Reliable builder recommendation

[girlfromdownunder]

For those of you out there looking for a reliable builder I want to recommend David O'Brien at DRJ Builders Ltd (see link to his website below). David was an absolute lifesaver after our original builder left 3/4 of the way through our loft/side return project.

Our original builder left us with leaks, unfinished and unsafe finishes and overall poor workmanship that was not covered by his builders' insurance. David was initially recommended by our architect and we ruled him out as part of the tender process as he was more expensive than the builder we chose - what a mistake that was! In hindsight we should have paid more to get the more reliable and experience builder and in the end have spent far more in rectifying all the damage caused by the original builder. Desperate with not being able to fix all the issues (and I am not talking about a snagging list) I called David and he came straight over and assessed the damage and came up with a plan of action to fix the most significant issues with no hard feelings that we hadn't chosen him in the first place and wanting to do whatever he could to help us. He truly went above and beyond to fit us in amongst his other large projects to help us and I will forever be grateful.

Building work is incredibly stressful and more often than not we are spending large amounts of our savings to build a home for our families. I would not hesitate to recommend David and hope that this post goes some way towards repaying him and his kindness to help us out when most other builders have walked away not wanting to get involved with a botched job.

[girlfromdownunder]

Link below

http://drjbuild.com/contact-us.html

[worldwiser]

Would you also recommend your architect? Could you post details also?

[Izzy P]

Just echoing the above. We used DRJ and had a great service. Initially we had a small downstairs toilet refurbed but then we went on to use David and his team for a loft conversion. Liked the straight forward approach and the detailed quote which really helped us decide on the final spec. Have recommended DRJ to a couple of friends. Never thought of adding it here though.