is there such a thing as an honest builder?

7 comments

1. There’s lots but it also kind of depends on what you mean by “honest”

2. One of my good mates is a builder – he’s great but stupid in a business sense, always gives 110% (like you should!) but always undercharges, lets customers take advantage and works himself to a near on meltdown.

   He can’t be the only one out there.

3. What sort of things have you seen going on?

4. If there is I’ve never found one.

   The last builder I dealt with failed to pay his sub contractors, installed a bog-standard septic tank instead of the 6.5k water treatment plant I paid for and used cement render instead of lime mortar on my listed building.

5. It shocks me what contractors have asked me to do, working for a subcontractor – and it seems like it is common practice in many offices across the country. For some very very big names, too.

6. Yes I know a couple!
   Think tier 1 is full of rubbish because it’s so impersonal and they all think there’s this huge pot of money, it’s not set up for honesty and good work.
   Come down the line a bit and people become a bit more humanised

7. What does tier 1 mean?