{"id":102362,"date":"2021-12-01T14:11:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T14:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=102362"},"modified":"2021-12-01T14:19:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T14:19:47","slug":"victim-to-cowboy-builders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/victim-to-cowboy-builders\/102362\/","title":{"rendered":"56% of British homeowners fall victim to cowboy builders"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>New research reveals 56% of British homeowners fall victim to cowboy builders, costing them hundreds to rectify the damages<\/h2>\n<p>The research comes shortly after a call for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/ban-cowboy-builders\/101801\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mandatory licensing of construction companies<\/a> to ban cowboy builders, by a private member&#8217;s bill.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to renovating their properties, 24% of British homeowners opt for professional help, however, according to the study, 56% reported that they had to pay additional costs to rectify the problems caused by cowboy builders, 11% of which spent between \u00a3500-\u00a3749.<\/p>\n<p>12% stated that they would not recommend the contractors hired to family and friends and when asked to score their satisfaction from 0 \u2013 5 the results revealed:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-102366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.13-300x116.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.13-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.13-768x298.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.13-1024x397.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.13-696x270.png 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.13-1068x414.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.13-1084x420.png 1084w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.13-610x236.png 610w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.13.png 1110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bristol came up trumps as the city with the highest chance of hiring a cowboy builder with 13.6% stating that they were unsatisfied with the work and had to fork out between \u00a31,250 &#8211; \u00a31,499 in fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham and Belfast take the second and third positions, with almost one in 10 admitting to receiving an unsatisfactory service.<\/p>\n<p>However, on the other end of the spectrum, Norwich was named the least likely city for sub-standard work.<\/p>\n<p>Those who had work done revealed they had an overall satisfaction of 97.6% and 78.6% were even likely to recommend their contractors to friends and family.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-102363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.20-300x93.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"613\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.20-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.20-768x238.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.20-1024x317.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.20-696x216.png 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.20-1068x331.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.20-610x189.png 610w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-01-at-13.22.20.png 1266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sheffield came second with 85% of residents revealing that they\u2019ve never had to pay to fix the work of a cowboy builder, followed by Liverpool, Glasgow, and Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Find the full research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparethemarket.com\/home-insurance\/content\/cowboy-builders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research reveals 56% of British homeowners fall victim to cowboy builders, costing them hundreds to rectify the damages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[24813,706,676],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-102362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building-contracts","8":"tag-certification","9":"tag-construction"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>56% of British homeowners fall victim to cowboy builders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New research reveals 56% of British homeowners fall victim to cowboy builders, costing them hundreds to rectify the damages\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/victim-to-cowboy-builders\/102362\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"56% of British homeowners fall victim to cowboy builders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New research reveals 56% of British homeowners fall victim to cowboy builders, costing them hundreds to rectify the damages\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/victim-to-cowboy-builders\/102362\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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