In the digital era 3rd party platforms
like Service Seeking and other similar sites are a sound concept, however it's let down by rorting and incompetence from both sides, tradies and the platforms themselves. My experience as a user is that of finding most handyman/builders not willing to provide an upfront quote by text, even unwilling to provide a resume marketing snapshot of their business backgrounds, and only supplying their business name and contact details which l can source on white or yellow pages online. Moreover for a simple job installing window roller blinds their asking me for photos and info on the blinds,windows and wall materials which tells me that they can't be very competent or experienced at the task their applying for. Lastly their quotes once you do get it out of them seems quite pricey with one rorting cowboy builder quoting me $330 to install 2 blinds. I think l'll be sticking with Gumtree where l received a $60 an hour quote for the same job from a local to me handyman business. I reckon genuine tradies should be sticking to them as well.