The Conservatory
That reminded me of when I had blinds fitted to mine. The guys who fitted them told me about another new conservatory they had fitted blinds to. Within 18 months they were back to take them all down again. The owner of the house had reported the "builders" ( for want of a better term )of the thing to the trading standards people. They had made a total balls-up of laying the foundations, consequently the whole thing was twisting out of shape and the windows were literally falling out!
(Mackeson_drinker, Sun 13 Mar 2011, 0:05, 1 reply)

Crikey.
You would think that if you were a builder, even if you didn't have formal training, that you would go and find out how to do something.

Apparently not.
(Catomiagi is in with a chance, Sun 13 Mar 2011, 7:58, closed)

Not if not going and finding out is cheaper,
and if you're a bit of a crook.
( .Yeti., Sun 13 Mar 2011, 12:14, closed)

There was a chap "featured" on cowboy builders last week
Set up his own building firm after 20 years' experience as a forklift driver. Promptly got given £40k to build some family an extension which he plainly couldn't do (foundations out of line, walls not level etc).

I'm not sure who was the bigger idiot...
(WillI'mNot logs in twice a year, every year, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:29, closed)