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Are trades people generally late turning up

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By *ablo minibar123 OP   Woman
16 weeks ago

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Or am I just shit at choosing them

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By *oo..Woman
16 weeks ago

Boo's World

By experience they'll still be in bed, and no doubt pack up and finish early as the sun's out!

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By *eird_With_a_BeardMan
16 weeks ago

Falkirk

Not so much you being shit at choosing, just the ones that you do seem to have no sense of service to their customers.

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By *ablo minibar123 OP   Woman
16 weeks ago

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"Not so much you being shit at choosing, just the ones that you do seem to have no sense of service to their customers. "

So frustrating though

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By *j999Man
16 weeks ago

WATFORD

I'm a builder and can tell you it all depends on what work your having done

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By *d mirerMan
16 weeks ago

lost


"By experience they'll still be in bed, and no doubt pack up and finish early as the sun's out! "

No , some of us were up at 6 , and still up at half past

But if the sun shines , I’m outa here

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By *reggSausageMan
16 weeks ago

derby

I call my customers half hour before so you better be home

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By *ablo minibar123 OP   Woman
16 weeks ago

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"I'm a builder and can tell you it all depends on what work your having done"

What work would give an excuse for being late?

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By (user no longer on site)
16 weeks ago

In my experience if they do the job it's mediocre at best rushed and almost impossible to get them back to fix it

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By *oftie coupleCouple
16 weeks ago

Fareham

We had one who had done work for us before not turn up at all. Turned out he was still at home in bed nursing a huge hangover. We managed to fond somebody else at short notice. Never used him again

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By *oftie coupleCouple
16 weeks ago

Fareham

Find

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By *ansoffateMan
16 weeks ago

Sagittarius A

I had a guy on Friday, turned up before I got there and started the job, burst water pipe. There in 20 mins job done in less than an hour.

It took 3 hours calling around before that and people saying can't do it till next month, wanting £250 just to show up and 'look at it'.

There's still good ones out there, the hard part is finding them.

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By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS
16 weeks ago

chichester


"Or am I just shit at choosing them "

prob just pick ones badly alas

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By *a LunaWoman
16 weeks ago

South Wales

They might be held up at another job or stuck in traffic, but a phone call never hurt.

Fingers crossed they show up 🤞

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
16 weeks ago

Reading

Yes

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By *endalshaggersCouple
16 weeks ago

Kendal

A neighbour is getting high speed super douper Internet put in. 3 times they changed the date last minute. Came Friday - meant to be here at 8, turned up closer to half 11. Caused a nightmare parking as its a narrow road. Did half an hour of work, had a good half hour tea break, poked around for 20 minutes or so then left to "get lunch". Didn't come back. And no one has turned up today either, leaving three huge holes in the road where they had to dig up to get to the various wires and my neighbour still doesn't have his super douper Internet

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By *obilebottomMan
16 weeks ago

All over

You will be lucky to get a decent one in the first place, especially plumbers. Then you have to be prepared to deal with delays and a big diva attitude in much of the experience I had with them. They seldom undrestand that if you are in my house, doing paid work, you have to respect my wishes and do the job I want doing not what is the quickest and most convenient way for you. Pride in what they do has gone out of the window with most of them these days. Apologies to anyone that is an exception but you are also a rarety.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
16 weeks ago

The Town by The Cross


"I'm a builder and can tell you it all depends on what work your having done

What work would give an excuse for being late?"

Can someone answer this please ?

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By (user no longer on site)
16 weeks ago

Or sometimes not at all. 😅

It’s a mixed bag.

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By *ablo minibar123 OP   Woman
16 weeks ago

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"I had a guy on Friday, turned up before I got there and started the job, burst water pipe. There in 20 mins job done in less than an hour.

It took 3 hours calling around before that and people saying can't do it till next month, wanting £250 just to show up and 'look at it'.

There's still good ones out there, the hard part is finding them."

True, finding them is hard, and I think it's hard to trust anyone

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By *ablo minibar123 OP   Woman
16 weeks ago

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"They might be held up at another job or stuck in traffic, but a phone call never hurt.

Fingers crossed they show up 🤞"

They did show up, over slept!! Seems they have no respect for their customers or their business

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
16 weeks ago

The Town by The Cross

I had one not turn up...... I called HIM he TOLD me ... 'yeah , I'm home now, babies not well it'll HAVE to be tomorrow now. Wot time will you be in tomorrow

My reply wasn't compliant with his wants........

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By *randMrsLPCouple
16 weeks ago

london

We look at reviews

When a trader bothers to turn up for a quote, they need to be on time or call asap if any delays and these should be stuck in traffic or stuck at job as bigger than thought

once you get the quote and they turned up on time and appear polite and professioanl along with their reviews - ask re firm quote if possible and start date, finnish date and start and finnish times and when you pay them. We often just pay at the end unless big job and then its for work completed

We had a plumber over with his mate - he was difeientley not the cheapest not the most expesnide - he and his assistant assured us they'd do a good job and keep mess to a min. Then he started slagging off someone he did work for on road next to us. I said to mrs afterwards he is not nice - but she insisted we went with him as she wanted works done - come the big day - no show - i rang him 40 mins later intially no reply, then i rang him again 10 mins later no reply - he rang about 20 mins after that saying he got held up and could come another time - our job was first of the day start at 8-30 - i told him to call me when he is ready

I rang up another guy that was cheaper than he he agreed to do in two day - he did and 10/10.

The orginal plumber rang up saying he could come tomorrow - i told him i did the job myself

if you have any doubts re trader when speaking to them or they are later and no call from them to say why and not say sorry i am late when they turn up or they slag off another customer, AVOIID

Even these sites that claim to verrify builders - its ok to good but not fool proof so be aware

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By *rettCoolMan
16 weeks ago

Dunfermline

Am always on time.. always turn up on a job between 8 and 12 .. haha no am always on a job 8 or just after

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By *r John WickMan
16 weeks ago

The Continental

I’m so lucky.

My brother is incredibly fussy with tradespeople. So if he recommends them, they’re keepers.

He’s a pretty handy plumber and builder himself too. So it’s winner winner all round.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
16 weeks ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

No later than anyone else and often with more excuse

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By *929Man
16 weeks ago

newcastle

Late as I’m not there for a certain time that day or late as in a completely different date?

As a tradesman who has spent the entire year running behind due to the wettest winter in a long time I can attest the latter is sometimes unavoidable.

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By *usie pTV/TS
16 weeks ago

taunton

Its mainly a sign of the times, general lack of respect, don't really need the work because they have more than they can cope with coming in all the time, not enough of them out there, schools are only turning out academics and the ones who used to be trained as trades people only get jobs in call centres because they don't want tp put in the physical effort that most trades people encounter, even though most trades are much easier now with the tools and equipment available.

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