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Has anyone else struggled just to get the simplest fucking thing done with their home or is it just me?
Since I bought a house, I have been charged above the odds, wasted time getting quotes from people who then disappeared, never known how much things are supposed to cost. I was fully willing to pay someone to get stuff done but DIYed so much just because dealing with trades is so fucking stressful.
Does anyone else wish there was an app like Uber where you just put in your simple fucking job (e.g. add a socket, here are the photos), given a typical price which gets locked in, tradesperson agrees to do it, and you directly pay the app company who deal with the tradesperson. I mean taxis used to feel like signing a deal with the devil before Uber...
There are occasional great tradespeople who I have stuck with e.g. my roofer who is honest and fantastic if I ever have a storm that takes off a tile. But I am sure there are frustrated tradespeople who lose out on a lot of work because people like me decide it is less faff just to do it myself after the stress of trying to get someone who isn't going to try to rip me off/play me for a fool.