Celebrity customers/aquaintances

[jonnyswamp]

Any one worked for a celeb (not the "reality" types) or met a nice one?
Cropster you're out of this one, unless you know some one still alive
I'll start it, I once got told to fark off by Eric Bristow in Blackpool (both of us under the influence)

 

[GasmanxxxR1]

Who is eric bristow

 

[oz-plumber]

The worst thing about working for 'almost celebrities', 'celebrities', 'professional sports stars',and 'actors - A,B,C and D grade' is that they think they deserve the job for free or very little because of who they are.

Had a few stouches over my time dealing with some of them.

They might get invited to A-list events because of who they are, but their heating and plumbing problems are the same as everyone else's.

But they end up getting charged a premium - because of who they are.

 

[Dotty]

I really am out of this one.

All the celebs I've met are brown bread.

I'd start worrying if I were you lot!

 

[Riley]

Good friends with some ex pro rugby players but they are now once a year catch up drinking acquaintances (sigh). Know Gwen Stefanis ex quite well did a lot of stuff at a property he bought in Dorset. Was a big fan of his band back in the day. Unknowingly did some work for Sol Judas Cambell a few years back and as a Spurs fan the urge to give him an upper decker was to much to bear

 

[Phil]

I can only think of local celebrity and concert pianist John Briggs, currently doing 8 years for sex with underage boys.
He got drunk one night and felt my bottom up, I was about 20.
Never went round again after that, at the time I didn't know he was into all that...

 

[Chalked]

I've work at Neil Tennants house, Roy Keane, Steve mclarren and once farted in a shop loudly and realised cliff Richard was stood next to me!

 

[lame plumber]

did some work for Damien Hirst in one of his homes, think it was for his Mrs after they parted company, bit surprised to be paid by Bacs from his account : ) come across various royals over the years, by far the best was Phil the greek, his offspring though are generally lesser beings, but havent realised it🙂

 

[hammers4spanner]

Wiped my arse on liz tailors pillow before she arrived in the dorchester hotel.

 

[Millsy 82]

I blew up dion dublins boiler. Jilly cooper stole my pen, and I've also worked for nathanial Parker? Those are the 3 I've met working that I can remember.

Apparently I have also worked for Chris Coleman and 2 other football managers that do property development together, Kate winslet and Liz Hurley but I never met them just worked on houses they owned.

 

[Howsie]

Gary Linker (knob). Chris Tarrant (boring). Jessie Walace(OK). Charlie Brooker (Lovely). Ronnie Wood(legend).

 

[gassafe]

I blew up dion dublins boiler. Jilly cooper stole my pen, and I've also worked for nathanial Parker? Those are the 3 I've met working that I can remember.

Apparently I have also worked for Chris Coleman and 2 other football managers that do property development together, Kate winslet and Liz Hurley but I never met them just worked on houses they owned.

What part of the country are you in? They both lived Gloucestershire once...

 

[mfgs]

Gary Linker (knob). Chris Tarrant (boring). Jessie Walace(OK). Charlie Brooker (Lovely). Ronnie Wood(legend).

I have worked for Ronnie Wood's ex wife Jo Wood. She is a terrible human being, so full of her own self importance and incredibly rude. She spent the whole time talking down to me and telling me how great she was a various different things. You wouldn't have thought I was there to solve a problem on her Vaillant boiler that neither the previous engineer or Vaillant could fix. Didn't even get a thank you.

 

[Millsy 82]

What part of the country are you in? They both lived Gloucestershire once...

I lived on the Worcestershire Gloucestershire border but worked for a company in Cheltenham and it was apparently when I worked for them. I didn't know until months after and one of the lads told me but he might of been having me on.

 

[lame plumber]

I have worked for Ronnie Wood's ex wife Jo Wood. She is a terrible human being, so full of her own self importance and incredibly rude. She spent the whole time talking down to me and telling me how great she was a various different things. You wouldn't have thought I was there to solve a problem on her Vaillant boiler that neither the previous engineer or Vaillant could fix. Didn't even get a thank you.

did you fix it then? 🙂

 

[gassafe]

I lived on the Worcestershire Gloucestershire border but worked for a company in Cheltenham and it was apparently when I worked for them. I didn't know until months after and one of the lads told me but he might of been having me on.

