Another Angel
Sometime ago, I wrote that I had found an Angel with regard to doing various jobs on and in my house. I really didn't think I would find another quite so quickly.
My air-condtioner recently broke down, the old rectangle type, and it needed to be replaced by the split-system. This of course, meant that the wall had to be repaired inside and out before the new system could be installed. All this meant new matching bricks, new plaster/gyp-board matching paint etc. I dreaded going through the Yellow Pages to find people who could do the job, and of course there would be a call out fee each time someone came to do their bit. We have had more than our share of over quoting, those who do not turn up, and if they do they are late, with no explanation, those who have mobile phones, but for some reason do not use them to tell you that are delayed/not coming, changed their minds about the job.
A friend recommended Roger, who said he would and could do everything!! He said he would search for and match the bricks, [mine are some twenty years old,] he would repair the walls inside and out, match the paint, repaint the wall and then install the new air conditioner.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I thought. However,the thought of going through the Yellow Pages once again was too awful to contemplate. So, I said go ahead, as the quote was not excessive, in fact quite reasonable. Starting on the Monday, the job was completed, brilliantly, by the following Thursday afternoon, We were enjoying the new system that evening. That Thursday was just before the storm which came on Friday!. Roger has also fixed my sensor lights at the back and front of the house, no charge.
Roger, truly an Angel. We gave him cups of coffee, and a pie for lunch one day, and to say he was surprised by this small gesture of hospitality is an understatement.
If you live on the Central Coast, around the Terrigal area and need an Angel, I would be quite happy to supply you with his name and phone number.
Caz.
Sometime ago, I wrote that I had found an Angel with regard to doing various jobs on and in my house. I really didn't think I would find another quite so quickly.
My air-condtioner recently broke down, the old rectangle type, and it needed to be replaced by the split-system. This of course, meant that the wall had to be repaired inside and out before the new system could be installed. All this meant new matching bricks, new plaster/gyp-board matching paint etc. I dreaded going through the Yellow Pages to find people who could do the job, and of course there would be a call out fee each time someone came to do their bit. We have had more than our share of over quoting, those who do not turn up, and if they do they are late, with no explanation, those who have mobile phones, but for some reason do not use them to tell you that are delayed/not coming, changed their minds about the job.
A friend recommended Roger, who said he would and could do everything!! He said he would search for and match the bricks, [mine are some twenty years old,] he would repair the walls inside and out, match the paint, repaint the wall and then install the new air conditioner.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I thought. However,the thought of going through the Yellow Pages once again was too awful to contemplate. So, I said go ahead, as the quote was not excessive, in fact quite reasonable. Starting on the Monday, the job was completed, brilliantly, by the following Thursday afternoon, We were enjoying the new system that evening. That Thursday was just before the storm which came on Friday!. Roger has also fixed my sensor lights at the back and front of the house, no charge.
Roger, truly an Angel. We gave him cups of coffee, and a pie for lunch one day, and to say he was surprised by this small gesture of hospitality is an understatement.
If you live on the Central Coast, around the Terrigal area and need an Angel, I would be quite happy to supply you with his name and phone number.
Caz.
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