Franbern around us there has been an absolute boom in housing, catching up with the lockdown and to make the most of a booming, rising housing market, although it is starting to close down.
In addition during the lockdown many people saved quite a lot of money (yes, I know many ended at Food Banks but many didn't ) and saved a lot of money and this money is being spent on making their homes and gardens more confortable. The number of kitchens being fitted and landscaping and fencing being done is amazing.
I must say that all the tradesmen we have hired, with the exception of one superb very specialist contractor, have been local tradesman, people who have lived in the village or area for decades and mainly work for private clients, but as I said, so much work is being done, supply is very limited.
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