File photo dated 06/10/11 of a trainee bricklayer as incompetent tradesmen have cost UK homeowners an estimated ?1.9 billion over the last year - five times more than domestic burglary claims over the same period, a survey suggests. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday April 3, 2014. Almost one in five (17%) of the 18 million homeowners who have employed tradesmen in the last 12 months had to have at least part of the work redone at an average cost of ?600, the poll for the TrustMark tradesman scheme found. A quarter of those polled (26%) said they did not know where to find impartial information about tradesmen, with the same number saying they made a decision based on a recommendation from friends or family. See PA story CONSUMER Tradesmen. Photo credit should read: Ian Nicholson/PA Wire
%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Incompetent tradesmen have cost UK homeowners an estimated £1.9 billion over the last year - five times more than domestic burglary claims over the same period, a survey suggests.
Almost one in five (17%) of the 18 million homeowners who have employed tradesmen in the last 12 months had to have at least part of the work redone at an average cost of £600, the poll for the TrustMark tradesman scheme found.
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