%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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