Find an Installer
The schemes below can help you find tradespeople with the right experience and qualifications to carry out your home upgrades
Buy with Confidence
The Buy with Confidence scheme is a Trading Standards administered and approved scheme that protects and certificates companies. The scheme has a robust vetting process and companies must show they are suitably skilled and experienced in their particular field.
Find the scheme and a list of approved companies
Trustmark
The Trustmark scheme is similar to Buy with Confidence but specifically for tradespeople that can carry out upgrades to homes including works to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions. It’s endorsed by the government and businesses who sign up to Trustmark are checked for technical competence and providing good customer service.
Find trusted tradespeople in your area
Trading Standards South West
Unfortunately there are a growing number of companies operating as rogue traders. Sometimes this will involve them pretending to be from genuine organisations. The most recent and common rogue trading incidents involve homeowners who’ve used builders for property maintenance and/or significant repairs and found that the work is conducted to a very poor standard or the contractor takes a deposit and does little or no work.