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paul the b
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New Kitchen, bathroom, upgrade to central heating and other matters to attend to.
Only I could choose the worst winter for 40 years to have this done!
I am convinced they like to cause as much stress as possible, not to mention the mess. Will be great when all is completed, but that momentous day looks to at least 2 weeks away.
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Report Joe Jordan • January 14, 2010 3:09 PM GMT
and then your REAL problems begin :-( :-(
Report The Magic Flea • January 14, 2010 3:11 PM GMT
I hope you didn't get english workers in otherwise you will have to stress that "at least"
Report RoyClaytonsTash • January 14, 2010 3:12 PM GMT
A mess? ,what were you expecting?
Report paul the b • January 14, 2010 3:16 PM GMT
I was expecting some sort of clear up at the end of each day to be honest :(
Report Joe Jordan • January 14, 2010 3:17 PM GMT
:^0
you had us going for a minute there
nice one :-)
Report HRH The Lager Khan • January 14, 2010 3:17 PM GMT
You will have a mental breakdown and crack up. If they say 2 weeks, they mean by the middle of May - this May if you are really lucky.
Report paul the b • January 14, 2010 3:19 PM GMT
Thanks HRH you have really cheered me up :(
Report The Magic Flea • January 14, 2010 3:19 PM GMT
get some poles in. they will work 16 hours a day and camp out in your front garden to start work early the next day
Report paul the b • January 14, 2010 3:20 PM GMT
TMF contract already signed I'm afraid :(
Report The Magic Flea • January 14, 2010 3:21 PM GMT
my mate has the same mare. they were 6 weeks late when he finally sued them for breach of contract. he got some poles in and they sorted his house in no time
Report Joe Jordan • January 14, 2010 3:25 PM GMT
its now just flat land ?
Report Joe Jordan • January 14, 2010 3:26 PM GMT
paul ..wait til you see the dust !!
it gets everywhere ...even in the food on your table ...
layers of the stuff ..
Mount Vesuvius didn't throw up as much dust as builders do !!
Report Joe Jordan • January 14, 2010 3:28 PM GMT
then there are the FULL skips that NEVER seem to get removed , the ones you have to suck your belly in to meander through ..
the builders blame the skip hire , but when the extra large Bill arrives on your doormat once the builders have departed ...you will find it was actually the builders who couldn't be rsed .. :0
Report evski • January 14, 2010 3:29 PM GMT
I just got a polish plasterer to do 3 rooms in my house, including ceilings, for £400. It took him 4 days and the job is perfect and he tidied up afterwards. I just wish i got him to do my front room instead of an english pasterer who thinks that walls should be uneven, the working day finnishes at 3.30, and that every builder deserves a cuppa and a fag every 20 minutes.
Report Joe Jordan • January 14, 2010 3:34 PM GMT
my 3x english plasterers left me with bits of plaster everywhere ....looked like a Paint Ball war had taken place in the room , the hall and the porch !!
and I only had one room done ..
..the girl paid them , but didn't think that I might not want to spend a couple of hours cleaning up when I arrived home !! :-(
Report Barry Conway • January 14, 2010 3:34 PM GMT
Nice to see slave labour still going strong.
Report Clockwork • January 14, 2010 3:38 PM GMT
A neighbour of mine is earning well out of Polish plumbers - putting their work right.

Who in their right mind would employ non-registered heating engineers to do work?

No wonder houses are spontaneously combusting throughout the country.
Report know all • January 14, 2010 3:42 PM GMT
A friend of mine got a shock when he found one of the builders in bed with his mrs when he came back early
Report Dr Crippen • January 14, 2010 4:00 PM GMT
Turn the kitchen taps on and the lavatory flushes is a common fault.
Report paul the b • January 14, 2010 5:54 PM GMT
Just had beans on toast with a sprinkling dust....lovely :D
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