My next door neighbour is a plumber & hearing engineer and I’ve still not got him to sort the flow on our bathroom basin tap ...it’s not because he isn’t bothered it’s because I keep forgetting to ask him to fix itBeen trying to find someone to service our gas boiler. I'd rather use a local trader but no fucker bothers to get back to you.
i work in construction and have found that word of mouth is a far better way of finding good craftsmen .. do you know anyone that could recommend a builder to you ?Builders..... You ask for quotes for £4-5k of work. Then ones who bother to pick up are few. The ones that return messages, fewer still. You end up with two that day they will quote.... Only one does, and then can't be buggered to bother giving a date for the work to start when you want to go ahead. Messages and calls made for the last week..."I've no forgot you"....he only lives round the corner.
I'm about ready to go with whoever else I can get to give me a price and if builder no.1 turns up, till him to go jump off the pier.
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