Questions before you ring

No. A visit and a written quote cost you nothing and commit you to nothing. If a visit to your particular job would involve a cost, you are told that on the phone before anybody sets off.

It depends on the size of the job and what is already booked in. Ring with your postcode and what you want doing and you will get a straight answer about timing rather than a holding one.

Ask on the call. Some trades on a building job are specialists by law, and you should know who is doing what and who your point of contact is before anything starts.

Yes. Bring them. If something on them will be a problem to build, it is far better to find that out before three people have priced it.

Manchester and across Greater Manchester. There is a page for each of the main areas. Further out is worth asking about rather than assuming.

Yes, and it happens. Sometimes the thing somebody has decided they want is not the thing that solves the problem they actually have.

we. He quotes the work and runs it. Which specific trades come in for which parts is worth asking at the quote.

Ask on the call and get his answer in writing. When there is nothing in place at the moment, which is why no claim of any kind about cover appears anywhere here. Any builder should be able to show you paperwork for whatever they hold, and it is a fair thing to ask before work starts.

No. There are no memberships or accreditations to show at present, which is why none are claimed here.

Yes, under property maintenance. Whether a small job is worth a separate visit depends on where it is and what else is on, so ring and ask.