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Looking for a tradesman or handyman who can do a property maintenance job for me on a property in BL6 area.
Can't get there myself because of Covid restrictions. |
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On 11/02/2021 10:47, Bazza wrote:
Looking for a tradesman or handyman who can do a property maintenance job for me on a property in BL6 area. I saw the message the first two times... and I still don't know any tradesmen in the area! -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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John Rumm wrote:
On 11/02/2021 10:47, Bazza wrote: Looking for a tradesman or handyman who can do a property maintenance job for me on a property in BL6 area. I saw the message the first two times... and I still don't know any tradesmen in the area! Besides, if maintenance needs doing, it justifies a visit ... |
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On 11/02/2021 11:13, Andy Burns wrote:
John Rumm wrote: On 11/02/2021 10:47, Bazza wrote: Looking for a tradesman or handyman who can do a property maintenance job for me on a property in BL6 area. I saw the message the first two times... and I still don't know any tradesmen in the area! Besides, if maintenance needs doing, it justifies a visit ... It may well be legal to travel for that purpose. However, it's a really astoundingly bad idea to travel halfway across the country to do what sounds like a small job. |
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On Thursday, 11 February 2021 at 13:32:31 UTC, GB wrote:
It may well be legal to travel for that purpose. However, it's a really astoundingly bad idea to travel halfway across the country to do what sounds like a small job. It's 232 miles there and 232 back so if I was to do it, it would involve me staying somewhere overnight. So doing it myself is plainly not possible in the current circumstances. |
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On Thursday, 11 February 2021 at 13:32:31 UTC, GB wrote:
It may well be legal to travel for that purpose. However, it's a really astoundingly bad idea to travel halfway across the country to do what sounds like a small job. For me, it's 232 miles to get there and 232 back and would involve me in an overnight stay. Hence not practical in the current circumstances. |
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On 11/02/2021 15:27, Bazza wrote:
On Thursday, 11 February 2021 at 13:32:31 UTC, GB wrote: It may well be legal to travel for that purpose. However, it's a really astoundingly bad idea to travel halfway across the country to do what sounds like a small job. For me, it's 232 miles to get there and 232 back and would involve me in an overnight stay. Hence not practical in the current circumstances. So, a day's time spent travelling. Plus mileage on your car at say 20p a mile, marginal usage. Plus cost of an overnight stay. And, that's before you even think about the public health aspects. Can you supply a toolkit to whoever is on site? |
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On Friday, 12 February 2021 at 09:39:08 UTC, GB wrote:
On 11/02/2021 15:27, Bazza wrote: On Thursday, 11 February 2021 at 13:32:31 UTC, GB wrote: It may well be legal to travel for that purpose. However, it's a really astoundingly bad idea to travel halfway across the country to do what sounds like a small job. For me, it's 232 miles to get there and 232 back and would involve me in an overnight stay. Hence not practical in the current circumstances. So, a day's time spent travelling. Plus mileage on your car at say 20p a mile, marginal usage. Plus cost of an overnight stay. And, that's before you even think about the public health aspects. Can you supply a toolkit to whoever is on site? That's a "no" because I am 232 miles away. The main requirement is to get a quote for doing the job. The amount of work to be agreed upon following an inspection and provision of photos showing the remedial work required. |
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On Friday, 12 February 2021 at 09:39:08 UTC, GB wrote:
On 11/02/2021 15:27, Bazza wrote: On Thursday, 11 February 2021 at 13:32:31 UTC, GB wrote: It may well be legal to travel for that purpose. However, it's a really astoundingly bad idea to travel halfway across the country to do what sounds like a small job. For me, it's 232 miles to get there and 232 back and would involve me in an overnight stay. Hence not practical in the current circumstances. So, a day's time spent travelling. Plus mileage on your car at say 20p a mile, marginal usage. Plus cost of an overnight stay. And, that's before you even think about the public health aspects. Can you supply a toolkit to whoever is on site? No tools provided. The main priority is to make an inspection, take photos and then quote a price for doing the work |
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Bazza wrote:
No tools provided. The main priority is to make an inspection, take photos and then quote a price for doing the work [you seem to be replying to every post twice] So why can't you use the usual 'find a trader' websites, and are instead asking this of a bunch of random people on the internet? (yes I know the 'trader' sites have their flaws, but so do we) Theo |
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