WTF? Is this acceprable?

[Supermeteor]

Was he/she the cheapest quote?

No. They did my neighbour's kitchen (far too cheaply) and I didn't baulk when they quoted me considerably more. I knew they'd under quoted my neighbour. I ended up with a different fitter and different plumber. I'm just venting here, really, to get it out of my system. I used to do a lot of work on Persimmon's sites, among others, and while they get a bad press, I'd rather have had the worst kitchen fitters from those sites than these guys. It'll outlast me, but I'll always remember the hassle. It needn't have been this way.
I showed a young woman I know how badly they'd cut a carcass back, and she said "if I couldn't cut neater than that, I'd be on YouTube trying to find a way to improve" It won't be seen, but it was just sloppy workmanship.
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Then you're going to be appalled at a lot of modern workmanship. IME, if you think that your kitchen fitters' plumbing is bad, just wait until you see their wiring...

If you care about the workmanship these days I think you have to find and project manage your own team (plumber, sparks, carpenter, tiler, decorator). Make sure they're all time-served and understand what is meant by a good finish. You'll get what you want but it'll take twice as long and cost twice as much as getting the whole lot done by a single company.

Well, I wouldn't have needed a plumber... The sparky was good. I did consider engaging individuals, but it can go so wrong. Just needs one hangover or a vehicle breakdown to impact on subsequent trades' ability to work next day. (and my temperament isn't ideal for the task, anyway)

 

[Robert Bell]

I did my C&G about 14 years ago so a relatively young plumber though I’m getting a little long in the tooth and i still use a bender where I can. The modern ways are pretty awful to look at in some of these new builds.