mybuilder.com

A question about : mybuilder.com

Saw the link to this site through the channel 4 website. Need a bathroom and showerroom refitted/modernised, in the S. London area.

Not too keen on ratedpeople due to the mixed reviews, but was wondering if anyone has used mybuilder.com?

Best answers:

• try these for find a builder https://www.fmb.org.uk/
• Someone else on the site has recommended the site to me on this thread:
  https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...=mybuilder+com
  I posted the job on there and have one reply. Although it was someone new to the site they had lots of reviews on another site, so I feel fairly safe with them.
• I used mybuilder to find builders for a small extension I had built earlier this year and it worked really well for me.
• try www. myworkman.co.uk, the best so far, and unlike rated people, its simple and honest.. with rated tradesmen you get a flog of calls for a month non stop !
• I used them to find a roofer and he was very good but I also know a very good builder in the SE London area who installed a new bathroom with shower for me last year and can highly recommend. Send me a pm for details.
• As a tradesman i hate all of these sites and the so called customers who use them,We were a little quiet the other week so i credited our "My workman" account with Ј20-00 allowing us to quote on 5 jobs-Yes we do pay!!!! its Ј4 to get hold of your E-Mail or Phone number,Anyway out of these 5 jobs we E-Mailed all of them and had no replys (our ratings are good) also could only get hold of one by telephone-I think most of the "customers" are dreamers or just want advice or hope to pay little of next to nothing for the work. Why assume these sites provide good tradesmen when there are no checks and anybody can join.
• mybuilder.com is very poor. It is expensive and a poor service. The industry is suffering enough with taxes and high fuel costs without some internet entrepreneur trying to rake in 5% of a mans bread and butter. These websites should be boycotted.
• I was registered when it was free / low cost.
  My hammer put the prices up and I left (still have work, not needing to pay for leads yet)
  I have noticed less 'super' companies with less than glowing reputations getting 'rave' reviews on these sites.
  Glad I am not associated with this site now
• on one feedback it said allthough Dave travelled 60 miles and fitted me 4 chimney terminals for only Ј60 he was on time and very polite.
  I keep looking for Dave to do all my work but cant find him.
• I found them less than super
  As a side line I buy web domains.
  I have www.myhammer.co and www.myhammer.co . I called them myhammer.co up to see if they wanted it.
  Their answer- I MUST be wrong as www.myhammer.co is an email address and not a web domain
• There the biggest con going,as prevously said there very easy to doctor.whats to stop someone getting there mates to post ficticous jobs and giving them good feedback even though there the biggest cowboy going,you aint telling me that doesnt go on.
  the principal idea of them are good and they might work for some but there unregulated and just a cash cow for the web site owner. your best going for the FMB or some other not for profit organisation.
• I've used my builder quite successfully.
  No, I don't believe the recommendations/comments are all necessarily true, I've decided based on my own experience and opinions of the way certain builders approached us.
• When my son first moved to London a couple of years back he had a problem with his heating. Didnt know anyone locally so he used my builder - put what the prob was and included photos of the leak - got 6 quotes, had two people to look at it and the chap he chose did the work quickly, efficiently and at a very reasonable price. LOL, he also fixed a dripping tap he noticed in the kitchen when he was having a cup of tea with son after the job (and didnt charge!)
• i reckon that was just the travelling time part of the invoice.
• Many of these sites are useless IMHO.
  They are just so open to abuse.
  I just found this posted in another forum-
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAN5FfRVUU