Reputable builders?
- 9 June 2013 20:39232787Hi all,
Looking to have a small extension built on our house, but we're pretty new to the area. We just wondered if people could point us in the right direction by suggesting a decent builder or two! We've been told about KWD in Whitfield, anyone got any good feedback about them? Thanks again guysGreg - 9 June 2013 22:04232793It may assist in the avoidance of something belonging somewhere along the libel spectrum if you could put up a list of likely candidates, allowing others to vote for this one or that.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
- 9 June 2013 22:49232796I might suggest that if you are prepared to undertake your own project management you will end up with a better and cheaper result than employing a builder. Plenty of Internet resources on the subject.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,321
10 June 2013 07:27232802"Reputable Builders", an oxymoron surely.
TerryQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
10 June 2013 07:37232803Definition of a recommended reputable builder is one who is so busy he can not start your job for several weeks or even months, that is why we go for the cowboy rubbish,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,well that was my excuse for the cowboy I got.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 10 June 2013 08:00232804Eythorne Building Contractors.....excellent..... 01304 831685....
- 10 June 2013 08:24232805Yes Reg they are very good but I can't afford them.
When we took over the Yew Tree in early 2002 the kitchen needed a complete back-to-brick renovation. Quotes from builders and commercial kitchen fitters ranged between £20k and £28k and they all reckoned 4-6 weeks for the job. By managing the project myself, planning, sourcing equipment, materials and tradesmen carefully, and keeping on their backs mercilessly, we got the job done in eleven working days for about £12,800, including all the new cooking equipment. Planning and engaging workers took about nine weeks. The work involved removing a wall, stripping off walls and ceiling, rewiring, replumbing, installation of a new ducted stainless steel extractor system, new flooring, replastering, tiling plus stainless steel wall cladding, gas plumbing, new boiler, and installation and commissioning of all the new kit.
We still had unexpected problems. Day 1, the old cooker wouldn't go out through the door as it had been assembled in situ and wouldn't come apart. Solution: hire an industrial angle grinder and cut it into 4 pieces! The hire cost of £80 was the only unbudgeted item in the whole process and it didn't set the project back time wise. Owing to the flexibility of some of the tradesmen, we finished ahead of schedule.
At times we were tearing our hair out but in the end it was well worth the hassle, both in terms of the money saved and the quality of the job.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson - 10 June 2013 08:31232806Greg S: why not employ PG for the task?
- 10 June 2013 08:35232808Thank you Carole, but no thanks!!!I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson