Hi Guys, I am trying to find A1 plasterers who also do coving. I want to see genuine customer reviews and once they see the work actually come back with a quote at a reasonable price???? In the past I tried Checkatrade when I needed some snagging and painting done - this has been very disastrous to say the least and has put me off a bit tbh!!!! I'm so disheartened at the moment. I have a local community website where I have had some recommendations from but only 1 out of 6 has quoted. Could anyone offer any advice as too what I can try next please? I've posted on Rated People but wonder if there any others that are genuine with pucker tradespeople. Many thanks
It may help if you hinted at what area of the country you a placed...not an exact address. Recommendations from family, friends, colleagues etc is a fairly safe route!
I'm afraid every one wants the easy money. It's got to the stage where I don't want to use anyone who says they can do the job straight away because, well, how come they're not busy! I've started using my neighbourhood website for personal recommendations which has worked well so far. Mybuilder has been ok but only in as much as the trades 'put a shift in' rather than quality of workmanship.
I know what you mean Fundi, if they're good they're busy. After the terrible time I had with the local little book and Checkatrader I thought I would try locally on the neighbourhood website where people could recommend. Out of about 6 only 1 so far has quoted and that's not particularly good!! At present I'm trying Rated people, bookabuilder and trustatrader. Not sure if I have the faith tbh but don't know what else to do. 7 years this has gone on for thanks to my ex who thought he could do improvements but the only improvement was using the door
Just off topic a bit. What's this with being a "super member" rather than "select". Is this a promotion or demotion?
Thought I had missed you for a time. Glad you decided to come back; quite a few other really experienced trades haven't bothered which is a miss.