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Having posted on here before about the bad experiences of tradesmen in Dulwich and being a resident here for 15 years I find it shocking these people can still get away with it.


I thought I would spend some time doing up my flat starting with the bathroom and bedroom. 7 months and a small fortune on the bathroom still isn't finished. The first guy - Andy - was unbelievable! After a MONTH of very very little apart from talking, I made the mistake of simply asking for it to be at least plumbed in by xmas as my family were visiting - his response was to walk out 2 DAYS before Xmas with the place in a mess and leaving a note asking for half the money. All he had done is pull up a few tiles! There was damage throughout my flat including a wrecked floor and I am still recovering the damage which has had to be sorted out a cost. To top it off when I finally got the bathroom sorted there was a leak under the floorboards which was apparently down to shoddy workmanship. I then hired a local plumber on recommendation, Simon - who I paid up front - the leak was fixed thankfully but he has since disappeared leaving tiles having not been replaced, new ones I bought broken and refuses to return my house keys meaning I've incurred another cost to replace the locks.



It's all a disgraceful way to treat a customer. The whole process has been a nightmare. I am not intending to damage businesses but I'm SICK of dealing with unreliable tradesmen. In MY experience Dulwich is in dire need of reliable trustworthy tradesmen...

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