If you were looking for a Tradesman / Gardener, where would you look?

If you were looking for a Tradesman / Gardener, where would you look?

  • Google

    Votes: 8 21.6%

  • truelocal.com.au

    Votes: 2 5.4%

  • Yellow Pages

    Votes: 2 5.4%

  • Local Paper

    Votes: 21 56.8%

  • Community boards

    Votes: 3 8.1%

  • other...........................

    Votes: 12 32.4%
  • Total voters
    37
T

The Fence

Being a tradesman/gardener myself....when I go looking for a tradie I go local word of mouth. If you don't know anyone who knows a good tradie, then get quotes but ask the tradie if they are prepared to show you their recent work and also talk with their customer.

If a tradie resents this approach then brush 'em....as they have something to hide I'm afraid.

Work that stacks up with good service and decent pricing for what you get is always going to be your best bet rather than price alone....;)
 
Peter 14.7

Peter 14.7

I agree with Thorpy. Local community paper and recomendations is where i got mine. Another I got. I did not get recomendations and it feel to crap. First one has renovated a historic home for me very nice and very reasonable rate!

I can recomend mine as he does work in Melb if you want to PM me.

Peter
 
chrispy

chrispy

I got mine by recommendation. I asked around and checked the local paper but made sure I had recommendations before I hired.

Its worked fine.

Chris
 
S

Strannik

there is a website which allows them to bid for your job
used it once to find a person to clean up the yard in investment property, he did an ok job and wasn't too expensive
 
T

The Fence

Propertunity said:
At a guess I'd say Gordon is asking so he can direct his advertisng $ better (he's planning on being the Tradesman / Gardener).
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...and the way I've done my advertising all along with at the most a small ad in the local rag (for what it's worth) but 99% of my work comes advertising $ free....

Good luck Gordon....;)
 
B

battler

Am I missing something here or does this percentage poll add up to more than 100%?




View Poll Results: If you were looking for a Tradesman / Gardener, where would you look?
Google 1 7.14%
truelocal.com.au 0 0%
Yellow Pages 1 7.14%
Local Paper 9 64.29%
Community boards 2 14.29%
other.........................4 28.57%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 14.
 
lizzie

lizzie

word of mouth ... either from my property manager, as dud's won't stay employed by them very long, or from someone in the network who has had similar work done.

i loathe looking in the yellowpages as so hard to pick and judge from the mass lineup.
 
skater

skater

If it is something that we can't do ourselves or can't be bothered to do, then I will ask the local property manager for a referal. They get so much work done from their tradies, they know the good & bad.
 
G

goonandtell

In order

Referal - especially if the two trades will work together e.g. sparky and plaster so cords don't go missing in the bloody wall.
True Local - tied in with leader newspaper i think so probably not a bad idea.
Yellow Pages
Service central - never gotten a response but i often put a quote request up there because it takes no time.
 
quoll

quoll

Often I will pick up business cards from other local places that I frequent, the discount dirt/sand/metal/mulch place always has cards.

The other option is phoning people I know or have used in the past and asking if they can recommend someone.

Voted for local paper. I figure if they went to the effort/cost to place an ad then I have a better chance of getting them to show up and at least quote on the job.

Cheers
Graeme
 
JamesGG

JamesGG

I'll usually ask my property managers; they tend to have a good idea of who is worth using, and who isn't. That's worked nicely so far. I wouldn't ever just pick a random off the net or out of the phone book (wait; who actually uses a phone book anymore??) without talking to someone who has used them first.

That said, most PM's will already have their favourites well established into their speed dial. It could take a little hard work and a little good luck to crack into the system.

In terms of building referrals from your customers, one of my business mentors used to tell me to use a three-step process;

1. Do a brilliant job for them,
2. Tell them that you did a brilliant job for them, then,
3. Tell them to tell all their friends that you did a brilliant job.
 
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