I've used All Points Glass Bulleen on a couple of occasions. I've always found them to be very responsive, usually coming to quote on the job within a few hours. The quality of their work is very good. There appears to be a small degree of disarray and miscommunication behind the scenes but this hasn't materially impacted me as a customer but something you need to watch in dealing with them. Overall a good fast service at a reasonable price.

Based on the positive feedback on WOMOW we contacted Corkhills when our washing machine broke down. We've got two small kids and were in the midst of toilet training so you can imagine that our need was urgent. To our delight they came out to the house immediately. Whilst the machine was not repairable we were delighted with the level of service and objective advice that they provided. We've now got their fridge magnet on our fridge and will be ringing them straight away if we have any more appliance failures.

We held our wedding at Immerse in August 2010. We found them excellent to deal with and very flexible in making all the arrangements. There was none of the terms and conditions that we encountered with the other venues, just a genuine approach to working with us to put together the wedding and reception that we wanted. It was not just the big things but also the little things, like bring glasses of water out to us when we were having our photos done - nice touch. The chapel on the site is newly built after the previous one was burnt down in the Black Saturday bushfires. It has been beautifully architected and made a great venue for our wedding. But the single best thing about Immerse is the food. Simply fantastic. Go along for lunch one day and sample it for yourself. And none of this "alternate drop" limited menu - they provided our guests with genuine choice of a cutdown menu. Exactly what we wanted. All our guests commented afterwards about the venue and the food. Space for receptions is limited but so long as you have less than 100 guests you should be OK. We didn't have dancing so and if you want a dance floor then this might not be the venue for you. But for us it was perfect. Well done and thanks to the Immerse team.

We had Living Colours paint the interior of our newly acquired home, a 1940's solid brick home that had not had a thing done to it since it was built. At all times we found Living Colours to be professional and very easy to work with. As a bonus for us, their price included a colour consultant who worked with us to choose our colours. We had piece of mind with their guarantee that if the job was not to our liking they would redo it. No need for their guarantee though because the final result looks a million dollars. Whilst we found these guys to be somewhat more expensive than their competitors you get what you pay for and the quality of the preparation and workmanship was excellent. Couple that with the piece of mind that we had in going with them and it was worth every cent. We were working to a timeframe and they met the agreed dates without any problems. They also did a couple of "value add" things that we very much appreciated. If you can afford to pay a little more for your painting job then I can thoroughly recommend these guys.

Approximate cost: $11500

We were doing a renovation and had a sudden need to do some electrical work. We contacted JAE Electrics from an ad in the local paper. John was very responsive and flexible and arranged to come around and have a look at the job immediately. He arrived promptly and gave us a quote on-the-spot. We were having trouble working out how we could schedule the job in around the other tradesmen and he immediately offered to come and do the job on a Saturday so that our work schedule wasn't disrupted. While most of the job was straightforward there was one bit that involved him crawling under the house for some distance which he did without hesitation or complaint. Not only did we find him a capable tradesman but also a lovely guy to deal with - very personable and friendly. He will do all sorts of cabling work including electrical, data, telephone and TV.

Approximate cost: $1600

I contacted this company to see if they could do a reroof on an existing double garage. Greg was entirely up-front with me about the fact that they had two months worth of work on their plate. I really appreciated him being "up front" about this because there's nothing worse than being put back and put back when you originally thought the tradesman could do the job. That counts positively in my books.

We had three old gas heaters removed and a mixer tap in the kitchen replaced. David was prompt, professional, personable, reliable and tidy. He went about his work unobtrusively and tidied up after. He's a tradesman who genuinely enjoys what he does and values a quality job. He seems prepared to travel.

Approximate cost: $400