Homebuilding & Renovating

HOW TO GET ON WITH YOUR BUILDER

We builders want every job to run as smoothly as clockwork, building a strong relationship with the client as we go. There is nothing better than coming back to work for a lovely client. However, the relationship works both ways and despite us trying really hard, sometimes there are things which a client does which can really hack us off!

These are, in no order, the top things that have wound us up over the years. A lot of these things have a knock-on effect on the job and most of them can really affect our mental health, as well as

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