Testimonials

 I have just started my second year with Checked and Vetted and can honestly say that i now no longer need to advertise elsewhere as the quality and quantity of leads that come from checked and vetted are brilliant. also the staff are friendly, polite and always try their best to help you out, and do the same for the customers too. the report card scheme really works too, once you have a few positive reports from customers the number of calls increases as it gives customers that extra confidence.

Email sent to our office manager today

Hi Joanne

Just spoke to Brian from B H Plumbing services he said he would like to know who to write a cheque out to in reference to the charity fundraising in the Checked and Vetted newsletter. He has just got his first job from Checked and Vetted so he would like to donate money to your charity as a good will gesture.

Santana Bruce 

 Your service is fantastic, in the last two weeks I won 12 new clients, one was from Yell.com and eleven were from Checked and Vetted, I couldn't ask for more.

Malcolm Butler - Ask the Butler Home Improvements

 Martin Ware Ignite Property Services

' I'm delighted with the response I am getting from checked and vetted. I am receiving 2-3 phone calls a day from either the website or from the leaflet drops, all jobs are successfully booked in and work completed straight away.

All customers are genuine customers and already know a lot about my company from the reviews and the information on the website.

Great value for money and the customer service from the staff is excellent.

Customer for life!!!! '

 I am cancelling all my directory advertising and placing my advetising budget with Checked and Vetted for the foreseeable future. I don't have the time for computers and the girls at Checked and Vetted help me with all that. I have had more leads from Checked and Vetted in three months than I have had from Yellow Pages in a year. 

Founder Millie has been on the phone this week and thought she would share some member feedback

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Recently I have spoken to a few members who have had a positive result from our system

John Cooper of JC Building & Maintenance has had two very jobs from the Gosforth & Jesmond Guide 1 and said he was suitably impressed with our excellent business model

MRJ Plastering went in the Gosforth Guide 1 and his son described us as a "Free cash Machine" he has had so many calls

New member, Brian Carroll of BC Plastering has won two leads from the website (he is not in a leaflet yet) and said he was very impressed with the quality of the leads - no time wasters just solid leads from nice people prepared to pay for quality. 

Wallseal Preservation said "I thought it would not work and you have proved me wrong, as I have had several leads from the website"

David Brown from Sure Building has easily had in excess of £20,000 worth of work from our Sunderland Campaign

NEBPS Ltd are so impressed with the quality of the leads he is advertising in ALL our guides

ICE Contracts are electricians and he is "very impressed" with the amount of work we have generated for him in Newcastle upon Tyne

Jason Gardner Abracadabra A1 Locksmith, He said "I understand you are a new business like me, and I have had more than enough work to cover my investment to you and will be renewing as I know the system works and I like the feedback system as it proves how reliable I am"

David of A-Spec Plumbing & Heating: Members for three months have had 9 leads and are delighted with their membership so much so David said anyone is welcome to phone him to get his perspective. 07792 765088

KB Tyres has won 50 new customers since he advertised in the Sunderland North leaflet and has already booked into the guides for 2013! 

Smith Bros and Dixon, the plumbers said they were very pleased with the response to the website and are looking forward to going into a leaflet

This review for New Look Paving says it all

Old concrete drive removed and replaced with block paving.
Found New Look Block Paving on Checked & Vetted called Shaun made an appointment to come and provide estimate to replace driveway which had been down for over 20 years. Shaun agreed a date a few weeks later he and his team arrived day and time as promised, the job was 1st class as were Shaun and his staff very professional the old drive was concrete and very deep came home the 1st night to find it had all been dug out all stacked ready to all be removed the next morning. I arrive home on the 2nd night to be delighted by an absolutely beautiful driveway the whole house has been transformed. I would certainly recommend Shaun and would not hesitate to use him and his team again!!! .

