Replacing driveway because 488 is too low - Ideas?

Sorry to hear that. I hope you find a solution.

 

I would assume the contract describes a scope or description of work and dollar amount. All contractors have a right to charge more for items outside the scope of the contract. It would seem your best options are negotiating a cost for the additional work or if the contract had some agreement for the canceling the contract and paying a cancelation fee or negotiating the cancelation.

 

This is probably one of those situations where you start throwing good money after bad. IMHO, Id get them to put in the driveway as in the contract stipulations and send them on the way.

I would then construct a steel ramp to bridge the wallowed out place where it scrapes and be done with it. I did that for an aircraft hangar and it worked perfectly for a 1 in lip that prevented the wheels to push up over the lip. The ramp solved that problem. It was a sheet of 4x8 x3/16 Diamond stamped steel plating with welded ribs underneath to prevent sagging. It was coated with the rubberized coating for truck beds and did not rust for 10 yrs. It did not slide and was quiet. The plating is avail in Stainless Steel, Aluminum, or mild steel. It is easily worked , cut and welded. Get a straight edge and put it from the garage floor lip and the entrance and bridge it across the low point to the next high point to get an idea of length and distance to support it from the concrete surface to make a flat transition from the garage to the driveway that is drive able. Anything else and you will be chasing your tail. IMHO. Cut your losses.

 

I am a lawyer
I am giving you legal advice
They are bound by the terms
This is not an out of scope dispute
At a minimum, they owe you your money back
You could sue for specific performance, but they don’t seem capable

Ask for your money back and start over with new contractors

 

Understood
Get your money back
Design and scope a driveway that will work with new contractors
Will be pricey
Do you have an HOA to deal with?
How close are your neighbors?

 

The legal concept of mutual mistake seems to apply here
No one did anything intentionally wrong
What was contracted for is not possible
The courts will do their best to put each party back as close to possible to the position they were in before the contract
For you that means you get your deposit back but have a torn up front yard
For them they have no profit but are excused from specific performance
Far from perfect, but perhaps the best we can do

 

Too much to read and who cares. Park at a neighbors house

 

I figured @MANDALAY would have said that!


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He’s on the other side of the world. May be nighttime, or spring time, or some other time over there so I figured I’d beat him to it.

 

They are definitely out 'money' with time and labor and equipment etc that they've already done... but this really sucks for you man. Sorry... The plus side is if they give you your deposit back, the next contractors (if some design can be done) won't have to charge for tearing up the original since it's already done.

 

I’ve been following this thread with interest. I’m a new Ferrari owner and a new member here and this is my first post.

Correct me if I am wrong, but weren’t you able to get your car in and out previously with the makeshift wooden ramps? If so, then a concrete driveway is doable.

 

Sound like you need to remove the aero bits. Or wait for the driveway to do that for you.

 

Trade it in on a Purosangue.




<runs away>.


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The issue here is that the other people that buy and install those aero kits live in apartment complexes with their grandmother and they just park in the flat, gravel parking lot.

If you read the disclaimer on the pieces, it clearly says not for people with private homes, class, taste or garages.


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What was wrong the thought of a front lift kit on the car again?

All the best,
Andrew.

 

Ouch! Yet true.


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