Edwin W.

The "highly recommended" builders and decorators were taken on as they claimed to be able to do all the jobs in the rennovation. The messed up laying floor tiles, blaming the uneveness of the floor. They turned 2 small screw holes in plasterboard into plate sized holes that they couldnt cover, ruining the painting of a wall, "the wall was uneven". They put down plastic sheet on the floors with duct tape, stripping the floor varnish. They got paint everywhere. We stopped them replacing an electrical heater when it became clear they had no clue about electrical works. Same for replacing a hob. We finally told them to stop working and leave before they caused more damage. They became verbally abusive and threatening when we then agued about the money owed for the work. Given the damage they caused, I wanted them to pay me... Discussing this experience with friends, others have had equally bad "highly recommended" tradesmen through this site.