[paul beckett]

when ever doing a job that is worth quite a bit , say £300 or more, do any of you ask for staged payments, in other words say like £ 150 tomorrow and  £150 when finished. i have been stung a few times in being paid. this way it reduces that. i just wondered if any of you do this ? or is just cheeky or its just not done ? any replies welcomed

kind regards
paul

[stalwart]

Depends,if theres materials to be payed for before the beginning of the work you could ask for this up front,plus your other costs.
If the work means you can only do it in stages,then you might have a fair shout,
do stage 1 finish get paid,then start stage 2 finish get paid etc etc
Just list down what needs to be done from the very 1st stage before you go to stage 2,get the client to agree to this,of course watch out for the added extras they like to add on and take it from there,of course make damn sure you got that money in the bank before you start anything else.
If you smell a rat,pull out