A.J Hall Builder in Blackpool
A.J Hall Builder
I was tempted to employ Mr Hall by a quote that was considerably lower than the others that I had received. He ground out and repointed the front and side of my semi-detached house in January 2014. Whilst his work on the upper brick courses was satisfactory, the lower brick courses were repointed to a very poor standard. There was a great deal of mortar staining to the bricks, there were some small gaps in places where the mortar had not been replaced and some of the bricks that had been replaced were not straight. Some bricks that should have been replaced were not replaced. Despite his many and repeated promises over the last 12 months to come back and improve his work, he has failed to do so. I will now have to employ somebody else to put things right.
Employ Mr Hall if you want a cheap job but not if you care about how it looks afterwards!
I recently employed Mr Hall to carry out remedial work on my Chimney stack, this was done and from this I then employed him to repoint the front and gable end of my home. Mr Hall was half way through this when he fell ill and subsequently so did his mother. I kept in touch weekly for an update on when he felt he would be back and of course to ask how he and his mother where. After 3 weeks I asked again when he would be back and he said he would see how the week went, on the Thursday I messaged him again asking when he would be back and informed him that myself and wife where losing a little patience with this and would expect to see him back the following week to finish the work. As we had paid him up front. Which as a consumer is well within my rights, I was then informed I was not speak to a tradesman like that. I the left him a voice mail to inform him that as a customer and consumer having paid in full I was within my rights. He then said he would not be coming back and offered to refund some monies, which is insufficient as he has only completed half the work. Couple this with the quotes I have now received and issues pointed out with his work from all of the professionals who have looked has forced me to take this to court. Finally see below; Terrible workmanship. Terrible time keeping. Terrible attitude. Left the garden in a dangerous state for our dogs inc rotting food, saw blades and medication lying about. Piles of disused plastic work and cast iron guttering, empty COSHH containers lying around, super glue, aerosols, sealant. Tacks and screws strewn everywhere. This for an apparent tradesman is utterly unprofessional. Slagged off other tradesmen who have obviously had to put his work right. Claims there is a vendetta against him because other people are jealous. Avoid at all costs. Then reading on here and other sites reviews and how others who quite clearly have been asked by Mr Hall to post scathing attacks on people just goes to show that this man is a complete CON artist. Trading standards will be contacted to oust this man!
Terrible workmanship. Terrible time keeping. Terrible attitude. Refused to finish the job (after we had paid him) because we said we were losing patience after 3 weeks of him not turning up. Left the garden in a dangerous state for our dogs inc rotten food, saw blades and medication lying about. Slagged off other tradesmen who have obviously had to put his work right. Claims there is a vendetta against him because other people are jealous. Spent most of his time on the phone. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
