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Worse experience ever
September 28, 2015

I have use the website and find london building service company owne by the worse escrow ever.
I now find myself with debt because of him. I don't even know where to start... i basically paid the total amount plus 2 times " for extra " find myself paying around 10 000 pounds.
The job never been finished. Even worse the builder broker the sink in the bathroom, broke a cable for the washing machine and cause water damage in the all house the bathroom tiles are half put in the floor.

He use a fake carpet very thin carpet wich is already damage.
It's been 5 months now that i am struggling with 2 rent to pay as yhe house is not habitable. I have contacted the website and even if i have prouf with oocture they didn't want to hear nothing because the builder as good review.
So he has good reviews so he can destroy someone house and life and this is acceptable...
No one even responded to me. I would say to not trust this website as the builders aree not all professional. I asked the opinion of another company who was absolutely shocked by the quality of work even the quote was made like by a kid.
But i had trust on the website which was a big mistake...

Date of experience: September 28, 2015
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Hi Wendy,

Thanks for your review and I'm sorry to hear of your experience with this tradesman. As well as reading reviews we recommend you undertake all due diligence to ensure you have found the right person for the job. If a tradesman is asking for large amounts of money I would certainly advise you to get in touch with us so we can offer some advice in these circumstances.

I hope you have left feedback for this tradesman to make them accountable for their work. Please get in touch with us to discuss your options going forward.

Kind regards,

Ben@ MyBuilder

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I have found MyBuilder excellent for finding local tradesmen, especially when you need someone at short notice and for relatively small jibs.

Date of experience: September 29, 2014
GB
1 review
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Handy
August 7, 2020

Very helpful site to get a tradesmans for your jobs and find the right price also often with very good advice.

Date of experience: August 6, 2020
GB
1 review
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Fence repair
April 29, 2020

Arlo were very good - nice job of the fence, cleared up afterwards and took all debris away. Very pleased.

Date of experience: April 29, 2020
GB
1 review
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Hold On!
August 26, 2020

Will have to wait and see as we have never had roof repairs before now. Time will tell but so far looking good

Date of experience: August 25, 2020
GB
3 reviews
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Has gone downhill
I have posted a range of jobs for 3 years now but nowadays I get a text from the big headed person who clicks approve or decline to question my job

This has happened NOT once by at least twice now.
For one posted job, I needed a general skilled handyman to fit carpet AND paint a wall - This is something one person can do if he has the skills which is not uncommon.

But the MyBuilder admin person decided to split the job creating two posts - and duplicating work for me by dealing with queries from double the amount of people - making it inconvenient for me.

She changed it later but what an unecessary hassle

The admin people should just do their job and instead of messing with posted jobs - this is losing the company business as today, I have requested to have my account deleted.

I have appointed about 7 people throughout the 3 years of having my account and also always answered calls from shortlisted people.

Have been a good user but am taking my business elsewhere due to the treatment by admin (tricia and others)
My jobs are varied as its a building project. I dont thinks the admin should get too big for their boots

I have enough experience and intelligence to have discussions with those shortlisted and ascertain for myself if they have the required skills or not and you can see via my account there where I have hired, I have tended to give 100% feedback.

I dont see how you are helping by screening out posts - you are hindering. Just let the homeowner or the OP decide how they wish to proceed

I would not describe what you are doing as enhanced at all nor does it matter to me what your other customer feedback is. I have been a Mybuilder user for over 3 years and my opinion counts and is real that I would hope will caution other users.

None of you in the admin team have any building trade experience so really just approve the job unless there is something offensive contained or a violation of the rules.

Also, it is unusual that MyBuilder offers no route to make a complaint

Date of experience: July 14, 2020
GB
1 review
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Two replies and best quote chosen. Excellent choice and job completed to my satisfaction.No issues whatsoever.

Date of experience: October 19, 2020
GB
1 review
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Various works
May 5, 2020

My Builder is a good pool of resource to source tradesmen/contractors in a highly competitive industry.

Date of experience: May 5, 2020
GB
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Great response, reliable service very pleased with finished job, two great lads.
Would recommend my builder.

Date of experience: October 8, 2020
GB
1 review
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Heating
September 29, 2020

Easy to find a quality builder and a reasonable price and also having the peace of mind that they can be trusted

Date of experience: September 28, 2020
GB
1 review
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Excellent site
May 12, 2020

For all your DIY jobs and more this is an excellent site for all trades to source. You can see tradesmen reviews. It's easy to use.

Date of experience: May 11, 2020
GB
1 review
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The job was posted and a number of tradesmen responded very quickly. The person selected provided a high quality service. I would use the site again.

Date of experience: July 6, 2020
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Great service. Got 3 responses within a few hours of the advert being posted. Flooring fitted quickly and communication was easy.

Date of experience: May 4, 2020
GB
1 review
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Found the perfect renderer
September 24, 2021

Great communication, reliable and looks fantastic, lots of admiring comments from neighbours. Would recommend.

Date of experience: September 24, 2021
GB
1 review
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Garden tidy
May 12, 2020

Very pleasant its nice to see someone who does a good job. He was one who takes his his time and He makes sure that your happy with job.

Date of experience: May 12, 2020
GB
1 review
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Poor quality leads
March 17, 2020

Leads are more expensive than other similar sites and no refunds for dud leads the worst customer service of all the trade sites out there

Date of experience: March 17, 2020
GB
1 review
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Brilliant service.
July 14, 2020

This site is easy to use and we got very quick responses to our ad.and very good local tradesmen, would definitely recommend using the site.

Date of experience: July 14, 2020
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I use to use my builder for maintenance if our property portfolio and I get always a great end result.

Date of experience: October 9, 2015
GB
1 review
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2 big trees
June 24, 2020

Very professional left the garden neat and tidy the were a treat to watch I would defanitly get them to do work again

Date of experience: June 24, 2020
GB
1 review
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Had a reply within a week of the advertised job, builder came, quoted and did a excellent job exactly what I wanted at a very competitive rate,, VERY pleased and will definitely use again.

Date of experience: June 23, 2020

Overview

MyBuilder has a rating of 2.4 stars from 491 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with MyBuilder most frequently mention customer service, shortlist fee and fake jobs. MyBuilder ranks 4th among Contractors sites.

service
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value
56
shipping
17
returns
20
quality
46