Businesses in South West England

Guides to choosing and paying a trader, anywhere in the UK

• How to choose a tradesperson in the UK

  The checks that actually reduce risk when hiring a trade: verifying registration, comparing quotes properly, your cancellation rights, and what to do when it goes wrong.

• What a trader must give you in writing before work starts in your home

  The information a trader is legally required to hand you before you are bound by a contract agreed in your home, and what it means if they never do.

• Quote or estimate? What the difference means when the bill arrives

  A quote you accept becomes a term of the contract; an estimate can move. What the Consumer Rights Act 2015 says you owe when the final bill is higher than expected.