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Finding reliable builders can be hard and stressful. Our team of creative, specialist tradesmen will make your job run smoothly. We're on a mission to change the way the trades market works. Rather than offering one service or another, we have combine our expertise to mank our clients' lives easy and carefree. Our goal is to fulfill our clients needs with the perfect service that suits their quality, needs, and budget.


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TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Took full deposit for construction work…

Took full deposit for construction work but did not do any work

Different Touch was engaged for a partial demolition and partial construction renovation in a residential flat. The main tasks were kitchen and bathroom replacement. The contract was to be completed within 6 weeks. I was not in London during the period of work.

After 8 weeks, the demolition had been 80% completed, although much of the rubble was not removed from the flat. At the threat of not continuing with any work, Different Touch coerced me into making a payment for the construction work, even though they refused to provide photographic evidence that the demolition was completed. After this second payment, virtually no work was done.

Different Touch began to invent excuses for why the work could not be started, seeking to blame me for any delays. All materials were on site and Different Touch had full access; there were no reasons why work could not proceed. It was apparaent that Different Touch had problems with reading and understanding plans and documents, and had virtually no project management skills.

At one stage, Different Touch were ordered by the estate managers to stop work because they were leaving rubbish in the common areas and disturbing residents. At another time, they were told to stop work because their actions caused water leaks in the flat below mine. As time went on, the works manager treated me with more and more disrespect, verbally abusing me, and refused to take any instructions or to provide information about the job. Again, I was not even in the country.

I returned to Londoin at the end of 2022 to find an uninhabitable flat full of dust and rubble, new fixtures and fittings strewn around the flat, some damaged, and piles of rubbish to be cleared filling every room. This was three weeks after the job was supposed to be fully completed.

I terminated their contract on the grounds of incompetence, theft, untrustworthiness and unwillingness to do the work they had been paid for. They are a nightmare to deal with.

So far, two momths after their contract was terminated, Different Touch has refused to refund any monies. They are con men and thieves.

2 December 2022
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Reply from Different Touch

FULL DEMOLITION COMPLETE ■
FIRST FIXING COMPLETE ■
INSTALTION OF KITCHEN & BARTHROOM NOT COMPLETE □
REMAINING BALANCE TO COMPLETE WORK £5,055

We exhausted our complaints procedure with Mr Ford and have been very much in communication with him. The facts of what happened at his property was he does not understand UK Regulations "Parts" in the building trade we have to follow Regulation guidelines to minimise any potential health and safety issues. We were happy to see this job through even with the difficult nature of Mr Ford disrespectful in tilted attitude. One of our major concerns was safeguarding issues with Mr Fords instructions as well as his persona and attitude, the men felt intimidated and continualy patronise by him. We have done everything legally and fair, Mr Ford beached our Terms & Conditions on many occasions and we still kept his job open. He did indeed cancel his job with us however it was for the reason we would not take Regulated instructions from him, Mr Ford never expressed concerns, complianed or suggested the quality of our work was unprofessional he paid the halfway fees as he was happy with what was taking place. We as a company have a strict policy in terms of materials being present at the job this is to eliminate any delays Mr Ford did not have the materials that were needed at stages of need. Mr Ford continually was asserting his authority over the process of the build assuring the men he has 40 years expirence. We made a new aagreement tailored specifically for Mr Ford that we as a company factored the work men and him into that he refused to sign because he felt that it was uunfair giving him less control or the work being done. From that point we could no longer come to a solution for work to commence as we take UK Regulations seriously. We hope that he finds the right tradesmen to complete the work in his property and that they follow the UK Regulations.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great team of skilled men

Great team of skilled men. They did some work at our office.
Split our large office into 4 separate rooms.
Installed extra plug sockets.
repaired 2 lights.
Built a seated shelter lean to for our smoking area.

Great guys we recommend.

8 February 2023
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Reply from Different Touch

Thanks guys glad you like hopefully see you for the next project.

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