Federation of Master Builders

linda_brew

Should I only hire a member of the FMB?

Got Two builders, both seem fine, references and photos of previous jobs. The non FMB builder, I visited his current extension project this week. Price wise its about £1k difference (FMB more expensive). One is £15k and the other 16k.

We want to add an extension and undertake a few other jobs based on an architects drawings.

Should I take membership of FMB as a sign of quality or is it a red herring?

keystone

linda_brew wrote: »

Should I take membership of FMB as a sign of quality or is it a red herring?

Its a club you pay to belong to like most trade associations. Does membership give credibility? Only you can decide.

Cheers

Ionkontrol

and more to the point, what will the FMB do if things go down the toilet?

iamcornholio

Membership is no sign of quality or guarantee of a good job.

If you want to go down that road then you should be looking at https://www.trustmark.org.uk , which is a government sponsored scheme. Again no guarantees, but membership vetting is more stringent

jkpd

I suggest some of you do some research about FMB,dont try to advice people advice about stuff you know nothing about.

Radsteral

I thought of join them once but then i thought instead of sticking their logo on my van i better stick my name

Leif

jkpd wrote: »

I suggest some of you do some research about FMB,dont try to advice people advice about stuff you know nothing about.

The vetting procedure does not mean much, apart from filtering out grossly incompetent builders, and those without the proper insurance certificates etc. Can you expand on your comments? Thanks.

jkpd

As my pp go on the website do some research etc see for yourself,they are their for the customer more so than the builder.

Leif

jkpd wrote: »

As my pp go on the website do some research etc see for yourself,they are their for the customer more so than the builder.

I'm having to guess what some of the above means. I did go to the FMB web site, which is why I think the vetting process only has limited worth. Hence why I asked you to explain your post. Are you connected with the FMB?

keystone

jkpd wrote: »

I suggest some of you do some research about FMB,dont try to advice people advice about stuff you know nothing about.

Its still a Club you pay to join.

Cheers

keystone

Ionkontrol wrote: »

and more to the point, what will the FMB do if things go down the toilet?

Four fifths of the square root of !!!!!! all.

Cheers