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MyBuilder.com - www.mybuilder.com
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“excellent service!”

★★★★★

written by on 24/10/2013

I have posted three jobs now on mybuilder.com and am very satisfied. The format is simple, post a job, then wait for tradesmen willing to do the job to get in touch, shortlist ones who sound appealing to enable them to contact you regarding quotes etc then arrange to get job done. Never again be told job too big/small, no ringing round local tradesmen getting quotes and waiting for people to call back etc. Very happy with tradesmen registered you are able to read feedback left by others to make informed choices when hiring. Live it!

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“Great results from My builder”

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written by on 14/10/2013

I've been having a few house improvements done recently. It started with a bathroom refit & I contacted local plumbers for an estimate. Very disappointed with the result, varying from apathy, rip off prices & incompetence. Finally I tried "My Buider" & got a response from 3 bathroom fitters. I chose one based on price & positive feedback and am well pleased with the result. Since then I have had a boiler maintenance done & 3 light fittings & cooker repair done. All the tradesmen turned up as promised & did the work for the price agreed. Tradesmen on My Builder rely on good feedback so they have to do a good job. Having had poor service from tradesmen in the past (particularly plumbers) I will never again rely on yellow pages, friends recommendations etc. Sites like My Builder are the way to go in the future. Post your job and sit back and wait for a response. Only good tradesmen will bid for your job because poor feedback is a killer

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“Extremely helpful!”

★★★★☆

written by on 09/10/2013

I came accross this site after not finding anyone in the Yellow Pages. This site is brilliant at gaining quotes and instructing the prefered tradesman. It is very easy to use and usually you get very quick responses from tradesmen.

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“Brilliant place to find trademen reliably”

★★★★★

written by on 01/10/2013

Just bought a house and planned our mini "grand design".. new roof, wall knock through, strip wall paper, plaster, rewire, check gas, new radiators, new decking and painting / new skirting.. 2 weeks before completion our planned project manager let us down leaving me with the job of finding everyone to do the work. I found Mybuilder.com and spent the next few day vetting tradesman, and a stream of surveys for quotes. They have a lot of great tradesmen with honest feedback, which I found invaluable. I found some brilliant guys to do all the jobs listed above and completed all the work within 6 weeks and had all work completed by Sept 14th.. a date which saw us hold a housewarming and several family events in one. I highly reccomend this website there are some very good tradesmen in there, who were ready and willing to take on the work.

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“Wont deal with complaints against shoddy workmen .”

★★☆☆☆

written by on 30/09/2013

When moving house i needed several tradesmen to work on our bungalow.when they came out they were obviously competing against other members and had all bad things to say about each other,however we employed one to do a minor job which he did at a fair price.On contacting the same one to do a wall rendering job he quoted a fair price and did a lousy job,on contacting several times he promised repeatedly to sort it out,it never was and we ended up paying double to have it rectified.I reported this to My Builder and they said he would be contacted and given a warning if there were anymore complaints they would be dealing with it.I have since noticed on his feedback he has done this to other members of the public and MY Builder is still using him,if you complain nothing is done. Do not use this site ,use a locally recommended tradesman who has done work for friends and family

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“Always found the man for the job”

★★★★☆

written by on 25/09/2013

I have used My Build several times,and have not been dissappointed with any of the workmen,you get the right man for the job,with free quotas to compare.I have found that you should go with your gut feeling when you meet the workmen and listen to there ideas as well as having your own ideas.In my experience it is a great way to find the workman you need for what ever job you need doing.Give it a try you have nothing to lose,

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“Peace of mind”

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written by on 24/09/2013

I have always had good reliable workers when I have used my builder.com. Com. There is the reassurance that without a word of mouth recommendation you can get tradesmen and women who provide a good service at a fair price. The site is easy to use and the response is quick and efficient

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“Great site, makes it easy to find reputable tradesmen”

★★★★★

written by sarahandchris on 24/09/2013

I find MyBuilder.com really easy to use and it works really well. I've had 3 different jobs in the past couple of years and each time I posted the job on MyBuilder and then waited to see who wanted to do the work. I was able to select the ones with the good reviews. I like this site best because it I didn't have to go looking for tradespeople, they simply replied to me. Thank you

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“Quick, reliable and fair”

★★★★☆

written by on 24/09/2013

I have found very good tradesman and some others which did the job but didn't take care of the job as expected. I think it is a good tool to size tradesman and find your right one. May be you went wrong with an electrician, but found instead good plumber or ground worker. You always will find good one and some other which at least are not cowboys, but they are not interested in having 100% customer satisfaction. Another topic: there are not metal workers in the website. You should have them as I need to find one!. Lastly, sometimes it is difficult to find builders, either because they are too busy, on holidays or not interested. May be you should join forces together with My Hammer.com to get more builders available. Very last one: Instead of offer local builder with a few reviews, I'd rather go with very good rated builders within 10 miles distance or something like that.

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“great site”

★★★★☆

written by on 24/09/2013

After years of disastrous experiences involving tradesman. I finally came across this site which is now, always my first step whenever I need a job doing. I recommend it to all my family and friends

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“Very Good Helpful”

★★★★★

written by amiejo on 23/09/2013

Very useful, needed quite a few jobs done and found some good workmen, it saved trying to look about for one it was made easy with My builder. It was easy to find what I was looking for and feedback from others was helpful to. Would recommend this to anyone it takes the pressure off.

