{"id":550,"date":"2007-03-29T07:30:25","date_gmt":"2007-03-29T07:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/other\/web-sites\/problemsolvedcouk-sorts-the-men-from-the-cowboys"},"modified":"2007-03-27T09:24:12","modified_gmt":"2007-03-27T09:24:12","slug":"problemsolvedcouk-sorts-the-men-from-the-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/other\/web-sites\/problemsolvedcouk-sorts-the-men-from-the-cowboys\/","title":{"rendered":"ProblemSolved Sorts The Men From The Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right-white\" alt=\"www.problemsolved.co.uk Sorts The Men From The Cowboys\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/images\/problem-solved\/handy-man.jpg\" \/>Last year the Trading Standards dealt with over 100,000 complaints about second-rate trades people &#8211; the shoddy work of rogue builders, plumbers and electricians ranking as one of Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s biggest grievances in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>So when you need a trustworthy trades person, how do you avoid becoming a victim? Finding a reliable tradesperson in the telephone directories is a little like playing Russian roulette!<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, property journalist Alison Cork founded problemsolved.co.uk \u00e2\u20ac\u201c an online directory of recommended and vetted trades people.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nThe directory provides information about professionals from 120 trade categories, ranging from plumbers to garden designers; Problem Solved sources its members by public recommendation before vetting them for quality.<\/p>\n<p>The service is free of charge and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no need to register \u00e2\u20ac\u201c simply enter your postcode and choose a trade to access over 20,000 recommended trades people in Britain.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nIn addition Problem Solved offers a range of interactive services designed to solve even more problems:<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nAsk the Experts &#8211; Ask a panel of experts any property related question and have a response within 48 hours.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nJargon Buster &#8211; Problem Solved offers definitions for technical property-related terms.<\/p>\n<p>Trades People Videos &#8211; Ideal for dispelling security concerns, users can view video clips identifying its members.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nArticles and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153How to\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Guides &#8211; Insider info and practical articles are available for budding DIYers.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nFor details of a reliable tradesperson in your area, visit:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.problemsolved.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.problemsolved.co.uk<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Tel:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 (0871) 287 0344 (9am-5.30pm Mon-Fri).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year the Trading Standards dealt with over 100,000 complaints about second-rate trades people &#8211; the shoddy work of rogue builders, plumbers and electricians ranking as one of Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s biggest grievances in 2006. So when you need a trustworthy trades person, how do you avoid becoming a victim? Finding a reliable tradesperson in the telephone directories is a little like playing Russian roulette! With this in mind, property journalist Alison Cork founded problemsolved.co.uk \u00e2\u20ac\u201c an online directory of recommended and vetted trades people. \u00c2\u00a0 The directory provides information about professionals from 120 trade categories, ranging from plumbers to garden designers; &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/other\/web-sites\/problemsolvedcouk-sorts-the-men-from-the-cowboys\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[282,296,273],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}