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Signs the Celtic Tiger is on the way back......#453

  • 20-10-2014 11:34am
    #1
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭


    Small building job.....

    The story so far.....first builder quoted, accepted, agreed a starting date then didn't show. No answer on mobile despite repeated calls.

    Second builder......visited, measured......never submitted an estimate

    Third builder......visited, measured, quoted, is starting next week.....and has been starting the job next week for the last five weeks!

    Fourth builder......quoted then phoned to apologise.......no brickies available.

    Fifth builder......'too small a job' for him apparently.

    Big change from last year when we were getting flyers in the door every other day of the week.


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  • #2
    jamesbere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    Maybe they don't like you


  • #3
    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭Kevin McCloud


    4x4s outside the pub with no towing hitch.


  • #4
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Do you live at 25 Cromwell Street?


  • #5
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    How small is the job?


  • #6
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    How small is the job?

    Too small.


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  • #7
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Not a builder, but I know that usually when someone claims to have a 'small' or a 'handy' job it will be something that awkward or potentially full of hassle that you'd be better off paying the customer not to ask you for a quote.


  • #8
    buck65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭buck65


    Are you Wayne Dundon?


  • #9
    mikehunts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 371 ✭✭mikehunts


    buck65 wrote: »
    Are you Wayne Dundon?


    What is he looking for? an en suite in his cell.


  • #10
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    fleet_admiral wrote: »
    Do you live at 25 Cromwell Street?

    No, but I get my topsoil from there.
    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    How small is the job?

    Take down and rebuild a wall (about 15m in length)


  • #11
    mikehunts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 371 ✭✭mikehunts


    buck65 wrote: »
    Are you Wayne Dundon?
    Jawgap wrote: »

    Take down and rebuild a wall (about 15m in length)



    I think you might be right.


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  • #12
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Jawgap wrote: »
    No, but I get my topsoil from there.



    Take down and rebuild a wall (about 15m in length)

    What's the catch?


  • #13
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    What's the catch?

    I don't know that there is one.

    A few weeks ago one of our trees got a bit tired and tried to lie down!!

    It took out a good portion of part of a wall at the end of the garden.

    The tree has been chopped up and is being seasoned for firewood......a good chunk of the wall has gone away in the skip........all that's needed is for the rest of the wall to be removed and a new one built.

    The only 'catch' I can think of is that I'd like it done in brick instead of blocks.


  • #14
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Just put up a white picket fence.


  • #15
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Jawgap wrote: »
    No, but I get my topsoil from there.
    I wouldnt, its very boney soil


  • #16
    chprt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 573 ✭✭✭chprt


    where are you based, my mates a brickie and mad for work.

    www.onlinemathsgrinds.ie



  • #17
    stoneill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭stoneill


    fleet_admiral wrote: »
    Do you live at 25 Cromwell Street?

    I got some rubbish bags from there - they were useless, the arse kept falling out of them.


  • #18
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Jawgap wrote: »
    I don't know that there is one.

    A few weeks ago one of our trees got a bit tired and tried to lie down!!

    It took out a good portion of part of a wall at the end of the garden.

    The tree has been chopped up and is being seasoned for firewood......a good chunk of the wall has gone away in the skip........all that's needed is for the rest of the wall to be removed and a new one built.

    The only 'catch' I can think of is that I'd like it done in brick instead of blocks.
    There was a time when it was hard to get actual bricklayers here, as opposed to block layers, not sure it's the same now though.

    There's always a catch though.

    Do you want two dozen porches on it?
    Is it on a steep gradient?
    Is it backing onto the lion enclosure in Dublin zoo?


  • #19
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    stoneill wrote: »
    I got some rubbish bags from there - they were useless, the arse kept falling out of them.
    Yeah I knew a builder who tried to fix a wall there but there was a belly in it


  • #20
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    chprt wrote: »
    where are you based, my mates a brickie and mad for work.

    Just outside Drogheda.....

    PM me if you think your mate might be interested. We've another guy coming to look today.
    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    There was a time when it was hard to get actual bricklayers here, as opposed to block layers, not sure it's the same now though.

    There's always a catch though.

    Do you want two dozen porches on it?
    Is it on a steep gradient?
    Is it backing onto the lion enclosure in Dublin zoo?

    I'm not sure there is - someone managed to build a wall there before and I'm just looking to get it reinstated.

    There is a slight fall in the ground but nothing severe.


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