Builders Reviews

Buyer beware. I had a major extension build on my land last year. But I wish I had learnt more about the builders who were Aspect Construction in London. There have been so many problems and they have made statements which are not true but unless you get it in writing forget it. Some builders however are reputable and even if it is not in writing ...  Read the complete review

I had some automated gates fitted which came prefitted with metal posts. These gates are designed to drop into a trench and then a bricklayer builds round the metal posts. I had the gates installed in August 2006. Having had the gates installed I then proceeded to get builders quotes to build around the existing metal gate posts and also build a ...  Read the complete review

The worst company I have ever dealt with. In the process of taking legal action. - Advantages: None - Disadvantages: Overclad when they say they won't, Very poor materials used, Very poor workmanship. Less than a year after fitting part of ours has fallen down!

If your house is too small you've got three choices. You can put up with it, which can make you feel virtuous and long-suffering but gets on everyone's nerves eventually. You can move to a larger house, with all the associated upheaval or you can enlarge your own. Extending your own house might seem like the easiest and simplest ...  Read the complete review

I'm not a huge fan of those programmes designed to catch out various workmen, and show you just how useless they are; but I have seen enough trailers for them to be a little bit wary about builders, plumbers, garages, etc. etc. Anyway, on Sunday a slate blew from our roof in the storms, sometime in the afternoon. I arrived home about ...  Read the complete review

I have changed my stereotypical attitude towards builders. I know it is wrong to stereo type someone according to what job they do, but in my experience builders tend to be very laddy, loud and sorry to say a little lazy. They take tea breaks every half hour and cannot resist shouting at anything in a skirt. Where I grew up there were a ...  Read the complete review