I had need of a plumber and yesterday was chasing down plumbers using Checkatrade as well as some direct calls.
Direct calls all panned out as worthless as they pretty much all gave up when they knew it was an immersion heater tank replacement – earliest was three weeks away.
Using Ratedpeople, I not only got three return calls (as many as they allow in a batch) all three have been on site and are either in the midst of or have quoted for the work.
Lesson, use Ratedpeople, avoid Checkatrade.
Obviously, I’ve yet to see the results, but two seem extremely competent so far. (Dyno were the dodgiest – he forgot a tape measure?? What else might he forget?)