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Can anyone recommend: a builder to work on my caravan

Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 11:22am
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Davidbn1

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Hi I’m looking for a cheap but good and reliable builder to do various jobs on my caravan that’s on La Torreta in Benidorm. The main thing that I’m looking to have done is the wall between the awning and caravan to be cladded, the campsite doesn’t allow you to put a toldos up because they see this as a permanent fixture and they don’t allow any permanent fixtures so I’ve been advised it would be good to get the roof of my caravan and awning painted with that rubber paint that protects it from the sun and rain. Also in the shed in my back garden I’ve got a washing machine but I also want my dishwasher plumbed in and so I’d need a 2 piece connector. The fly screen on the good quality Levooz awning won’t stay shut and it needs to be put over a hook to keep it shut which I find difficult because I’m disabled and only have 1 arm. I also have mobility difficulties and I can walk around inside ok but when I go out I need to use my electric wheelchair. There’s a slight hump from the road to get onto my plot that’s about half the size of a speed hump and it’s just there to keep the rain off your plot when it rains. But my electric wheelchair won’t go over it in either direction and again it can’t be anything permanent but I would like something built like maybe a slight ramp made from wood or something else if cheaper that can be removed when not in use. Also on the side that I want cladded I want the caravan door removed and an ordinary wider fire door that I can lock fitted on. Depending on the difference in cost I want the cladding in white or grey? I also want the TV that I’ve never used connected to the big 75” TV in the awning and it’s a standard 32” TV and I would like both TV’s put up on the wall which I’m aware especially for the large 1 that the wall will need reinforcing. I also want the cladding to cover all the pipe work from my air conditioning. Also the middle skylight in the caravan is kept closed with clothes pegs but the caravan and awning is water tight. But if possible I’d like this skylight fixed or if that’s going to be expensive then just glued permanently shut. Other than that it’s just putting up a wall clock and a couple of mirrors. I’ve been told by a friend who lives on another campsite in Benidorm full time and whose had a lot of work done on her caravan but many years ago said it should be either a 2 or 3 day job. I don’t mind whether the builder is from the UK or Spanish. Because I can’t work because of my multiple health problems it was my lovely parents that bought me this caravan and it’s them that are going to be paying for these works for me. I’d really like recommendations for builders that can do all of this work for me and when it comes to the TV in the bedroom it might require another plug point?

Also if anyone wants to get back to me just to give me a rough idea of how much I should expect to have to pay to have this work done would be very helpful. Thanking anyone in advance Dav

elinspain

Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 11:34am

elinspain

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Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 11:34am

Hello     

Be very careful with any replies you get and get free quotes ( in writing)  for all the work you have mentioned  "Cheap, good & reliable"   very rarely go together, hence my warning!  

  I suggest you ask  your friend , who has had lots of  work done on her caravan & offered you lots of advice, surely she can recommend someone.

Cheers

 Elinspain

Davidbn1

Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 12:40pm

Davidbn1

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Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 12:40pm

elinspain wrote on Mon Nov 6, 2023 11:34am:

Hello     

Be very careful with any replies you get and get free quotes ( in writing)  for all the work you have mentioned  "Cheap, good & reliable"   very rarely go together, hence my warning!  

  I suggest you ask  your friend , who has had lots of  work done on her caravan & offered you lots of advice, surely she can recommend someone.

Cheers

 Elinspain

Hi she would if she could remember but she had her work done about 14 years ago and she can’t remember the main builders name other than it was someone that was recommended to her but she said that they had some issues with him anyway and even if she could remember she wouldn’t recommend him anyway. when I say cheap I really mean someone who won’t scam me (or my parents). Thank you Dav

tebo53

Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 2:40pm

tebo53

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Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 2:40pm

I know a builder who lives on La Torretta. I will ask if he wants the work first. I will private message you with his details if he has the time as I know he is very busy. He often strips caravans and reforms them.

I will find out.

Steve 

Davidbn1

Posted: Tue Nov 7, 2023 9:26pm

Davidbn1

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Posted: Tue Nov 7, 2023 9:26pm

Thanks Steve


David on La Torreta 

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