Builder, Who'll Actually Turn Up?

[fools]

@dan2802 might be able to help

[Anna B]

So what are we supposed to do?

[HeHasRisen]

22 minutes ago, Anna B said:

So what are we supposed to do?

Well you could... 

 

- do the job yourself

- find a family member to do it

- be prepared to pay a full days wage for a 2 hour job

- wait until you have a days worth of jobs doing and then contact someone

- try and find a handyman-type person who may charge by the hour and do multiple jobs in one day

- the example in the opening post sounds like a job for a tiler so keep trying every single one until you find one who may come out for 2 hours work and charge for 2 hours work. 

 

The above list is not exhaustive. 

Edited August 3, 2023 by HeHasRisen

[FoxLady]

16 minutes ago, Anna B said:

So what are we supposed to do?

Exactly my point, Anna B!

Let the problem get worse, until it becomes a "big" job, and then find that the builders are "way too busy" with other big jobs - "Should've 'phoned earlier before it got so bad"!

The annoying aspect is that they make the assumption that everybody wants it doing at next-to-nothing rates, which is not necessarily the case. 

This particular job might indeed be a breeze for someone who knows what's what - and if paying a day's rate is unavoidable, so be it - but to tar every prospective customer with the presumption that they'll pass out at hearing that it's not going to be "fifty quid" is simply ridiculous.  

[ab6262]

5 hours ago, FoxLady said:

Exactly my point, Anna B!

Let the problem get worse, until it becomes a "big" job, and then find that the builders are "way too busy" with other big jobs - "Should've 'phoned earlier before it got so bad"!

The annoying aspect is that they make the assumption that everybody wants it doing at next-to-nothing rates, which is not necessarily the case. 

This particular job might indeed be a breeze for someone who knows what's what - and if paying a day's rate is unavoidable, so be it - but to tar every prospective customer with the presumption that they'll pass out at hearing that it's not going to be "fifty quid" is simply ridiculous.  

like i said happy to send someone to look at what needs doing, depending on where it is and how desperate it is we may be able to tag it onto another job , if not its a full day.

 

[cressida]

Mikey 10 may know someone,  think he's Sheffield Brickie now.

[cressida]

On 23/09/2023 at 10:46, cressida said:

Mikey 10 may know someone,  think he's Sheffield Brickie now.

pm'd him