He has had at least five paving jobs from us

Here is a review for a customer who used us to find a vetted tiler, they chose the talented

Mick Rose of All about Tiles

Tile full bathroom.
My plasterer recommended Mick Rose after another non vetted tiler had started tiling my mother’s bathroom and then made a complete mess of it. When I spoke to Mick he made prompt arrangements to come and look at the job, at a time that was convenient to us. He was very professional gave us options about how the work could be rectified and most importantly listened to what we wanted. It was great to see pictures of his work and get a written price for the job. Mick made suggestions on where we could buy the tiles and even picked them up for us! He started work as arranged and completed the job on time. We could not have been more pleased with the result. To quote my mother "you can tell a professional tiler has completed the job". Thanks again for your care and attention.

In one year David Roxby of H & R Block Paving has won 25 to 30 leads and converted about 10 into actual jobs which is work  in the region of £30,000 - he is a Sunderland advertiser but finds the website useful too "He said you have helped win me work in a recession which is not an easy thing to do, I will be happy to help Checked and Vetted and will be renewing" 

We have many more satisfied members, Ron Metcalf Roofing, SW Joinery, DM Locksmiths, DF Plumbing, Tiling & Electric, Green Gardens, Edenvale Paving, GD Edwards, George Smith the Painter, SBS, Hewitson Roofing, Monument roofing the list goes on.....

A very happy consumer in East Rainton, was so impressed with our service that she wrote an article about us for the East Rainten Newsletter

PEACE OF MIND

As a pensioner with a house to look after, when something goes wrong I tend to panic. Who can I ring for help? Are they trustworthy? Are they professional ? Will they do a good job?

Well – I have been given the telephone number of an outstanding organisation who supply information on electricians, plumbers, builders, roofers etc., who, in turn, have been recommended by people they have worked for and who have been satisfied with the standard and price of the work. Everyone they recommend is properly insured whether they are roofers or simply mow the lawn. They are a local company which started up last October by two women.

In my own case, if  I needed an urgent job doing in my home,  I would go through the process of looking up numbers in Yellow Pages and leaving messages on  an answerphone or an incomprehensible mobile phone number and in many cases, no-one ever came back to me.  Worse, they do come back, they arrange a date to call,  you stay in all day and they don’t arrive. Sound familiar? Not this time.

 I contacted the number and explained my  problem.  About two hours later I received a call from a builder asking if he could call on me the next day.  Yes, you read it correctly – I didn’t call them they called me!!! He was on his way to another job but would make the time to call on me and give me an assessment. This he did, diagnosed the problem and gave me a provisional price of what it would cost. Both he and his colleague were polite, pleasant and even put blue plastic bags over their shoes so they wouldn’t bring dirt onto the carpet!

They gave me  a questionnaire which, when the work was finished, I could fill in stating how pleased  I was with the work they had done, the price they charged and the general manner in which they conducted themselves. I was also invited to say whether I was  NOT pleased with any aspect of their visit/standard of work/price etc.

Why do they do this?  It is to stop cowboys from entering your home and attempting work for which they are not qualified and end up making a bad job worse and probably charging you over the top for a job badly done..  Ring any bells?  It does with me as over the years, I have been ripped  off so many times. It is also a comfort when inviting strangers into your home.

I don’t blame you if you are sceptical about whether this is too good to be true so don’t take my word for it, ring 0191 6511165 or go to checkedandvetted.com and test them out for yourself.

One last piece of information is that the owners of the Company are closely involved in charity work for Grace House and regularly raise funds for them in various ways which in my book puts them among the good guys! 

I joined checked and Vetted on January the 16^th, and have been surprised at the amount of work that the service has generated.  I have had numerous jobs in my area Gateshead, including a new boiler installation and kitchen refit.  Funnily enough I attended a job the other day and another Checked and Vetted member was there – SW Joinery, Steve was fitting a loft hatch.  He is as chuffed as me with the results.

I like the fact that homeowners know that I am properly vetted and the leaflets really do work. Actually pretty much all my work comes from the leaflet drop. I will definitely be in the next one.

The Team at Checked and Vetted work hard to look after their members and I know they have really good intentions. If you want to help protect local people from being ripped off then you should use Checked and Vetted.  

Many thanks

 David Forster