Homebuilding & Renovating

HOW TO ENGAGE THE BEST BUILDERS

Even in the current climate, the best tradespeople are still incredibly busy. Some of us are still getting the same number of calls and enquiries that we were getting in the boom. It goes without saying: the cream always rises to the top. So how do you, as a potential client, make your job attractive to us trades? Believe it or not, there are many factors to consider before giving us a call.

When contractors and trades are good, we get a lot of calls. This can be from potential clients, merchants, trades on the various jobs, existing clients, skip deliveries, material deliveries, concrete lorry, building inspectors… the list goes on! This is while we are trying to run our business and build

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