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Reference Check Questions - Questions to ask your builderOK, everyone knows they should ask a builder for references if the building work you are having done is substantial. Anyone having an extension built for example, would be asking for trouble if they did not first ask for and then verify at least 2 of the builders previous jobs. When you ask a builder for a reference you are not asking
him to go back to his last 3 customers for a letter of
reference. All you want is the names and addresses of his
last 3 jobs so that you can check reference questions
yourself. In other words you decide what to ask instead of
just being given a letter that doesn't cover what's
important to you. When you ask a builder for references of his last 3 jobs
always try to visit at least one of them rather than just
telephone, just to verify their is a new garage or extension
at the home. He could, after all, simply give you the names
and phone numbers of 3 cousins who have never had any work
done but are primed to give glowing references for the cost
of a few pints from the builder. |