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If you are comfortable doing so, ask friends for recommendations, or share the names of tradesmen you trust  with your friends and family. Same thing goes for people you DON'T trust  .

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If you are comfortable doing so, ask friends for recommendations, or share the names of tradesmen you trust  with your friends and family. Same thing goes for people you DON'T trust  .

I agree wholeheartedly.  This is how we try to do things in our family and amongst neighbours.  If someone does a good job for us I ask them for some of their business cards if they have them and I'm only too happy to pass them on to someone else needing their services.