Builders - can anyone advise me
Hi all. Well. It looks like our house move to Mundeli Sarnieva may be on, in that it looks like everyone will be ready to exchange contracts tomorrow, and people seem to be settling on a moving date of Friday 17 November. So fingers crossed as there's many a slip 'twixt - er - well 'twixt any 2 stages of the house buying process.
One slip was made by one of our concrete exterior windowsills which cracked away from the house a few days ago. We discovered it when we noticed incongruous bits of concrete on the patio outside the back door. I explained to our buyers this had happened (in case they drove by and saw a bit missing from our house) and said I would get it fixed. So we really need to get this repaired before moving and it's proving very difficult to get hold of a builder. I got a list from the Federation of Master Builders who have a useful sounding builder search facility and phoned some of them. The one guy who got back to me sounded interested but has not yet actually turned up to look at the job so I'm starting to get a little concerned!
I've now chased that guy up & left a message for some more builders from the list. I also tried the builder finder again. You can search for builders prepared to do 'emergency call-out' which I did. Answer = none at all. I understand that the job I am talking about isn't really general building but 'maintenance' so I searched for that. That brought up a list of people based at least 5 miles away. Yes if I want someone to build me a house there are plenty prepared to do it. Fixing a windowsill is looking much more tricky. So can anyone advise me?
- Any builders or builder customers out there who can give me tips on getting a builder to come and do this job?
- Anyone who is or knows a builder in the North Bucks area who might help me out??
Any suggestions gratefully received!
One slip was made by one of our concrete exterior windowsills which cracked away from the house a few days ago. We discovered it when we noticed incongruous bits of concrete on the patio outside the back door. I explained to our buyers this had happened (in case they drove by and saw a bit missing from our house) and said I would get it fixed. So we really need to get this repaired before moving and it's proving very difficult to get hold of a builder. I got a list from the Federation of Master Builders who have a useful sounding builder search facility and phoned some of them. The one guy who got back to me sounded interested but has not yet actually turned up to look at the job so I'm starting to get a little concerned!
I've now chased that guy up & left a message for some more builders from the list. I also tried the builder finder again. You can search for builders prepared to do 'emergency call-out' which I did. Answer = none at all. I understand that the job I am talking about isn't really general building but 'maintenance' so I searched for that. That brought up a list of people based at least 5 miles away. Yes if I want someone to build me a house there are plenty prepared to do it. Fixing a windowsill is looking much more tricky. So can anyone advise me?
- Any builders or builder customers out there who can give me tips on getting a builder to come and do this job?
- Anyone who is or knows a builder in the North Bucks area who might help me out??
Any suggestions gratefully received!