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Originally Posted by wanna 
i dont really fancy doing that, but how to go about not paying when everyone is paying is quite a problem. |
everyone else is NOT paying up front.
if the guy can't run his business well enough to finance the start of his next project, and he builds your house the way he runs his business, i think you are in shit before you even started.
you will find that these guys will start a project on your deposit, go quite well for a week or so, then slow down, probably not pitch up for a week or two. at that stage he is spending your money keeping the previous customer happy, by doing a few days' work, at your expense, cos he partied the first guy's money away. soon he will start another project, and do the same to that guy, occasionlly pitching up at your site to try keep you placated.
the whole thing is just a great big pyramid scheme.
ask him what materials he needs for the first stage, compare and negotiate prices, pay for the materials and have them delivered to site. let the builder pay his own labour, perhaps letting him have a little money,but always in arrears against his first scheduled "progress payment" according to progress made, to pay his staff from time to time until the first stage is reached, after which he must finance his own operation.