Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Getting A Tradie 4Oct 10, 2013 9:13 am Owner Building on 1800sqm Sanity Intact so far Locked up March 2012 Re: Getting A Tradie 10Oct 22, 2013 9:03 am Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66299 Slab: 16/6/14 Frame: 4/7/14 Roof: 22/7/14 Lock Up: 20/8/14 Fixing: 26/8/14 PCI: 9/10/14 Handover: 20/10/14 Re: Getting A Tradie 18Nov 07, 2013 7:12 pm qebtel oldchippy OK qebtel,ill give you a couple of recent ones. ...snip... So my friend,that is only a snapshot of why we tradies vet people. Rudeness can be deal breaker both ways. Nothing new there. I would suggest your communication skills may be ineffective if you passed up the stairs job just because you perceived some "mild" rudeness. You could have ended up with the job if you had handled it differently? As for the second guy, you failed because you gave out free info. Surely with your experience you should know how to deal with freeloaders looking for "how to" information? A quote for a suspended beam for a load bearing wall should not take long. I might add I have found many tradies to be arrogant and rude just at the quoting stage - they simply dont want to listen , or if they do, they are just paying you lip service, and just end up doing things the way they want anyway. IF they were smart they would come to quotes with a camera and a laser distance measure, and get on with quoting. But I am yet to see any tradies do this - seems they have not grasped the technology. Gettting back to the OP's query, you will have to vet tradies when they quote. Look for someone organised, and doesnt waste time getting on with the quote. One hour is just too long in most cases. Does he look sloppy? does his vehicle look sloppy? The tradies who do present well, always reflect that in the quality of their work (my experience anyway, but they charge well too!) . A slob usually gives you trouble. I can't disagree with you more. Some of the worst trades people I've seen on site drive very flash cars and have very nice tools, likely because they get in and out of a job as fast as possible, often leaving mistakes behind and yet make the same money as a good tradesman who will take an extra day to make sure the job is up to standard. Too many builders want to get things done quickly and aren't too worried about quality anymore which is unfortunate. Just make sure your tradesman know what they're talking about and ask for one or two of their previous jobs (Check them out or contact former clients) and as oldchippy said, don't pay if the job isn't to standard! Re: Getting A Tradie 19Nov 08, 2013 6:32 pm aradnell92 I can't disagree with you more. Some of the worst trades people I've seen on site drive very flash cars and have very nice tools...... Any tradie making money can buy a new car or equipment, and I agree with you, that doesnt mean a thing about the standard of their workmanship. But you're not disagreeing with me at all. If you read my post properly, I talk about slobs. I did not infer that the inverse is true, ie that smicko presentation means top notch work. Its just Ive never seen a sloppy tradie do exceptional work. See next post for definition of sloppy presentation. Re: Getting A Tradie 20Nov 08, 2013 6:57 pm tjilpi I am always amused by people who judge a tradie by the car they drive and how well they dress ...... My husband is a carpenter builder. Drives an older ute and, as he still swings a hammer, if he sees people on the way home from or to work is in work clothes. Often even dirty! Just because you have an old car, deosnt mean it is sloppy, does it? You can have a tidy old car. Also being dirty does not mean sloppy either. On the contrary I would prefer a tradie with a bit of dirt on him to know he gets amongst it, rather than a prissy boy who gets annoyed when his pressed shirts get soil on them Just so you know this is what I mean by "sloppy".
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