In a word, AVOID!
I wish I'd checked the reviews on here before we called Nick out when we managed to puncture a central heating pipe, but we'd already been strung along by another Emergency Plumber for over six hours, and were pretty desperate. To be fair, he arrived within 10 minutes of his estimated ETA on a Friday evening, but that's about the only positive thing I can say about him and his work. Having "fixed" the original issue, he offered to return in a few days to check the repair (as it was obviously still wet) and re-plaster the wall.
We were presented with a bill for £564 (including £180 for bleeding six upstairs radiators!), which when queried, we were told included the return visit. Extortionate, but we paid it, believing that the work was done, and he would be as good as his word regarding the follow-up visit.
His "repair" has been leaking for 10 days, and he has defied repeated attempts to get him to return to fix his shoddy work, including the classic: "I forgot, sorry. I'll be with you tomorrow between 08:00-10:00". Suffice to say he did not return. He has been rude on the phone, and his emails (he only bothered to respond after we requested a partial refund) have been evasive, and full of inaccuracies.
We've now had another Plumber out to fix Nick's work. He charged us £120, and his repair has actually worked, helped by using a correctly sized joint - he was scathing about Nick's workmanship and his charges. He left muttering darkly about "Cowboys ruining decent Plumbers' reputations". Enough said, really...
I wouldn't trust Nick any further than I can spit. AVOID! read more