Builder
ARA Carpentry & Building
Trust score
79out of 100
Rating5.0★
Review volume88
Source diversity1 source
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Verified builder in Bury Saint Edmunds.
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What customers say
5.0out of 5
Highlights
"Outstanding experience with ARA Carpentry & Building. Great communication from initial enquiry through to job completion and kept fully abreast with the project as it developed. All work finished to a very high standard, left neat and tidy with any mess cleared away. Alan's highly personable chap to have around and completely trustworthy. Will be first point of call for works moving forward, very pleased."
"ARA did a great job removing our structural wall and plastering around a beam. Tidy workers and efficient communication. I highly recommend them to others, and will certainly be contacting again for future works"
"Alan provided a swift response to my initial request . After discussion the quote came through quickly and was very fair. communication was excellent throughout l. Alan arrived on time and worked cleanly tidied up after himself. His workmanship looks great would recommend and will use Alan for any future works we have."
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Outstanding experience with ARA Carpentry & Building. Great communication from initial enquiry through to job completion and kept fully abreast with the project as it developed. All work finished to a very high standard, left neat and tidy with any mess cleared away. Alan's highly personable chap to have around and completely trustworthy. Will be first point of call for works moving forward, very pleased.
ARA did a great job removing our structural wall and plastering around a beam. Tidy workers and efficient communication. I highly recommend them to others, and will certainly be contacting again for future works
Alan provided a swift response to my initial request . After discussion the quote came through quickly and was very fair. communication was excellent throughout l. Alan arrived on time and worked cleanly tidied up after himself. His workmanship looks great would recommend and will use Alan for any future works we have.
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