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We asked Wilbro to get rid of specific damp patches on our two main living room walls, as well as the inside of the fireplace and the fire breast wall by doing a damp-proof course.

Wilbro confirmed the could complete the work for £400 and that it would stop the damp from returning completely (with a guarantee of 15 years), which is what we were asking for.

After a couple of weeks of Wilbro completing the job, the damp started returning, and is now actually about 4 times bigger than the original patches (after 4 months!). Also the plaster within the fireplace is cracked all over.

When we called them back out (after ignoring our calls for ages, and only responding when we sent a 'legal action' letter) they tried to charge us to re-do the work! I refused to pay and they have not returned to re-do the work (not that I would let them now, as its such a mess).

When I have checked the out via Trading Standards they have over 4 CCJs outstanding against them already. Complete cowboys. Use them at your peril!

We signed up to obtain leads from the public for plumbing and heating jobs and were told they have hundreds of estate agents on their books and were mislead into signing a contract for 18 months at £150 - this is now the 19th month and we have not had one lead. We tried to take them to court but they changed the contract to say we signed up for virtual office services and a phone number with them (yes of course we would do that when we have our own office and 7 phone numbers) they now take payment through Paypal and a dodgy website called Funicula dot co uk (not going to give them a free link). I think they must have had their bank merchant account removed as when I spoke to my credit card company they told me they have had loads of complaints about them!

please please please do not even think about it!

we signed up with this company who guaranteed leads for property maintenance- I origionally had my doubts so paid for a trial period

Am I glad - not one lead/enquiry from them. They could not even supply trader references to me. Caught them out when we sent in a customer enquiry from our post code- we had two traders contact us from up to 35 miles away - but not us in the same post code ! Steer well clear of these fraudsters

DO NOT use this company under any circumstances.I am a tradesman and have been ripped off to the tune of £2000 by these charlatans. promising 2 leads work per week for £110 a month.I get 1 lead every 3 months if im lucky. Cancelled my direct debit after they ignored my emails and calls,they then attempted to access my account under a sister company name and incurred me a bank charge.Very unprofessional,very unhelpful. Cant get the person i want to speak to as they never return calls.Been told i can have a rolling contract but they cant even honour their original offer so whats the point.rolling contract till when? ill have retired by the time i get my job quota.They dont offer customers the best tradesmen,they share them round.Much better options than using these.Will be reporting them shortly as fraudsters.

Please dont make the mistake i have.steer well clear.

Hi, we are a small respected joinery firm and signed up with the above company for lead generation. They made us pay a massive amount of money upfront, saying they dealt with large organisations rather than the general public. They supplied us with no leads for work and expected us to pay £300 a month for this as well as our 3 months up front of £900. They did not reference check us at all so just be aware they are not as honest as they make out.We tried to concel they would not let us, they have issued us with a winding up order, we are a small business and they are bullies. At present they are currently being investigated by trading standards they contacted us last week for information so BE AWARE.

I used Wedotrades to find a gas fitter to remove and fit a gas cooker in my mother’s house, I entered the details of the job into the need a quote section of the site, to be honest I have used these types of sites before and expected Wedotrades to be full of promise but fall short on delivering the service. Too my surprise I was called by Wedotrades within a hour of placing the enquiry and spoke to a girl called Lisa who was very friendly and wanted to confirm the details of the job and said that I would hear from 3 companies very shortly with quotes for the job and to my amazement it actually happened.

I finally decided to use a company called MB Plumbing and Heating a guy called Mathew Benstead whom I would have no objection to recommending. Mathew turned up on time, he did the job and cleared away all the mess, he even mopped the floor where the old cooker had stood. I would like to say a big thank you to Mathew and to Wedotrades for offering a totally professional service and am sure that I will use the Wedo service again.