Law

J made a contract with K, a builder for K to build an extension to J’s house for a priceof Dh80,000 to be paid on completion. The contract stated: ‘It is a condition of thiscontract that all work will be performed with proper skill and care and that the housewill remain habitable throughout the period of the works.’
The work was estimated to take six weeks to complete. Two weeks after workstarted, J learned that other local builders would have done the same job for Dh60,000.
A week after that L, a labourer employed by K, carelessly fractured a water pipe: thehouse was flooded and J and his family were forced to leave it for three days.
J informed K that he regarded the contract as cancelled, but K wishes to completethe job.
Advise K.