Julian Forsey has completed various (large and small) jobs for me and other family members. I would…read morenot hesitate to recommend him to others. He may not be the absolute cheapest BUT I have found him to be a reliable and responsive...which are rare attributes in the Somerset building industry.

From the owner: Our experience ranges from listed and period properties to contemporary new builds in both the…read morecommercial and domestic sectors.

Terrible Experience, Very Unprofessional Service by Richard Case of Bristol builders. STAY WELL…read moreCLEAR. Mr Richard Case initially came across as very professional, genuine and committed to his work. He came round before commencing the work with contracts and a completion date. However, this initial positive experience could not have been further from the truth. We hired Richard Case to: 1) Render the outside of our house 2) Damp proof the inside of our living room 3) Replace a gallows bracket under removed chimney breast in the loft 4) Replace an arch over the main door 5) Close off and vent the chimney breast on the ground floor. 6) Fit a new window in the living room 7) Waste removal of old building materials and rubble. Mr Case did a fantastic job of closing off the chimney breast on the ground floor, and of replacing an arch over the front door of our property. This aspect of this work was immaculate, and gave us confidence in his work. Mr Case continued to strip off the old plaster from the living room, ready for the internal damp proofing render and DPC. The walls were stripped down to bare brick, and there was dust absolutely everywhere, which is to be expected with such extensive work. Mr Case assured us the work would be done quickly. However, he disappeared for a few weeks after this - without a word. He did not explain to us what was going on, refused to answer our phone calls, and left our house as a building site. He promised to finish the work within a certain time scale, however, 2 months after, he had barely started, and we were pretty much living in the kitchen as the rest of our house was full of building dust. Mr Case then returned within a few weeks, and we gave him the benefit of the doubt as he explained he had family problems. He continued with the internal damp proofing, which was done to an good standard (apart from the fact that he said the DPC had been carried out when it actually hadn't!). However, he then re plastered the living room, and to be fair, did a fantastic job of the plastering. However, the biggest horror started when he attempted to render the outside of the house. He had previously replaced the window in the living room. He did the rendering, and in the process, absolutely wrecked our new window; it is covered in render and scratched to bits. Moreover, within a day, the whole lot was starting to come down as he had rendered straight over old flaking paint!! He left the fallen render in bags all over our garden - our garden is absolutely wrecked! He did not apologise for this botch job, but made out that he had done us a favour by taking down the remainder of render that was not sticking, and even tried to charge us for doing this!!! When we explained we were not happy paying for rendering that ended up in bin bags rather than on the walls - Mr Case threatened to dump all the old building materials he had previously taken away back in our garden out of spite, although we had already paid for the removal of waste. He did not take away the remainder of the failed render, and left our front garden full of building waste and rubble. He did not answer our calls when we tried calling to resolve the situation, but indeed communicated these threats via text messages. The work was not resolved, neither did bristol builders try to put things right for us. They truly made our lives hell for months. We went on to hire a different builder to re do all the work and to fix the damages caused to our property, and he turned out to be absolutely fantastic. All is now fine, apart from the immense costs incurred and inconvenience caused for us by Mr Case. NEVER would we hire Bristol Builders again, and I'd advise anyone against doing so.

I cannot stress highly enough stay away from richard case, at first he comes across as nice and…read morefriendly and knows what he's doing however this is definitely not the case, he takes your money and runs. I asked him to lay my front garden from grass to brick, when they first started there was no respect for their surroundings and other peoples gardens as they left rubbish strewn everywhere, it took months June through to the following March /April to get any resemblance of a brick drive as he says he's coming to work on it but more often than not doesn't turn up, once it was actually completed and paid for £3250 it was found to have been laid wrong and had been left as a tripping / slipping hazard I had someone come to inspect it and was told the wrong mix of cement had been used, after another couple of months of Richard saying he was coming to correct it and then yet again not turning up, not answering the phone or answering messages he eventually sent some of his workers to take up the cement, they once again only appeared for 1 day didn't complete the task let alone correct the work and left never to be seen again, I have had to pay someone else more money to correct the work and take away the rubble I was left with. I am now waiting for the small claim court to take the relevant action as the paperwork has been filed, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE USE RICHARD CASE FOR ANYTHING .

My wife and I have known SD Home Improvements for over five years now and our experience has always…read morebeen one of excellence. A call to attend to a very minor issue dealt with within 48 hours of the request for a visit . As a building professional with over 50 years experience in the housing industry I have seldom seen such integrity. Fully recommended on the basis of our own experience.

Oakwood Building Services (Dan - left a mailshot a few weeks ago and I called them to arrange for…read morethem to give me a quote to fell one fir tree and seriously lop 3 others - 5pm today was the arranged time - and yes you have guessed it - I am still waiting and he is not answering calls/texts - if he did not want the work, he only had to say - now - I would rather struggle myself then put money in his pocket !! Shockingly bad !! NO address - just a mobile number - and have now found his details after searching for 30 minutes, under another name - Ashwood Home Improvements !!!!

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We ordered a fire surround in Bath stone. The result was excellent it has transformed the room…read more The job was completed on schedule and the fire surround was installed perfectly. All round a professional, high quality job.

Over charged nearly £200+VAT, only use if you want to be robbed…read more These guys came out to fix a backed up bathroom, got in contact via an emergency plumber agency. While they were very nice, polite, prompt and fixed the issue. I was overcharged over £200 because they doubled the call out fee, I was told 'one for the agency and another charge for their call out fee'. If they have ever told you this it's a lie, the call out fee is agreed before they come out. Dave charged nearly £600 for 20mins of work when the fee should have been around £360. When questioned after payment, we were told on the phone that 'over seas company's are stealing business' and that was they had to overcharge. So instead they steal money from customers? If you don't like the agency- don't work for them. I was repeatedly told 'I should have called them direct, it would have been cheaper'. I called many plumbers because it's Christmas and no one could come out. checked my phone records, turns out I had called them direct and they told me they couldn't come out. Dave is a man who will happily stare a young woman in the face and take an extra £200 for himself. The money was returned only after we had contacted trading standards and put in a visa dispute with the bank to hold the payment. He apparently called the agency to 'check the tapes' of what was agreed. Even though my partner spoke to HIM and the agency on the phone before he came out regarding the call out fee- where he tried to double the price originally. The ease in which he argued this makes me believe he does this all the time. Don't worry Dave, I didn't tell the agency you slipped me your card at the end for future jobs- like you asked. Merry Christmas.

On the morning of Monday 25th June 2018, I noticed that the pipe connecting my loo to the downpipe…read morehad sprung a leak and needed fixing quickly as it is the only loo in the house. I phoned DW plumbing to do the work, having seen their card in the foyer of Pyramids swimming pool that morning. Within half-an-hour, the plumber was on-site and within another half hour the faulty piece of piping had been replaced. This is excellent service, and I would recommend them to anyone. Dr. David Wakeling