Builder
D.Mackenzie Mini Digger and Driver Hire
Trust score
56out of 100
Rating5.0★
Review volumeLow · 4
Source diversity1 source
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Verified groundworks in Battle, East Sussex.
Reviews · public evidence
What the public record says
5.0out of 5
Highlights
"Excellent work. Danny and his team are to be highly recommended. They removed a number of tree stumps, cleared the area and laid a concrete base. Chris and Josh worked hard and couldn't do enough to ensure everything was carried out to our requirements. Neat and tidy. The job was reasonably priced and well worth the extra outlay in tea and chocolate biscuits."
"Had an absolutely lovely experience with Danny very friendly helpful reliable and knowledgeable staff Erwin couldn’t do enough to help and answered any and all questions I had Danny came and suggested out my shed base and took everything away for me he then came and concreted my shed base and extremely happy and pleased with the job will definitely be getting Danny back for anymore work I need doing"
"Dan was amazing start to finish! He used a mini digger to get through our back gate dug and leveled a area and put a oak sleeper retaining wall up for us, looks amazing, very happy go lucky guy and he went above and beyond, very happy customer, have already pre booked him for another new garden adventure of ours"
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Showing the 3 reviews we hold full text for. The 4 headline total is the review volume reported across D.Mackenzie Mini Digger and Driver Hire’s public review sources.
Excellent work. Danny and his team are to be highly recommended. They removed a number of tree stumps, cleared the area and laid a concrete base. Chris and Josh worked hard and couldn't do enough to ensure everything was carried out to our requirements. Neat and tidy. The job was reasonably priced and well worth the extra outlay in tea and chocolate biscuits.
Had an absolutely lovely experience with Danny very friendly helpful reliable and knowledgeable staff Erwin couldn’t do enough to help and answered any and all questions I had Danny came and suggested out my shed base and took everything away for me he then came and concreted my shed base and extremely happy and pleased with the job will definitely be getting Danny back for anymore work I need doing
Dan was amazing start to finish! He used a mini digger to get through our back gate dug and leveled a area and put a oak sleeper retaining wall up for us, looks amazing, very happy go lucky guy and he went above and beyond, very happy customer, have already pre booked him for another new garden adventure of ours
Local context
Rated 5.0★ — in line with the local average for builders in Battle
Across 8 rated builders in Battle, the typical rating is 5.0★. We compare against the same businesses a homeowner would find searching for this trade locally.
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!Review volume: Low · 4
!Source diversity: 1 source
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