Jump to content
Visit out new Tradespeople Directory! ×

Reliable builder recommendation

girlfromdownunder

Recommended Posts

girlfromdownunder

girlfromdownunder

Posted
Posted

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.

  • 2 weeks later...
Izzy P

Izzy P

Posted
Posted
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.

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing
  • Advertise Here

  • Latest Discussions

    • Penguin68
      Excellent Christmas meal at Franklins!

      By Penguin68 · Posted

      Who was Diana Rayworth, when 'resting from acting'. Her successful career was very sadly cut short following a devastating accident. 
    • civilservant
      Excellent Christmas meal at Franklins!

      By civilservant · Posted

      thanks Jenijenjen and all - yes, i remember walking or taking the bus from the elephant (where i was working) to Camberwell to get there.  I think Tim - who's still at Franklin's -  was there in those days, and the woman who ran the cafe!  Other food places that i remember fondly are the ones in Neal's Yard (with the Hunkin sculpture that you could put a coin in ) and the basement lunch place at the Tottenham Court Road junction with Hanway Street... 
    • Sue
      Dawson Heights again

      By Sue · Posted

      Did you try the emergency number posted above? It mentions lift breakdowns over the festive period outside the advertised  times. Hope you got it sorted x
    • Sue
      Be careful in local shops

      By Sue · Posted

      People working in shops should not be "attempting to do the bill in their head." Nor if questioned should they be  trying to "get to an agreeable number." They should be actually (not trying to) getting to the correct number. I'm afraid in many cases it is clearly more than incorrect arithmetic. One New Year's Eve in a restaurant (not in East Dulwich but quite near it) two of us were charged for thirty poppadoms. We were quite merry when the bill came, but not so merry as to not notice something amiss. Unfortunately we have had similar things happen in a well established East Dulwich restaurant we no longer use. There is also a shop in East Dulwich which is open late at night. It used not to display prices on its goods (that may have changed). On querying the bill, we several times found a mistake had been made. Once we were charged twice for the same goods. There is a limit to how many times you can accept a "mistake".  There is also a limit to how many times you can accept the "friendly" sweet talking after it.

East Dulwich Forum

Established in 2006, we are an online community discussion forum for people who live, work in and visit SE22.

Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...