Luckily our local branch of Homebase shall remain open for business. Their staff is absolutely fabulous, always so very helpful and polite. I even once sent an email to their Headquarters, about how pleased I was with the customer service, so I'm a bit shocked reading about negative experience with their assistants.
Fire, I would, but my wife is such a polite dignified (and wonderful) woman and she is too scared to take them on. I would say that all these big stores have the system set up so that if a dodgy installer fails you they can dump responsibility.
Raisingirl, nearly everyone I know does their own DIY, not just a bit of painting and wallpapering. Even when we were busy raising a family (4 kids) and working full time. Its too expensive to get anyone in, the only jobs my Hubby wont do, are laying carpets, and double glazed windows/doors and we had our drive laid. We put up a conservatory a few years back, bought it in a garden centre, had to dismantle it, all we could afford. Both my girls are decorating as we speak, both rented properties, one private, the other housing association, she moved in just over a week ago.The one privately renting doesnt have a choice of colour, it has to be very neutral, but she decoarates every couple of years.My first Husband was useless, couldnt bang a nail in, I tiled bathrooms, wallpapered,painted,stained, etc.My friends range from 40s to late 60 s they all do their own DIY, some dont put radiators in, Hubby did the last one in our conservatory the other day, I laughed, bearing in mind the weather, he said it had to be done.
ZeroZero1, my late Father had his last kichen installed by B & Q, subcontractors and a cataologue of horror like yours. We bought our last kitchen from Wicks, 5 years ago, but my Husbnd installed it, the chap who came round to do the plan, made mistakes we showed him where the mains drainage came in in the corner, he designed with a drawer unit over that, you can put the mains pipe and stop cock in a cupborad, but not a drawer!The girl in B & Q, did a plan in store from our measurements, we didnt use them, if we had gone with her design, we wouldnt have been able to open the oven door or cupboard under the sink!
Ive recently taken up gardening as a hobby to keep me around the house as our third child arrived. I don’t know *anyone* who does DIY or gardening (except my octogenarian neighbour).
Whilst I hate the cost of getting other people in to work, the reality is that I don’t have the time and the materials aren’t cheap. The only reason I don’t pay others to do the work is when I can’t find anyone I can trust.
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Ive recently taken up gardening as a hobby to keep me around the house as our third child arrived. I don’t know *anyone* who does DIY or gardening (except my octogenarian neighbour).
Whilst I hate the cost of getting other people in to work, the reality is that I don’t have the time and the materials aren’t cheap. The only reason I don’t pay others to do the work is when I can’t find anyone I can trust.
I bought 1 tin of Sadolin Classic and 2 tins of Sadolin Extra and with their 3 for 2 offer it saved me over £34.