Are you considering hiring a NFB Builder Essex for your house-extension? For that wall you want to knock through or en-suite you?ve always wanted? But concerned about choosing a rip-off merchant? Or getting shoddy work done by a cowboy builder?
It?s certainly understandable . Like most people, you are probably looking for a quality job by a quality builder at a reasonable price. But how do you know you?ll get this?
This is not helped by the media coverage - nightmare scenarios abound: Essential beams found missing from ceilings (after it?s collapsed), balconies giving way during family reunion photo-sessions, and cracker-box exteriors falling apart in sudden gusts of wind.
To avoid these nightmares becoming your reality, you need to do some research .
After asking friends and family for recommendations and coming up with a shortlist of builders, you should contact these builders and verify their qualifications . As well as the normal vocational qualifications (or alternatively, an apprenticeship with a reputable construction company), you must look out for their registration with the National Federation of Builders (NFB). This is the construction industry?s leading trade association. And it is the key to finding a good builder - the one must-have thing mentioned in the title of this article! A builder has credibility when registered with the NFB - it tells you that they take their job seriously and that they?ve undergone a range of checks, validating their reputation.
Another bonus to being NFB registered, is that builders have access to a ?Buildsure?. This is a scheme that provides four years of cover on construction projects up to
