How I got my new Bathroom
Yesterday I decided to finally find a bathroom filler so I could get the upstairs loo finished once and for all. My daughter keeps telling me to “Google” things so I thought I would give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised to find a website called Big Builders Bum where there are a number of bathroom fitters in Newcastle.
What a refreshing website, so clean and easy to use, the premise of this site is that people who employ tradesman listed there then go back and write a review for other users to read. So in essence you get genuine independent reviews of the tradesman’s work.
Well, armed with a cup of strong coffee I decided to “post a job” on the site and to my delight I actually found the whole process fun, which is a first for me, usually anything I do over the internet stresses me out. This site however made everything so simple and secure it was a pleasure to be on there.
Now that I have posted my job the site will notify all the bathroom fitters in Newcastle who then send me quotes via the internal emailing system. I can then read the reviews on previous work done by the tradesmen on their profile pages. So I do not have to give my contact details out to every bathroom fitter in the area, I can just wait for notification from Big Builders Bum of quotes that come in and converse with them in my own time through a secure system.
Once I have chosen which tradesman I want to do the work I simply close the job on the site so I don’t get any further quotes in and then go back and write a review on the work for other people to see.
I think this is a fabulous idea for a website and this one is so open and honest. Its very well laid out and there is a help centre in case you get stuck on something. The logo is so funny too, I think most other sites could learn a thing or two from this one. It really installs confidence in its service but keeps a light hearted feel to the process.
Did I mention that its free to post a job on there. The only charge they have is a monthly membership fee of £10 to the tradesman. Which I think is very good, that has to be cheaper than advertising most anywhere else. I am so impressed with the site I even added it to my favourites!