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Question to the tradesmen here, what puts you off doing a job?
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Maybe you need to start looking for tradeswomen?
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travis-powers said:plumb1_2 said:Simonon77 said:The problem at the moment is most tradesmen are so busy they can pick and choose ( and charge what they want! ), and just choose the jobs that make them the most money. We have Brexit to thank for this a lot as so many of the European tradesmen went back home. 5 or 10 years ago you could get Eastern European builders in who would start within a few days, and do a better and cheaper job than most of the British ones
with that type of attitude it’s no wonder people find it hard to get trades.
99.9% of them went back home with £50k bounce back loans in their pockets, if not more if they suddenly had multiple new companies. And will never be seen again.
We had to call in a structural engineer and spend £1000s just to make the house safe!
On the other had I have worked with some outstanding Eastern European carpenters but they was on the same money as me.
Sometimes tradesmen get a gut feeling about a protential client and will act on it, there are as many rouge clients as there is rouge builders, not saying that you are but I’m on a lot of trade sites where clients will post work which is fine trying to find fault so they can knock the tradesmen.
It was just a whole house decoration. My ex has mental health issues.0 -
Simonon77 said:travis-powers said:plumb1_2 said:Simonon77 said:The problem at the moment is most tradesmen are so busy they can pick and choose ( and charge what they want! ), and just choose the jobs that make them the most money. We have Brexit to thank for this a lot as so many of the European tradesmen went back home. 5 or 10 years ago you could get Eastern European builders in who would start within a few days, and do a better and cheaper job than most of the British ones
with that type of attitude it’s no wonder people find it hard to get trades.
99.9% of them went back home with £50k bounce back loans in their pockets, if not more if they suddenly had multiple new companies. And will never be seen again.
We had to call in a structural engineer and spend £1000s just to make the house safe!
On the other had I have worked with some outstanding Eastern European carpenters but they was on the same money as me.
Sometimes tradesmen get a gut feeling about a protential client and will act on it, there are as many rouge clients as there is rouge builders, not saying that you are but I’m on a lot of trade sites where clients will post work which is fine trying to find fault so they can knock the tradesmen.Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.'1 -
sevenhills said:travis-powers said:plumb1_2 said:Simonon77 said:The problem at the moment is most tradesmen are so busy they can pick and choose ( and charge what they want! ), and just choose the jobs that make them the most money. We have Brexit to thank for this a lot as so many of the European tradesmen went back home. 5 or 10 years ago you could get Eastern European builders in who would start within a few days, and do a better and cheaper job than most of the British ones
with that type of attitude it’s no wonder people find it hard to get trades.
99.9% of them went back home with £50k bounce back loans in their pockets, if not more if they suddenly had multiple new companies. And will never be seen again.
We had to call in a structural engineer and spend £1000s just to make the house safe!
On the other had I have worked with some outstanding Eastern European carpenters but they was on the same money as me.
Sometimes tradesmen get a gut feeling about a protential client and will act on it, there are as many rouge clients as there is rouge builders, not saying that you are but I’m on a lot of trade sites where clients will post work which is fine trying to find fault so they can knock the tradesmen.
It was just a whole house decoration. My ex has mental health issues.Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.'0
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