Builder
Design Spec Ltd
Trust score
82out of 100
Rating5.0★
Review volume629
Source diversity2 sources
VerificationListed
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About
Design Spec Ltd has been vetted and approved by TrustATrader. Covering Hertfordshire, London and East Anglia.
Reviews · public evidence
What customers say
5.0out of 5
Highlights
"James and Kieron were amazing! Very professional and produced results in such a short space of time. They are very attentive and very friendly and I would 100% recommend them!!!"
"They are trustworthy and reliable. A very nice approach to what they do. I have already recommended them. Excellent work."
"Very presentable and very professional. Could not speak highly enough. No complaints."
Detailed reviews
James and Kieron were amazing! Very professional and produced results in such a short space of time. They are very attentive and very friendly and I would 100% recommend them!!!
They are trustworthy and reliable. A very nice approach to what they do. I have already recommended them. Excellent work.
Very presentable and very professional. Could not speak highly enough. No complaints.
Very helpful, reliable service,
I haven't had a problem with them at all.
Approachable, full of good ideas and advice and trustworthy.
Very pleased, a perfect service throughout.
I have already recommended James to several people. Very happy overall.
Professional and helpful.
I would be happy to recommend. A great service all round and a nice guy to deal with.
An excellent service that I will always recommend.
Fantastic. They were helpful and knowledgeable and I have been pleased to recommend them to colleagues.
Very happy overall with the service provided.
Very good, I would definitely recommend.
A very good professional young man that I have already recommended to others.
I would definitely recommend Design Spec Ltd. James is a very personable, easy going and dedicated young man who is a pleasure to deal with.
Full planning application and set of drawings. Great advise. Thanks.
Design Spec were recommended to me by a friend and i'm glad that we chose to work with them. Its our first project and James and the team couldn't have been more helpfull, knowledgeable and great to work with. They have plenty of experience and put us in touch with some great contacts so we could get the job done efficiently. We have all ready started work on our next commercial project together and i wouldn't hesitate to recommend Design Spec to anyone.
10 out of 10.
Excellent service and James was really helpful with ideas. I would definitely recommend Design Spec
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Local context
Rated 5.0★ — in line with the local average for builders in Bishop's Stortford
Across 5 rated builders in Bishop's Stortford, the typical rating is 4.9★. We compare against the same businesses a homeowner would find searching for this trade locally.
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Public review evidence5.0★ from 629 public reviewsAcross TrustATrader, CheckatradeCheckatradeTrustATrader
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✓Rating: 5.0★
✓Review volume: 629
✓Source diversity: 2 sources
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