I helped my parents arrange to have a new well drilled. FWIW it was for about $16,000 for 100 feet deep, in Minnesota. When they got the bill it was for $19,000. $3,000 for "directional drilling" was added on that wasn't shown on the estimate. When the driller came to the house before hand he mentioned directional drilling, but didn't mention an extra charge for it.
We expected the bill to match the estimate unless they had to drill deeper than 100 feet.
Is that standard practice for a driller, estimate the drilling costs then add trenching or directional drilling costs onto the bill? Was it up to us to know, or ask? Should we just pay it with a lesson learned? I want to write a fair Google review.
We expected the bill to match the estimate unless they had to drill deeper than 100 feet.
Is that standard practice for a driller, estimate the drilling costs then add trenching or directional drilling costs onto the bill? Was it up to us to know, or ask? Should we just pay it with a lesson learned? I want to write a fair Google review.