I dont know what Im doing wrong and was curious to know your thoughts on this.
Ive been doing up a flat, on my own, for the last three years and have on numerous occasions asked different trades to come and quote on jobs for me. In general the jobs are approx around the £1K mark. Most of the time I don't get any quotes back, and the trades dont return my calls.
I have finally found a good plasterer, electrician and plumber, who seem more then happy to come back to do other jobs and we alway get on well. Im now in the process of trying to find a good joiner/carpenter and have hit the same problem again. Had two seperate people come in and shown alot of interest in the job but now radio silence. They promised quotes in two weeks, I gave them three. Ive sent each a gentle text and then after a couple of days left phone messages. I have been polite, accomodating and they can see by the ongoing work in my flat that Im not a time waster. So the question is what am I doing wrong.
As this is an on going pattern I think there must be a secret that I just dont know and Im at my wits end. Have any of you got any clues?
Ive been doing up a flat, on my own, for the last three years and have on numerous occasions asked different trades to come and quote on jobs for me. In general the jobs are approx around the £1K mark. Most of the time I don't get any quotes back, and the trades dont return my calls.
I have finally found a good plasterer, electrician and plumber, who seem more then happy to come back to do other jobs and we alway get on well. Im now in the process of trying to find a good joiner/carpenter and have hit the same problem again. Had two seperate people come in and shown alot of interest in the job but now radio silence. They promised quotes in two weeks, I gave them three. Ive sent each a gentle text and then after a couple of days left phone messages. I have been polite, accomodating and they can see by the ongoing work in my flat that Im not a time waster. So the question is what am I doing wrong.
As this is an on going pattern I think there must be a secret that I just dont know and Im at my wits end. Have any of you got any clues?