Sophie Mackennal, a Melbourne woman who hired plumbers to install air conditioners, left behind a "mess" and called attention to rogue workers.
(photo source: Taiwan 9 News, Australia)
Mackennal is understood to have paid a A $14000 deposit, bought a new air conditioner and hired a plumber to help her install it, but the plumber ran away.
After the installation, the workers left several meters of cables in the wall and several holes in the roof.
(photo source: Taiwan 9 News, Australia)
Mackennal told A Current Affair's journalist: "A $700 for all these jobs is enough, but he charged me A $14000."
Later, Mackennal found the plumber and confronted him face to face with the unfinished work.
, A Current Affair's journalist later contacted the plumber, who said in an interview that Mackennal had come to see her and that he would return the money to her.
"she's here, and we've solved the problem," he said. "I told her what I did, and she said she would take the right way to solve the problem."
(photo source: Taiwan 9 News, Australia)
Experts say that before hiring workers, they should check their industry licenses or hire the right workers through the recommendations of friends and others. If workers say they want to advance salary, they need to be careful.
Tim Neeshan of Be Safe Plumbing and Roofing said: "We usually go to the employer's house to repair it before we get the money, so that the employers are satisfied, we are very happy, and we should do the same." Unfortunately, there are always a small number of workers who do not do things in this way. "