Criminal traders to Lincolnshire
Protect the roof over your head.
Last year more than 80 households reported criminal traders to Lincolnshire Trading Standards. On average over £3,300 was stolen through unnecessary, poor quality or uncompleted work on homes.
Criminals target our homes in order to exploit us for money – they may knock at our doors and tell us there is a problem on our roof that we can't see and offer to repair it quickly for us.
Legitimate builders do not call door to door and they would never expect you to pay upfront for their services.
Criminal traders are known to use trader recommendation platforms to exploit homeowners. They use fake reviews and images to create a sense of reliability.
It is important that our roofs are well maintained. If you are looking to have work done on your roof then you can get information here