Can you recommend someone? The dreaded question.

How many times does it happen? A neighbour, friend or family member, even a work colleague, will ask you "do you know anyone that could?" or ask you to recommend someone.

Unless you've had a similar home improvement done (and even then, you may not want to recommend that particular company), it can be very difficult to be help. You want to be helpful but either you don't know anyone or you're unwilling to put your 'neck on the line' by recommending someone.

For you, and your acquaintances, help is at hand.

The Home Improvement Quotes service works in 3 ways:

1) Homeowners can get an instant online quote, without ever having to call a company or suffer an pushy unknown company rep' in their home.

2) After using our free online quoting service, homeowners can discuss their project with us, completely impartially, over the phone.

3) If they're thinking of going ahead with the improvement and would like actual written quotes, based on a survey of their home and requirements, we can then put them in touch with the best 3 companies in their area, based on quality and price.

And if they want to read what other local homeowners thought about the companies we were able to put them in touch with, then they can review that written feedback first-hand, before inviting any of the companies into their homes.

This article first appeared in our weekly homeowner newsletter dated 24th October 2011. Click here to read the full newsletter.

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