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LAbuilding we are a professional and reliable company who works to very high standards, these standards have helped us to build up an excellent reputation with regards to all work. We specialize in interior and exterior refurbishments, renovations, plumbing, bathroom specialist and kitchen fitting, all aspects of carpentry, decorating and many more. We do general restoration including structural alterations, repairs, leak fixing, flooring, windows, doors and etc.
We specialize in Full refurbishments including Kitchen and Bathroom Refurbishments (wetroom specialist), plastering, tiling and carpentry. All aspects of works undertaken - electrics, carpentry, plumbing, plastering, decorating etc.
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We paid £23,000 to Graeme Broodryk of GLA Building, formally GAC Project Limited (involuntarily struck off in 2019) for substandard work (many thousands to rectify), dealing with Graeme who lied repeatedly (Covid 3x, Van broken into/no diesel/service, wife/son ill, son ill, stomach problems, roofer fell off ladder etc.),tried to do as little work as possible, and who took no responsibility, along with the feeling of being taken for idiots. Plastering was so poor that weeks had to be spent rectifying, radiators not connected correctly leaked causing damage to the ceiling, cornicing was accidently removed in one room and badly damaged in another, brickwork was left half completed. Under time pressure; baby on the way, we put in the contract a clause of min 12 and max 16 weeks, Graeme assured it could be done in 2 months. However, after 8 weeks he hadn’t started and only on demanding a refund of our £14k deposit did he start. 10 months later the work was not completed and Graeme showed no intention or goodwill to complete or make good. We had to get outside help to finish and rectify the problems. About half of the items on the contract were not even started, this reduction in scope was not compensated in any way. We are over £10,000 out of pocket, only when threatening legal action were we able to get electrics and the gas completed and signed off, electrician implied that they were awaiting money not passed on from Graeme. Please save yourself the stress, heartache and financial cost and have nothing to do with this company and Graeme Broodryk.
PLEASE DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN. Graeme will sell you the world. We started our journey in January and in total have paid graeme more than £15,000. To this day he has not done so much as hammer a nail in our house. He had absolutely no intention of doing our project, he’s strung us along for months on end with promised start dates and then just not turning up. We are now taking legal action to get our money back and hopefully this man gets the punishment through the justice system that he deserves, we cannot be the first family he has destroyed. Please be aware. I don’t want anyone else to go through what we have. DO NOT TRUST HIM.
In August 2020 Graeme and his team quoted us 2 weeks for work on our bathroom and kitchen. It is now 17 months later. They started really well and we were happy with the progress, until they put all my kitchen appliances in the garden, where they were rained upon and had to be discarded! (not compensated) The 2 weeks took us to the first week of September when Graeme had an accident in his van. He suffered severe whiplash. In October his son went into hospital for 6 weeks. Graeme caught covid in November. January 2021 all his team went abroad. In February Graeme caught covid again. In March his team returned to UK and were isolating. His father became unwell in May and June there was a bereavement. Graeme caught covid in July for the 3rd time and August his team were once again in quarantine until September. On 12th October the whole team caught covid, Graeme for the 4th time. Then November his work van was broken into. Since that time we have not seen or heard from him. Not only was the work incomplete but what was done was mostly substandard, the cheapest of materials having been used so that defects showed within 2 months. We could not have been more accommodating and understanding even when we recognised a lie. It is extremely upsetting when you hire a company to carry out a job, pay them what they quoted and you are left feeling duped, angry and frustrated. Would you hire them?
I am very happy with GLA’s structural building work and the professional manner in which it was undertaken. When Graeme from GLA met the structural engineer he had already correctly calculated the rsj for the chimney support, the route for all hot and cold pipe work and electrical cabling within the new sceiling void and had worked out all the thermal and fire safety standard calculations, he knew exactly what was required and had prepared his method statement in advance for inspection. All the work was carried out with great consideration given to my continuing to live in the house during the building and remodelling of my kitchen. The new vaulted roof with 2 giant velux windows within the sceiling provides a fabulous bright and airy living environment in my newly fitted kitchen/dining area and I was very pleased I had chosen GLA.
Graeme and his team completed a full refurbishment of our flat so that we could rent it to tenants immediately. The standard of his work is excellent and he takes great pride in his work. The transformation of the flat is incredible. New wiring, new bathroom, new kitchen, new flooring, plastering, all pipe work boxed in, fully painted and decorated. The attention to detail is impressive and our tenants can’t wait to move in. Graeme has taken an old 1950s flat and transformed it into a brand new contemporary apartment. Thank you so much! We are incredibly happy and grateful.
Conscientous, professional, courteous gentlemen, who took pride in their work and cared about customer service/satisfaction. I would recommend to anyone.
Really impressed with Graeme from initial contact through to the job completion. He was able to understand exactly what I wanted, then provided a professional quotation including the scope of work and schedule. The work started on time and was completed ahead of schedule to a high standard so I was very pleased. I have already requested him another piece of work. Well done Graeme and colleagues!
I would like to say thank you to Graeme and his team. They have just completed my kitchen refurbishment in my home. I am truly amazed and extremely happy how they transformed my home even in the current circumstances with Covid 19 epidemic and with all the major material suppliers being closed they have managed to organise everything to perfection. They have been so professional with my family aswell, health & safety precautions were discussed and setup to safe guard everyone, keeping a 2 metre distances and blocking us off from the work in our home. We even got a mini temporary kitchen while the work was carried out. The work comprised a new open plan kitchen, new downstairs tiolet, electrical work, plastering, new flooring and painting and decoration. I also added extra work - new ceilings put in, 2 X radiators changed and electrical points added to the project. From the start of my project to completion Graeme and his team were amazing and very efficient, helpful, informative and professional. They arrived on time and left my home clean & tidy. I found them to be very competitively priced too, extremely honest and Graeme even let me purchase materials on his trade account to save money. His team were so lovely too working within the current climate. They also did some free work whilst they were here and didn't want any payment for it. I would highly recommend them and have booked Graeme in to do my ensuite bathroom project in the future. My Mum also wants work done once we are all back to normality. Great Job guys!
We saved for 3 years to be able to afford a full downstairs refurb including a garden refurb. Graeme Broodryk and his team started work in mid oct 2019 and promised to be finished within 6 weeks. Following constant false promises and substandard work which had to be redone numerous times, the project was finally finished in mid march 2020. During this time Graeme had stomach problems, knee problems, his wife, child, and mother in law was sick, his van's clutch went and there were a couple of other excuses. He stopped work for 3 weeks during Christmas and then didn't start until 29th January as his van had been broken into. He is hugely wasteful with materials - our living room floor had to be redone 3 times as it was uneven, so skirting boards were thrown away twice. He did not consult us enough during the kitchen refit so the extractor he ordered was completely wrong- this also ended up in a skip. These are just 2 examples of his wastefulness. When I confronted him about his poor work, he cried and shouted as a way of defending himself. At the time of writing this review (20/04/20) we have still not received all our paperwork even though work was finished over a month ago - excuses include AOL software being down and being ill. After he has left the property we have noticed numerous issues with his work including damp which was "fixed" twice still coming through, flooring not secured and coming loose, holes in the ceiling around light fixtures, plus a few more issues. We have found Graeme to be thoroughly dishonest, work shy and generally a very unpleasant individual. Work with him at your peril!
Graeme was great, the job was quoted for and completed to my satisfaction within a week which was great. He even offered other bits of advise to help solve my condensation/damp issue. Will keep his number saved for any other jobs I need doing.
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