Rated People, safetrade.org, who to use?

[GoNz0]

We need the house rendering sorted, I posted a job on ratedpeople and got one hit from a national company trying the "buy now and save £500" style pressure sell followed by lots of follow up calls until I told them to back off.

Any idea of any decent sites to post up jobs that will get back some half decent companies?

[santa claus]

We need the house rendering sorted, I posted a job on ratedpeople and got one hit from a national company trying the "buy now and save £500" style pressure sell followed by lots of follow up calls until I told them to back off.

Any idea of any decent sites to post up jobs that will get back some half decent companies?

Try the Money Saving Expert forums?

[Knoxville]

My local council have started a program recently where pull together a list of reputable tradesmen with the help of Trading Standards and Age Concern and distribute it as a small booklet in local libraries, shops etc etc. It's called the Fix-A-Home Scheme if memory serves. They have to go through a selection process and have their work reviewed regularly to keep their name on the list. Might be worth seeing if your local council do something similar?

[dino727]

Hi,

Try findyourlocalbuilder.co.uk, they don't sell leads to tradesmen.

[GoNz0]

Thanks for the replies so far!

[virtuo]

I've used the FMB's 'Find a Builder' thing before. Didn't get any national companies contacting me (might have been lucky) and I specified I only want a local business. Was pretty good apart from one lying about being "local" - still drove 2 hours to give me a quote.

Link: http://www.fmb.org.uk/fab/

[suedenim]

might be worth trying http://local.which.co.uk/

[finlay666]

These rated schemes are like a number of garage ones, pay to be a member and receive reviews improving your image, all reviews will probably be proofed and restricted for anything untoward no doubt. People won't be on X because they are paying to be on Y etc