We are in rented accommodation while paying mortgage on empty new house which needs loads of work. Every week is costing us a fortune, but we are having a real issue finding a builder to start work.
Maybe we've been naive, I don't know, but I thought it would be the least of our worries!
We are in SW London, there are bloody builders everywhere, but anyone recommended to us is either busy until next year or comes round and disappears when we chase for a quote.
Our plans are with council for a loft extension and due for decision in November, so that can wait, but in the meantime we need structural kitchen work and fitting, bathroom and some cosmetic work done. Every builder to a man as turned their nose up at it and says they only want the loft.
So here we are, 6 weeks after getting the keys, still with nothing started except some extreme wallpaper stripping by DH!
Anyone want to hold my hand and tell me that it will all be ok?
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lamandler · 09/10/2012 22:49
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