot, we began to decide what to do in this situation. Putting something back together was useless, since the slate had already been chipped, the frame and door were rather rotten, and the upper part of the walls and the roof were turned into firewood.

I sent the team home and stayed to wait for the owners. Thank God that an adequate woman came across, who did not become hysterical, but simply said: "And I just wanted to repair the annex: change the door and window, make a metal roof."

We found a way out of the situation with her. And it consisted in the fact that the work is mine, and the materials are hers. I got in with my absent-mindedness for 28 thousand rubles. There was no need to break the walls in this outbuilding and therefore I restored them at my own expense. In the end, I was left very glad that the case was managed by an extension, and not something more serious.

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