Don't you just love them - I spent a lot of yesterday phoning around local landscaping and drive building companies, several of whom have put fliers through my letter box. I had an appointment for 10am with one company this morning and they still haven't appeared. I have 2 more companies coming around this afternoon and it will be interesting to see what will happen if they all turn up together at 4:30/5pm to look at my garden in the dark!
It's very inconvenient having to wait in all morning for somebody who may not even turn up when I have other things to do. All the companies took my mobile and landline phone numbers, you would think they would have the decency to phone and say they might be a bit late & would I mind? I'm not going to go chasing them. Maybe they have too much work already (lucky people!) and couldn't care less, but they should have said so on the phone.

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I know the feeling, here in Italy its always the case, try building a house!

I think many people forget who is the customer and that being on time and keeping to your word make all the difference especially on first impressions

I have found a builder who is to his word and is always on time for everything and for that reason he has people queuing for him to do the work. RRS TDV8 HSE 2007- JAVA Black/Black interior,
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Hey.. not all small companies are like that!

then go make his garden....

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Kam I know how good MHC are m8, and there are many many excellent small businesses out there, but there are even more bad ones than good unfortunately. BTW I've just had a call from company 3 that I contacted who asks would I mind if they come earlier than their original appointment as it will still be daylight, they were supposed to be here at 4pm, I said sure but be aware that I have somebody else coming at 3pm and I hope your paths (excuse the pun) don't cross - they will be here in 20 minutes now - obviously keen to do business and see the site in daylight even though it is peeing down with rain here! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Save the hassle, make it an off-road playground

It is already - that's why I want some landscaping done and the drive widened!

Here it is - not exactly an offroad playground but I can honestly say my RRS and Def go offroading every night!
It's starting to p s off the neighbours because mud goes onto the courtyard whenever it rains

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It's not just small business........look at the likes of British Gas. They NEVER turn up on time....

We're having a stone fireplace put in so I called 2 local companies. The first turned up an hour late stayed for 20 minutes and said they'd send a quote....never heard from them again. The second was bang on time, spent as much time as we needed to make an informed choice about design, height etc then went away and drew up proper professional plans with fixed costs and lots of possible options also costed.

It makes a wonderful change to deal with a professional local company who have todate been just as good after they've got the business as they were before!

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Is there any of the forum members who do this sort of this,

I know some do driveways over on Disco3, from reading thread regarding driveway stamping, but what area they are in i don't know

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I know some do driveways over on Disco3,

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I don't want a "stamped" concrete drive or a tarred one thank you - I want similar or better and wider than I already have and that can withstand the weight of 2 Land Rovers parked on it, which with all due respect the present one has done for the last 15 years with only slight sinkage of the slabs (coz it was laid properly on decent hardcore that was rolled rock hard before the slabs were laid in the first place). If they arrive in a D3 I'll know they must be charging too much straight off if they can afford to run one of them instead of a Ford Transit or an old Land Rover Defender!

BTW Company 3 arrived when they said (2 hours early but on a rescheduled visit!) Pleasant guy in a Defender 90 2.4td HT (full marks for that, he could be in the running just for that alone!) Brought a heap of stone, granite sets and slab samples with him and because I emailed him the same photos as above he only needed to do a bit of measuring and he's gone away to draw something up and will be back with a plan & quote on Thursday afternoon. C2 hasn't shown either even though they had an appointment for 3pm.............................. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW