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Option 2. (a)
Do some of the work yourself. It has all the disadvantages of 2. but will take longer and ruin your evenings.
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Have you looked on my builder?
Or.
Do
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I think you need to find a one man band... or two/three person band.
IMO - Large reputable high street chains will be hiring sub contractors, who will see the large high street chain as a cash cow so price high, do the job slowly, and not worry as much about finish because it's not their name on the line.
Hiring separate people will result in no one taking ownership/responsibility for the project as a whole and could result in problems like people finishing one bit only for another person to come in and say they need access to whatever is under/behind the just finished bit.
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My sister's dickhead partner is a bathroom guy, he gets all his work from a posh high street bathroom showroom in Fulham... He made the guy that gives him all his work joint godfather of his first kid... A bit medieval but he does get him hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of work...
I'm not giving you his number...
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we're planning on getting a new bathroom because the current one is shit. we've had a quote from a reputable high street bathroom purveyor and installer and it's a bit arse clenchy to say the least. With that in mind, we've done some asking about to see how much it would cost to source the materials and hire separate people (tiler / builder / plumber etc.) to do the installation, and whadya know - it costs pretty much the same with the added ballache of a) having to source and vet buildery sorts to come in and do the graft b) having to stage manage these fuckers so their respective contributions line up with one another c) having to admin three / four separate works guarantees as well as separate materials warranties.
Is there a third option we should be considering before we pull the trigger?