Builders smashed up concrete driveway after homeowner refused to pay them for their work

A group of construction workers decided to 'undo' their work following a pay dispute with a homeowner.

The unbelievable drama all went down in Australia when tradesmen worked to lay a new driveway for a customer - but things got heated when the homeowner refused to pay them the full fee.

Construction worker Jesse Crowe had negotiated a fee of just $4,012 ($6,000 AUD) with a woman named Viola for the job.

It involved concreting a large driveway which is attached to the side of the home, but on completion, Viola allegedly refused to pay the whole sum.

Viola had initially paid AU $2,500 ($1670) upfront for the work, but got into a dispute with Crowe over the quality of the job and the removal of debris after construction had taken place.

So, Viola allegedly refused to pay the remaining AU $3,500 ($2,340).

The Australian homeowner opened up about the ordeal in an interview with 7News, claiming she was threatened by Crowe after she complained about the driveway.

"[They said] 'you pay now, now or we will smash the concrete,'" she said.

Viola added that the workers had 'refused to finish the job', and that if they had then she would have paid.

She said: "They did what they wanted, not what I wanted."

When he understood that he would not be getting the rest of the money for the job, Crowe took matters into his own hands.

The builder posted a video on social media which showed 'what happens when you don't pay for works carried out at your place' - a clip that has since gone viral.

In the clip, Crowe and a co-worker can be seen hacking at the freshly-laid driveway with pickaxes.

The clip of the builders destroying their own work went viral (7News)

Meanwhile, a voice from behind the camera could be heard saying: "You should have paid. And it's going to cost more to get it all dug up, taken away and poured again.

"Didn't want to pay? This is what happened."

Crowe later told 7News that he had not 'liked' destroying his work, saying he was just 'tired of being ripped off'.

He said: "I take pride in my work and I love concrete, I love doing it," adding: "I just want to get paid."

The builder said that he had been in the building trade for a 'long time' and had always been 'doing the right thing by people'.

He added: "They don't want to pay, at the end of the day, what are you going to do?"