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“excellent contact”

★★★★★

written by on 23/09/2013

Several contacts made and discuss One very good tradesman used with excellent use.would use again and again

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“Absolutely brilliant, great qualified tradesmen.”

★★★★★

written by CatLadyWales on 22/09/2013

My sister was going to get ripped off by a national kitchen company. I stepped in to save her. She now has a kitchen twice the size and half the price. everyone knows finding help is difficult. That is where Builder. com come into their own. Get a quote from inviting members to look at the job. Choose like we did, whoever seemed to know their craft and who do you think you will get on with. Ask questions. Like everything, yes we did get one who was a know it all and tried to jack up the price. After speaking to me he changed his attitude. The job will be finished next week. We are ever so grateful to Builder.com

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“mybuilder site”

★★★★★

written by on 22/09/2013

Best site ever and so easy to use. any time i have electrical or plumbing work i post a job on site and am very happy with the excellent service provided by all the professional tradesmen.

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“I'm a tradesmen on mybuilder.com”

★★★★★

written by Europe1979 on 17/08/2013

Hi all,I'm a trader on this site,and I personally think its fantastic,I've been a member since 08,and currently have 70 plus positive feedback,yes the feedback can be open to abuse,by getting friends/family to leave it,I've actually seen this a number of times,but this fake feedback has been duly removed.costs could be cheaper,but it's another outlet for work in these trying times,I take great pride in each and every feedback I receive,and truth be known,I try even harder on every job I win through mybuilder.com, so don't believe all the negativity about this site,rogue tradesmen are everywhere,on this site or local,just choose carefully,ask the right questions and please please,never pay upfront,a true pro tradesmen shouldn't need to do this,if its a large expensive job,you could agree to stage payments,making each payment lower than the current jobs undertaken is worth,that way if something was to go wrong,you shouldn't be out of pocket.

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“Followed the MyBuilder scheme and had a number of...”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 10/07/2013

Followed the MyBuilder scheme and had a number of tradesmen around to quote. Reviewed all the references on the site and decided on one guy. 3 months into a project, 40% complete, the builder left the site, took all our cash we had set for this fixed price project and left us in a terrible state. We were living through the build (in two rooms in the house, no kitchen) with a 3 year old and 6 year old, and left in the middle of winter. Subsequently had to double the spend, builder no where to be seen and a qualified electrician said we were lucky to escape with our lives given the state of the electrical work (photo evidence provided that showed burnt out new wiring and plastic tape covering torn cable!). Thank god for building regulations who at least supervised the structural work! NEVER use MyBuilder.com, always go with personal recommendations, from VERY local tradesmen who care about their local reputation. It was entirely local tradesmen who got us out of the hole we were in and restored our faith and our home.

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“Generating general leads. Some you are unable to get...”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 09/07/2013

Generating general leads. Some you are unable to get in touch with customer. Yet MyBuider.com charges fees £16+vat any way. Then they pest you until is paid, it does not matter if is fake or not. Oh, add about £60 plus quarterly fee??? For what? Good idea of getting customers and builders together but I guess honest people and companies are in short supply these days. To top it all none seems to be able to put end to this. Companies like this regulate themselves. It would take decade to change them or shut it down. Again consumers come last, yet everyone is making living of the consumers. Figure that one.

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“the ”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 08/07/2013

I advertised on this site for a builder, and took on a builder who took me to see one of the houses he was doing up, he started mine 3 months ago I threw him out after having paid the majority of the money. I am now in the process of putting it right, they are still on there, trading. They have took a job on in Coventry in April, same as mine, heaven help them, I and my partner have been threatened tyres slashed, I am frightened what they might do next if I leave feedback, I told builder.com about this but they are still on the website.

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“rip off”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 04/07/2013

i tried my builder and found there pay structure was crazy. paying to be shortlisted was a rip off. most of the jobs were people looking for quotes and i was annoyied that i was paying for nothing. if your lucky you might win a job if you quote very low prices but you would have to quote really really low just to win the job. if you want feedback just ask your friends to leave a fake job on site and pretend to hire you this enables you to get your feedback score higher. my point is you dont actually know who you are getting with this site its a joke. word of mouth is much better and these sites are making a lot of money from builders trying to get more work. come on paying to be shortlisted for a job is crazy. what stops mybuilder posting fake jobs just like people posting fake feedback. these sites are no good they are a proper rip off merchants.

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“Builders can remove feedback they don't like”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 17/06/2013

What's the point of a feedback site when a builder can remove the feedback they don't like? Left a negative review for a builder who never showed up despite paying for an investigation and an agreement to carry out the work the following week. Tried to contact him to rearrange again and he never got back to me. So mybuilder.com removed the negative review for the following reasons: We only allow feedback to be posted when at least one of the following criteria has been met: Work has been carried out Money has changed hands A contract has been signed So, if a builder doesn't show up, so work can't be carried out and money can't change hands, but a verbal contract has been agreed, basically no fault of the customer at all, it's ok to take down feedback? How pointless!

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Written on: 11/10/2013

This is very true happened to me

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