This remains as true now as it was then. We are still struggling to find reliable tradespeople. The norm seems to be for tradespeople to take on many more jobs than they can do, make unrealistic promises (likely to many different people simultaneously), and just not turn up (more than) half the time. Many of our maintenance issues at CEEALAR (the EA Hotel) have been extensively prolonged because of this. To add to this we’ve had experiences of outright dishonesty and being left out of pocket paying for things that have never been delivered. Having community members with a shared common mission (EA) in these roles would help a lot with reliability.
Someone needs to start a website that is like Check-a-Trade, but where the tradespeople pay a deposit that they only get back if they show up, and payment for jobs is (part-)dependent on them being completed on time.
This remains as true now as it was then. We are still struggling to find reliable tradespeople. The norm seems to be for tradespeople to take on many more jobs than they can do, make unrealistic promises (likely to many different people simultaneously), and just not turn up (more than) half the time. Many of our maintenance issues at CEEALAR (the EA Hotel) have been extensively prolonged because of this. To add to this we’ve had experiences of outright dishonesty and being left out of pocket paying for things that have never been delivered. Having community members with a shared common mission (EA) in these roles would help a lot with reliability.
Someone needs to start a website that is like Check-a-Trade, but where the tradespeople pay a deposit that they only get back if they show up, and payment for jobs is (part-)dependent on them being completed on time.