Can Anybody recommend a good builder for Reynes?
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Can Anybody recommend a good builder for Reynes?
Reynes: - I’d like to build a pool, summer kitchen, large patio and a laundry room and office in an outbuilding. Also I'd like to convert the basement into a separate apartment. Later there is a barn to convert. Plenty to go at but the problem has been trying to do this remotely from the UK. It would be ideal if someone could plan, quote and project manage for me in Reynes. Is there anybody out there who fits the bill
Simon B
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Hi Simon,
Contact this bloke ...........
Jonathan Waldren (rdltdfrance@gmail.com)
If he is too busy he might know someone else in the area.
Contact this bloke ...........
Jonathan Waldren (rdltdfrance@gmail.com)
If he is too busy he might know someone else in the area.
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He does advertise on here.
http://www.anglophone-direct.com/popup. ... ers-66.com
http://www.anglophone-direct.com/popup. ... ers-66.com
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Or try Dave, who also advertises on here
P.O.INTERIORS - carpentry, kitchens, bathrooms..... - email
Phone: 04 68 37 97 83 mobile:06 72 42 07 04. - Fax: 04 68 37 97 83
All carpentry work, kitchens,bathrooms, conversions and total renovation.
Fully insured and registered, 20 years experience.
References provided on request
P.O.INTERIORS - carpentry, kitchens, bathrooms..... - email
Phone: 04 68 37 97 83 mobile:06 72 42 07 04. - Fax: 04 68 37 97 83
All carpentry work, kitchens,bathrooms, conversions and total renovation.
Fully insured and registered, 20 years experience.
References provided on request
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Bit unfair Serge. Although it was not mentioned by Simon,sometimes ability to speak English is often a requirement from people on this Forum.Serge wrote:I'm starting to get the impression that anyone who does not advertise in PO Life is not worth bothering with .............
Adverts on here/POL tend,naturally, to be from English speakers,so they will usually get a bigger crack of the whip than those who don't.
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It's not.
But the chances are, if they advertise in PO Life or on AD, then they already have an established business with a British clientele who can vouch for the quality of the work; something which can be quite important for someone new to the area.
And anyway, you know yourself how unreliable some of the locals can be - and expensive when they hear an English accent!
You are right in one sense, though. Advertising on here and in PO Life is no guarantee of quality of work.
But the chances are, if they advertise in PO Life or on AD, then they already have an established business with a British clientele who can vouch for the quality of the work; something which can be quite important for someone new to the area.
And anyway, you know yourself how unreliable some of the locals can be - and expensive when they hear an English accent!
You are right in one sense, though. Advertising on here and in PO Life is no guarantee of quality of work.
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I agree a qualification for recommendation should be either personal experience or knowledge of work completed for someone else. The work should be of a high standard and as Thumbelina says not inflated because the person employing them may not be fluent in French. Not only the French are guilty of this! If they advertise on here all well and good as it justifies the expenditure for these professionals and benefits us all with the production of the magazine.
However if they don't then we should still be able to make recommendations.
However if they don't then we should still be able to make recommendations.
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We can recommend John White of Taurinya. He's built a beautiful patio, steps and decorative walls for us; he's also working on an eco-build in Prades currently. I cannot recommend him strongly enough. He's honest, hard-working and his rates are extremely competitive. If you're interested, let me know and I'll pass on his details... Yes, he's English but he's been working for a French company for years and recently set up on his own. John speaks excellent French which is also an asset and many of his clients are French, also a good sign.
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Or PO life come to that, I will not name names on here as I do believe it is against forum rules to say that X builders work is @#=#, but I will do so by PM on request, or with permission from Kate on the forum, who knows which tradesman I am refering to.sue and paul wrote:Advertising on A-D is of course no recommendation at all. But at least if you mention the fact, then the OP can look in the directory for further details - which they may have done already....or may not. That's all.
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Exactly, as I recommended ETS Marsa and Office des Vacances (both in Argeles) the other day and ended up feeling I was being "disloyal"!!thumbelina wrote:However if they don't then we should still be able to make recommendations.
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Some clarification needed here? I don't recollect ruling against making an adverse comment on a business from which a member has had poor service - indeed there have been restaurant reviews which have done just that and I think there have been others - swimming pools come to mind. Anyway, by all means name a firm/restaurant/shop which has given bad service. I would simply suggest that such postings are moderate in tone, put the cause of dissatisfaction briefly and fairly and, above all, are factually correct.opas wrote: I will not name names on here as I do believe it is against forum rules to say that X builders work is @#=#, but I will do so by PM on request, or with permission from Kate on the forum, who knows which tradesman I am refering to.
So to say "Bodgeit and Rookem the Builders are a bunch of shysters and crooks who use rubbish materials and charge you for top quality, charge you for stuff they haven't done and invent problems so they can charge you even more" would not do. On the other hand, "We used Bodgeit and Rookem the Builders on one occasion and never again. They failed to turn up on twice and in the end we were not satisfied with the workmanship or the quality of materials used" would be fine. It may be unlikely but I suppose in such a situation we would have to give a firm being given a negative recommendation the opportunity to reply.
And one further thought. If anyone is in dispute with any kind of business, it is best not to post your complaints in a forum in an accusatory way while the dispute is still active or worse, before you have even contacted the business. (Describing a problem and seeking advice as to what to do is different and ok). I've seen recently in a skiing forum a lengthy diatribe about a tour company which seems to have had the unsurprising effect of making the said company completely unwilling to enter into discussion about the matter with the complainant, far less offer any compensation**. Best to give the enterprise the chance to sort things out privately through a reasoned and polite approach in the first place.
**And if you think we're bad sometimes, that thread is currently 23 pages long.
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In fairness, I have now given the builder in question one week to put good his work.
After that time , 15th march, he will be named and shamed.
After that time , 15th march, he will be named and shamed.
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I think that is fair enough, you can't do anymore.opas wrote:In fairness, I have now given the builder in question one week to put good his work.
After that time , 15th march, he will be named and shamed.
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OK it is now the 16th of march and the deadline for contact has come ; been and gone.
Do not use JohnRenov, uses the name of Christopher Fletcher from Pézilla la Riviere..
Several forum members contacted me to ask who I was refering to and they had had the same rubbish standard of work.
Do not use JohnRenov, uses the name of Christopher Fletcher from Pézilla la Riviere..
Several forum members contacted me to ask who I was refering to and they had had the same rubbish standard of work.
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Debeneur.
property management, changeovers, garden maintenance, no job too small. Highchair, travelcot, pram hire.
Debeneur.
property management, changeovers, garden maintenance, no job too small. Highchair, travelcot, pram hire.