I have to have this rant out as been an extremely punctual person this is something that really irks me.
From November of 2004 I started sending out plans to companies, timber frame, under floor, geothermal, window, door etc.
In fairness I would say that 90% of these companies came back to me and were very helpful but when you are spending a couple of thousand euros it is really the least you expect.
I also sent out my plans to tradesmen, plumbers * 7, electricians * 6, plasters * 9.
I had a roofer at the time and a plaster so there was no quotes needed.
In the last 7 months the trouble I have had in getting quotes has been nothing short of ridiculous. It seems that for some unknown reason some (& I should say the majority but in fairness to the 4 tradesmen that came back to me within 4-5 days I will not) of them just don’t seem to comprehend that when they put a date & time to visit the site, return the plans with a quote or to ring me with a quote you should at least come close to it.
But no, it has got to the stage that with some tradesmen I have had to ring up to 6 times to get a quote out of them and in some cases I have given up.
As I have said above there were out of the 22 tradesmen 5 who came back within a couple of days or at least rang me within a week with a price.
Maybe it is a case that they don’t want the work but out of courtesy they should at least tell you instead of wasting your time and money in chasing them!
Rant over……!!!!!
1 comment:
Wait till you have given someone the job - and they do a bit and then promise to come back but never do for days or weeks. My electrician is the worst - he says he is too busy! If I knew he had a "day job" I would nver have hired him - but he's two thirds done now so I can't really get someone else to finis it (or can I ?)
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