Self employed tradesman coming to the house?

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Just that; booked for tomorrow to fix my dishwasher. He's self employed so for him he's going to work which he's allowed to do. I'll stay at least 2 meters away from him but not sure if I should cancel. What do you think?

I have a boiler service booked for Thursday. I’m going to disinfect all the surfaces and door handles, retreat to the top of the stairs and let him get on with it.

Disinfect again after he has left. And pay on-line.

I wouldn’t have anyone in my house unless is necessary, boiler service can probably wait and so can fixing a dishwasher. If those people have also been in lots of other peoples houses then that’s a risk in my opinion. Not worth it

This Q&A page from the BBC today has the question "Can tradespeople still work at my house" partway down.

Basically the answer is: yes, but stay 2 metres away and wipe surfaces down.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51176409

Thanks for the replies; Frankenheimer this is fabulous; I'll take all the necessary precautions and stop feeling guilty! I"m relieved for the tradesman as well; it must be a nightmare to be self employed at the moment.

Just give him a good hose down and soap him up and be should be good to to.

Lol ah he should be fine, once he's happy enough to enter your house. Just clean around after he's gone. He'll only be touching the dishwasher and he'll be extra careful himself not to touch anything else as he'll be afraid of catching something too.

There’s some advice about this on the BBC website. I think it’s technically allowed, but not ideal if non essential.
I had the same quandary today - a plasterer came to fix a hole in our ceiling and plaster a wall which had been booked in for ages.
He’d travelled from Birmingham to London to do the job so I had to let him in.
We all stayed upstairs out of his way all day, then wiped everything down once he’d gone.