{"id":25324,"date":"2021-09-08T16:28:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T16:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/?p=25324"},"modified":"2021-09-20T17:07:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T17:07:40","slug":"how-to-find-a-tradesman-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/how-to-find-a-tradesman-online\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find a Tradesman Online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding someone to repair that burst pipe or paint your old and dilapidated fence is easier now than ever before. With a quick Google search, you&#8217;ll find thousands of tradespeople, all vying for your work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not all tradesmen are made equal, however, and while there are dozens of directories to make finding a tradesperson easier, you&#8217;ll need to do your own digging to judge their quality. We&#8217;ve compiled a list of the best directories and websites to use when looking to hire a professional tradesman, as well as what you can do to find out if they&#8217;re the one.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Google My Business (GMB)<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you Google a trade service, often you&#8217;ll see a box with a map of your local area and three business names listed underneath. This is Google&#8217;s map pack and shows you a few local businesses listed on Google My Business (GMB). You&#8217;ll also find these businesses, plus more on Google Maps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GMB allows businesses as well as users with a Google account to post photos, questions and answers, special deals, business hours and more here. You&#8217;ll also see an average star rating for the business, as well as individual reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take a scroll through their recent reviews and assess whether or not you think this tradesperson would provide a reputable, quality service. If the same problem seems to occur in their low rated reviews, there&#8217;s a chance it&#8217;ll happen to you too.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Yellow Pages<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back in the day when you needed a tradesperson, you&#8217;d probably pick up your trusty Yellow Pages and thumb through to the appropriate section. While you can still get the physical books,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yellowpages.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yellow Pages<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has transitioned online too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simply search for a tradesperson in your area and up will come a list of relevant businesses. Skim through their reviews and the information the business has put up online and you&#8217;ll get a pretty good gauge whether or not they&#8217;re the one to get the job done.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Houzz<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While it might be known more for its interior design marketplace, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houzz.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houzz<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also home to all kinds of home improvement services. Just like the above two, you can find information supplied by the tradesperson themselves, as well as ratings and reviews posted by their customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Yelp<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking for a local professional to get the job done? Yelp allows you to search for the service you&#8217;re after in the area you live in and will bring up a list of potential businesses and rank them based on their star rating.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span>Metropolitan Plumbing\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you&#8217;re after a professional plumber or perhaps someone to just help out cleaning around the house,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/metropolitanplumbing.com.au\/\"><span>Metropolitan Plumbing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0has everything you need. Home to qualified tradespeople and just your regular joe-blows,\u00a0<span>Metropolitan Plumbing<\/span> gives badges to those with specialised qualifications so you know who you&#8217;re hiring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;ll also find ratings for the tradesperson, as well as their job completion success rate. So you can trust that a person with a high success rate and good reviews is likely to be reliable.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Thumbtack<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking for quotes right off the bat? On Thumbtack, you post a description of the job you need to be done and tradespeople come back with custom quotes. The more information you can provide, the better the quotes you receive will be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll find customer reviews here too, so you can pick whoever you think will provide the best service, not necessarily just the cheapest. Once you\u2019ve received as many quotes as you think is enough, you can remove your job ad and start going about selecting the right tradesperson.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Facebook<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What better way to hire a reliable tradesperson than by simply asking those who live in your area. Join a Facebook group for your suburb and simply make a post asking for local tradesperson recommendations!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a tradesperson to be recommended directly by another person speaks volumes about the quality of their service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alternatively, you can search up the trade you&#8217;re looking for in Facebook&#8217;s search feature and local trade businesses will show up in your search results. See what they&#8217;re posting on their page as well as what reviews people have left for them here.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What to Look for in a Reliable Tradesman<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25325 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-08-at-17.25.58.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"366\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hiring a tradesperson online can be a bit daunting. There are several things you can do to ensure the person you&#8217;re hiring is high quality and skilled for the job you need to be done:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check reviews across multiple review sites.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look at their social media.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do a general Google search for the business name and see if anything noteworthy comes up.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search for their license numbers, or request them if they&#8217;re not readily available.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arrange for an on-site inspection &#8211; this will give you a good impression of their skills and also provide a more accurate quote.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask what insurance they have, if any.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all this information, you&#8217;re set to find the best tradesperson to get your task done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Ref number: THSI-2399<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding someone to repair that burst pipe or paint your old and dilapidated fence is easier now than ever before. 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