Usually I wouldn't bother logging onto a forum to be negative about anyone but as I rely on this forum so much I feel compelled to update the thread on Nick at Minns & Langton. Having read so many glowing reports on ED Forum I contacted Nick in Dec 2014 as I had a few handyman jobs in my bathroom. The bad stuff: * having to call numerous time to go over the same list of jobs before he could give me a date for the work. * him randomly turning up on a different day than agreed (luckily I was home) * waiting until 7.30pm to tell me I needed to be there the following morning as they weren't finished yet (hard to contact my boss at 7.30pm) * not turning up until 10am the following morning as he already had plans and would be 'letting someone down' if he cancelled * putting a hole in my wall when removing the bath panel - he did fill it and let me know about the damage * no silicone around the bath tub and new bath panel so it wasn't waterproof and we couldn?t shower * filling a scratch in my bath tub with the wrong filler so it came off within a few days * damaging a few tiles when removing bath panel and not telling me (even denying it was him who did the damage) * not getting through the entire list of jobs ? not even close The good stuff: * I have a new bath panel albeit without silicone * I have a new shower screen (with silicone!) * I have new silicone around the top of the bath * he finally agreed to replace the tiles (his time for free) if I could find some tiles which matched I've spent the last few weekends finishing the DIY in my bathroom myself. All in all I had a horrible experience with Nick and his team. He told me a few times how he let other people down to prioritise coming back to finish the work at my place. I really didn't feel like a priority from the outset and in the end didn't arrange for him to come back for a third time to fix the tiles as even booking time with him was such a long process which I found frustrating. I appreciate this was before Christmas and a really busy time for him but it was just a mess from start to finish and the only reason I persevered was because I read such great reviews about his work on this forum. I wish I'd had the type of service many others seem to have on this forum but it's important I leave this feedback to create a balanced view for others to consider their options when hiring a handyman.
Hi! On Saturday April 15th 2017 we lost a car key with a moose key ring on it in the Copleston Rd leading into Hayes Grove and Besant Place area. If anyone picked the key up for safe keeping please contact me. Thanks!