RECESSION IS OVER ? SPECIAL
The building industry in Ireland was scuppered, its ok now but still its your opportunity......
Why hire the others when you can have OldBuilders at the same rates
From our perspective even though business is fine now, what we want, and what we want for our team of men, is to make modest living, not a fortune and get to work on special old buildings like yours.
Because of our track record, you might think that our tradesmen are going
to be more expensive than less experienced men, but this is not true, in
these recessionary times we can be had for the same rates as any other
competitive contractor. It is an unfortunate perception, especially
in these difficult times, but is just not the case, our team of men can be
had for the going rates charged by most builders and often less. What can
cost more is the type of works, the specifications, methodology and
materials that is typically used in good conservation work, the point
being is that we don't cost more, the work costs more, i.e. the extra
costs go into the building Not into our pockets. So if you choose to do
some works to conservation standards and other works in basic modern
standards we can do the basic standard works as well as the next man and
it won't cost any more.
Obviously it is up to you to decide what kind of works you want done,
budgets are a reality, you must fit your works to your budget, compromises
are often necessary to achieve this, its better to have lime walls and
upvc windows than no house at all, we can help you make the right kind of
compromises, we can tell you what's important and what's not so you can
weigh up the issues.
Our team is very experienced at conservation work, we are highly skilled
in our trades and we know exactly what should be done and how it should be
done, we�re not guessing or experimenting with your house. We did not
spend the 10 years of the Celtic tiger working on housing schemes and
bungalows, we worked on old and historic buildings as we have done for 40
years, we know what we are at. You can go hire a regular builder, he may
be a fine tradesman and good decent man, but will he understand this type
of work? Virtually everything done on old stone building is or should be
done differently, will he know this or will he be just giving it a lash? A
well known conservation engineer once said of a contractor following
conservation specifications, but does he believe in it, the point being if
the builder doesn't really believe in the methodology because he thinks
there's nothing wrong with cement for example, is he going to do it
right?, or say 'oh, that will do', as he throws a pile of cement over your
beautiful stone building.
Our team of men are exceptionally skilled tradesmen and the quality of our work is well known. I am a specialist in restoration and conservation; I have been in this business for over 30 years. We have many satisfied clients and can provide excellent references.
During this recession, although we are quite lucky in that we are still
working, we have gone from a waiting list of a year, and 15 men, to
working month-to-month and 4 men. As a result during this downturn we are
quite prepared to work with you on a very basic rate: we don't need to
make a fortune, just a living.
If your not planning on hiring a contractor and doing the job yourself,
or some of the work yourself, you still need to get it right, so consider
our advisory service
consultancy
Look forward to hearing from you.