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So, if I hire a tradie to do a job for me, and I am not a construction industry professional, I should not complain if my tradie turns out to be shoddy. We had a case last week where I sent off accurate mud-maps to four plasterers to quote a job. At the time, the house wasn't settled and so we...

For our PPOR bathroom, we got in a plumber recommended through a real estate agency. He was impressive and his quote was $4K. We got another plumber recommended from a builder we used on a reno and this plumber said "ballpark $2K". He was happy to give me a more detailed quote but I said I was...

LOL. I've been "building" for over 30 years, but this is our son's first purchase and at $650 per week repayments to sit twiddling his thumbs, it just isn't going to happen. He needs a tradie that will do the job when he promises. We'll probably resheet bathroom and kitchen ourselves so that...

I found a great concreter via hipages, and have just negotiated a plastering job. However, with everything else lined up, we got the cheapest quote chap around for a full measure. This was tricky as the house doesn't settle until tomorrow, so getting quotes meant vendor allowing us in. My...