Well Liz lived in a farmhouse in Barnsley, big electric gates etc but no longer lives there... But I guess these type of people have a few homes lol!

 

[mfgs]

did you fix it then? 🙂

I diagnosed it wrote up a report and got Vaillant back out as it was under warranty.

 

[lame plumber]

I diagnosed it wrote up a report and got Vaillant back out as it was under warranty.

and you left it broke 🙂 customer wont thank you for that 🙂🙂🙂 despite a free repair

 

[mfgs]

and you left it broke 🙂 customer wont thank you for that 🙂🙂🙂 despite a free repair

Seeing as it was a Sunday afternoon and nowhere open and I sorted Vaillant to come out on the Monday morning and told them the problem to ensure they had the part on the van, I would say I couldn't have done much more. In fact I would say I was the hero haha.

 

[townfanjon]

I fitted an unvented for Sarah Beeny once

 

[Howsie]

I fitted an unvented for Sarah Beeny once

I love her ****!

 

[townfanjon]

Nah , this Sarah Beeny had little nockers , just a girl from Bradford, I just ****ed my self laughing when she told me her name .

But yes the real Sarah , cracking nockers !!!!

 

[Keefy]

Fitted a new boiler for the mother of Heidi Range from The Sugababes. I needed to pull a bed away from a bedroom wall to change the rad valves but there was a girl asleep in the bed so I asked her mother to wake her but she said not to worry, just pull it out with her in it - which I did. Apparently she'd done a concert the night before and was exhausted.

Whenever she's on TV or the radio I wind the missus up that things went further. :wink_smile:

 

[lame plumber]

Seeing as it was a Sunday afternoon and nowhere open and I sorted Vaillant to come out on the Monday morning and told them the problem to ensure they had the part on the van, I would say I couldn't have done much more. In fact I would say I was the hero haha.

serv ice line open on a Sunday... thats a first, (fishing for a flash here 🙂 )

 

[SimonG]

Did a job for David Harper the antiques bloke. What a cock. His wife was lovely.

 

[gassafe]

So to cut a long story short no one on here as ever worked for a celebrity lol...

 

[lame plumber]

So to cut a long story short no one on here as ever worked for a celebrity lol...

downed a few drinks with Royalty 🙂

 

[rpm]

So to cut a long story short no one on here as ever worked for a celebrity lol...

Not in my present job, wouldn`t call Carol Kirkwood or Lady Wilson a celebrity. Have worked in a few HR castles etc but never spoken to them.

 

[Toxic Ted]

Adrian Smith from Iron Maiden (grumpy git, wife Melany was lovely), weather girl Helen Willets and i,m back to weatherman Peter Gibbs on monday morning to fit a bathroom. Also worked on a house owned by Paul Weller.

 

[lame plumber]

Not in my present job, wouldn`t call Carol Kirkwood or Lady Wilson a celebrity. Have worked in a few HR castles etc but never spoken to them.

no any surprises there, Baldrick

 

[mfgs]

serv ice line open on a Sunday... thats a first, (fishing for a flash here 🙂 )

I spoke to them on the phone so they were definitely open.

 

[Millsy 82]

Well Liz lived in a farmhouse in Barnsley, big electric gates etc but no longer lives there... But I guess these type of people have a few homes lol!

I'm only going off what I was told so he might of been pulling my leg.

I also apparently did a council refurb for the bloke with the fantastic beard from wizards sister, when I asked why they were living in a council house she said he's tight as a duck bum and won't give anything away! Lol

 

[Toggles]

I was working In commercial premises one time during open hours (Emergency) and was squatted down repairing low level......From around the corner comes a rushing Joe Calzaghe who didn't see me there, tripped right over me and now I have the story of flooring a world champion boxer !!!! lol..... Fairplay to him he showed concern if I was ok 😉

 

[Stanios]

Worked in Kyvan Novak's house in Notting Hill the one time I saw him I couldnt resist done a terry tibbs impression he laughed advised me to stick with plumbing. My misus gets to meet plenty famous people when they come to spend thousands on some silly sunglasses in the shop she works in

 

[missplumb]

as a kid i used to wash chubby browns car for him, but now only have Beefy Bothams biomass boiler on our books for service and maintenance. When i was an apprentice, i had to do some snagging in a new build that Bernie Slaven had just moved into.