is nobody bothered anymore? (trades people / companies)

glenimp617

glenimp617

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I've been saving up for ages to renovate our house and finding it so difficult to find trades people, and even the bigger companies don't seem bothered.

These last few weeks I've....

Contacted four painters and decorators, they reply saying they will come to quote then go silent
Had two companies out to quote for bathroom and ensuite replacements, not heard anything in over a month
Local window company came to quote for new patio doors, not heard anything back
Contacted two local companies who install aircon, nothing

I'm starting to think it's me :cry:
 
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Freakbro said:
Which is an indicator that seems contrary to the claims in the CoL threads where everyone can only afford to pay their bills! :p

It seems there is still a lot of money out there that people are willing to spend on inflated prices of renovation work and materials.
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There's plenty of money around. The one company who did reply, and were great were the local fitted wardrobes company. They have bookings for the next six months. The owner said they've never been so busy.
Fitted wardrobes are very expensive!
 
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mrgubby said:
It took four months to get our fence replaced

Had six companies around for a quote

Three declined on the spot

One quoted within the week

One quoted after three months

One never quoted

It was close to £9k worth of business ...
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It took us exactly 12 months to get a new fence. £8k Not many people took the job on. It was literally a square garden, old fence out, new one in.
 
Droolinggimp said:
Trying to get someone to fix/redo the rendering oln the house we are in over the last 2 years. Had 4 no shows for quotes, 6 quoted but never got back. Still falling off. Quite tempted to take it all off myself and leave it bare brick. In this day and age, its probably cheaper and quicker to en-roll onto a course for plastering, plumbing, electrician etc and do renovations yourself.
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The front of our house is rendered, and after 15yrs is starting to look a bit worse for wear. Can't get anybody to freshen it up. Literally nobody, I've even thrown money at them but nope. If I knew it was brick underneath I'd take it off, but I think it's breeze block.
 
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Meridian said:
Did the posts have to be replaced? I'm guessing so at the cost. Dropping in new panels counts as a job worth doing 'cos it's quick, so that gets done. But new posts becomes a two or more day job, so no-one wants it. I got panels replaced last year and it took two weeks from posting on Check a Trade.
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Yeah, the old fence had wooden posts which were rotten.
 
Gibbo said:
also check for real reviews from other customers
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and I'd also add to avoid google reviews. We researched for weeks, and had a local landscaping company to quote for a garden makeover. They had lots of fantastic feedback, but I got lucky and noticed one 5 star review was from a friend of a friend on facebook. I reached out to get his opinion and he said "don't use him, he's utterly crap". When I questioned why he'd left a 5 star review, he said that was for an old job but he's gone really downhill since then. TAKE YOUR BLOODY REVIEW OFF THEN!

Then there's an even worse story, but can't comment yet as it's still going through the courts. Solicitors think it will take at least 2 years to sort, and then I might never get any money back. We're talking thousands!
 
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SpellowHouse said:
It's probable that they think the job is too small.
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Damn, how big a job do they want?

bathroom and 2 x en-suites £24,000
four bedrooms painting £2,000
aircon in 5 rooms £6,000-£7,000?

unless the meant the new patio doors :cry:

Thing is, you are probably right. The last bloke we had out to look at the bathroom said he was on a job installing a new kitchen and the counter top on it's own was worth £50,000. He showed me a picture, and it was the biggest kitchen island I've ever seen. In fact, I think the island was bigger than my entire kitchen :eek:
 
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dLockers said:
I took a lift from big boss man the other week and he had been talking about his new kitchen. I spotted a sketch in his custom Defender that was the size of my entire downstairs so I can't imagine the budget they have put aside lol.

Edit: the scale of the room was bigger than my entire downstairs; not the piece of paper itself.
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You know that photo of Putin sat at one end of the table, it was like that :cry:
 
omg it's a miracle, the aircon company are coming to see me today after work. Mentioned about tradesmen to him and he said he's going to give me the details of a good painter he knows.

Fingers crossed!
 
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sigma said:
Why would you even consider paying someone £2000 to move a paint brush up and down? No wonder these people are laughing their way to the bank!
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Because it's messy and I can't paint a straight line to save my life...... although last time I did an ok job but this time I want it doing nice.....plus with the amount of masking tape I go through it might work out cheaper lol
 
sigma said:
That was a serious offer. £3.75k 'best price'.

Doesn't include materials though ;)
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I'm already supplying the paint, there's a lot of prep work though.....like, a lot

The sills need to be flawless, no brush marks....no runs or drips, and no sheen patches on the walls
 
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