A return to obscurity beckons
A fucking tiler whoâs been promising to drop out âtomorrowâ every day for the last week. Today he was going to be âout in an hourâ but then I got a text that his âvan had broken downâ his wife âhad put petrol instead of dieselâ in it. This seems to be the way the trades have gone in the last few years. They either wonât take the call or they string you along like this. Fewer and fewer decent lads involved.
They hold off the small job for as long as they can in case a bigger job comes along . No decency anymore , all about where most money is
@backinatracksuit is at nothing for the summer. Heâll come up and do it the weekend of the All Ireland
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We had a fella out painting the inside of our house about three years ago. He came recommended. I would have done it myself but I didnât have the time.
I thought a grand fella. Chatted away, no bullshit and did a good job. There was a couple of doors left to paint before the Christmas break. We paid him so that heâd have a few bob over the period.
After Christmas then - complete silence. Tried numerous times to contact him and nothing. He had used his own ceiling paint so maybe he thought that equated to the cost of painting the doors but at least get back to us.
All trades folk are liable to go off the grid I find. Itâs the nature of how it works. Luckily since then we have good stories to tell but that doesnât mean that it wonât happen again.
Ye should try building a house.
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Itâs a solid disgrace what the people of galway are doing to youâŚ
To my pal.
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In about 6 weeks heâs going to be sleeping on a mattress on the floor at his parents along with his first year student son, and his daughter in the spare bedroom.
Someone should call amnesty international.
He paid electric and water connection fees 6 months ago, and still no connection from either.
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Wtf?
And lads complaining about a door.
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Thatâs unfair - it was a disaster.
The colour scheme in the living room didnât match. Luckily the 55 inch TV was a similar colour to get away with it.
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Did you do direct labour or use a contractor?
My pal* is building at the minute. Got the local plasterer whoâd be a friend of the family in to do the job. Support local and all that. To keep costs down he agreed to tend to him and took a week off work to do so. Plasterer never showed for the week. Weather was too good so he did some outside plastering elsewhere and my mate at home down a weeks holidays and nothing done 
*Actual Pal, Iâm far too fond of my sanity to build a house
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He actually turned up this morning 
with a labourer.
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Youâd have to wonder which poster it is here
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I was thinking the same 
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I am having similar issues trying to get a carpenter for a bit of work.
We had one fella, again the usual higher recommended nonsense. Called around and priced the job. The wife gave him âŹ200 for some materials and he was to be back the following day (Tuesday)to start.
Tuesday comes and no sign of him at all. No answer to the phone or anything. Same with Wednesday.
She gets in touch with her friend who recommended this fella and he tracks him down to a pub and he in tatters inside in it.
He claimed the reason he hadnât turned up was it was raining and he didnât want to get our kitchen floor wet 
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Anyway thankfully the other lad got our money back off him the following day.
We had a fella lined up for June but we are still waiting on him to show.
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Did you make him a cup of tea with a Kit Kat?