Concreters in Adelaide
The short answer: absolutely not.
But here is the lowdown: it is the unfortunate reality of many occupations that anyone can claim to be an expert. An attractive website or social media profile, featuring sleek stock photographs, is all that is needed to project a seemingly flawless image..
Adelaide’s concreting industry is not immune to this phenomenon, leaving many unwitting consumers with poorly-finished concrete projects, learning the hard way that it pays to do your homework before choosing a contractor.
Adelaide consumers have been left to foot the bill for the removal of structurally flawed concrete installations, completed by shonky backyard operators. Add to that, the cost of having the project repoured by an established concreting business, and they could have easily doubled or tripled their expense, had they chosen a verified contractor in the first instance.
When you are making alterations to your Adelaide home or business, you expect that value is added your property, in exchange for that investment. How can you be certain that a skilled professional will be taking care of your project? Here, we share our advice for choosing a quality concreter in Adelaide, which will help you avoid falling prey to dodgy contractors.
You get what you pay for
This phrase should never be used to justify exorbitant prices but, if you do shop around for two or more quotes, and find that one contractor charges significantly less than the others, proceed with caution.
Unscrupulous businesses often use rock-bottom quotes to lure customers, and one of two things usually happen: cheap materials and inadequate preparation result in a concrete surface that is inconsistent, unattractive and far from structurally sound; or, the initial price suddenly skyrockets, when inexperienced workers find that they underestimated the amount of concrete needed.
It never hurts to get more than one quote for a project and, as the adage would have it, if a price sounds too good to be, it probably is.
Ask for a physical portfolio
Nowadays, it is all too easy for cheeky contractors to copy and paste images online and take credit for others’ work. The internet is a highly-visual medium and an abundance of stock image sites exist for this very reason; you can purchase images of virtually anything and legally use them across your own media platforms, making it simpler to fool unsuspecting consumers.
One foolproof way to counter the problem? Ask to see a contractor’s work in real-time. Adelaide City Concreting have completed a range of residential, civil and commercial projects across all suburbs of Adelaide.
We can easily point you to a physical address nearby, where we have installed concrete, often in the same colour and finish that you might be pondering. This way, you can experience the quality of our workmanship firsthand, before you commit to a project.
Industry authority
If you’re unsure which business to choose for your concreting project, ask someone you trust from the building industry for a recommendation. Failing that, a concreter’s length of experience in the industry and their willingness (or reluctance) to provide references, speak volumes.
Adelaide City Concrete is a licensed family concreting business, founded on four decades of local experience and two generations of shared passion for superior workmanship. We have worked cooperatively with a myriad of other trades to achieve exceptional results and some of the very best names in the construction industry are all too happy to vouch for us.
If you’d like to deal with a reputable and highly-skilled concreting business, have a friendly chat with Vinnie from Adelaide City Concreting and arrange for your complimentary, no-obligation quote.