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MSE News: British Gas launches 'Local Heroes' website to help you find tradesmen

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British Gas launches 'Local Heroes' website, offering quotes for a range of jobs around the home from local plumbers, electricians and other tradesmen...
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,655 Forumite
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    There's already too many of these sites so another one is just a laugh. Cannot trust them either., full of bogus reviews and cowboys.
    Just go to your local council website and find their trusted tradesmen scheme and use that.
  • Doc_N
    Doc_N Posts: 8,409 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Tried it out for some prices - laughable for this area!

    £66-£81 to fix a dripping tap!

    More Pimlico Plumbers than Local Heroes. Going rate in this area between £15 and £30.
  • footyguy
    footyguy Posts: 4,157 Forumite
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    Knowing the standard of work they clearly allow some of their own tradespeople to get away with, I would treat their vetting of any third party with a fistful of salt.

    If you need a local tradesperson (and you don't already know one you can trust), best to obtain a personal recomendation from a friends, family, neighbours, etc you can trust.
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