Mike Hardwick
I blame Dom Littlewood. This TV show exposing cowboy builders has done nothing to improve the way the public views our small and medium sized construction companies. Most trades do a good job for a fair day’s pay but no one gets to hear about them because it is always the rogues that get publicity. The customer is always right, of course, and we should have sympathy with the poor souls conned into handing over their life savings in advance for work that doesn’t happen.
I’m always left flabbergasted that anyone would pay vast sums of cash up front to someone they barely know and then wonder why they have run off with the money. It makes for great TV entertainment, but if you ask a reputable construction worker they will tell you that cowboy professionals are easily outnumbered by cowboy customers by about four to one. This article is therefore a paean to the humble builder and the reasons why you ought to listen to them.
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