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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Karl Wildey on June 26, 2005, 11:32:44 am

Title: Homeserve - continue
Post by: Karl Wildey on June 26, 2005, 11:32:44 am

Placed a post a week back about Homeserve taking on the world and forgot mention that they are also suppose to be featured in a BBC programme. I think it will run like a 'fly on the wall' type similar to 'grime busters', so a weekly look at how they deal with horrible jobs and clients.
Unless its already running and I am missing it.

Title: Re: Homeserve - continue
Post by: bennymon on June 26, 2005, 02:52:25 pm

it starts on the 11th of july

Title: Re: Homeserve - continue
Post by: nick_brown on June 26, 2005, 03:34:32 pm

it was going to  but we are now informed it will start this Monday at 8.30pm BBC1
cheers Nick

Title: Re: Homeserve - continue
Post by: Karl Wildey on June 26, 2005, 04:58:07 pm

I see it called Disaster Masters.

Monday BBC1 8.30pm, should be worth watching, any one from here on it?

Title: Re: Homeserve - continue
Post by: John Kelly on June 26, 2005, 10:30:49 pm

As far as I am aware the film crew followed a couple of the DRL teams around for a few weeks. Ironic that Homeserve have now closed DRL down.

Title: Re: Homeserve - continue
Post by: John Kelly on June 27, 2005, 07:50:26 pm

Starts on 27th June, tonight. 8.30 I think on BBC 1.

Title: Re: Homeserve - continue
Post by: Len Gribble on June 27, 2005, 08:57:42 pm

John

Sad I missed it! Do you know if they are doing an omnibus? May have known some of them!

Len

Title: Re: Homeserve - continue
Post by: Martin S on June 27, 2005, 10:40:27 pm

Len,

Don't be too sad.   :'( :'(  It just showed two guys from CD smashing a leather sofa to get it out of a flooded room and into a skip.

Riveting TV........Not

Title: Re: Homeserve - continue
Post by: Ian Gourlay on June 27, 2005, 11:35:16 pm

Found it interesting but did not see Chem Dry do any cleaning just funiture and Carpet removal.

Title: Re: Homeserve - continue
Post by: John Kelly on June 27, 2005, 11:40:39 pm

If you get paid uplifting a carpet and then get paid for uplifting the underlay and then get paid for removing the gripper, why would you want to clean it....oops giving the game away.

Title: Re: Homeserve - continue
Post by: Matt Read on June 28, 2005, 03:30:39 pm

You can't clean a flooded carpet without removing it,unless its a minor flood and even then the underlay still needs to be removed.What are the payments like these days for fire/flood work ? 5 years ago you could almost name your own price for a flood job, but when the insurance companies went for national franchise's, the company i subbed from found themselves being forced lower and lower price wise until we were working for less than we started at...to be honest that type of work is good if its good money,otherwise its a dirty smelly job with irate clients and enough stress to last a lifetime.

Title: Re: Homeserve - continue
Post by: John Kelly on June 28, 2005, 04:32:08 pm

Most of the contracts are now on a fixed rate. Usually depends on the size of the area affected. Thats what I was meaning, if you are getting 800 quid regardless of what you do, it's human nature to do as little as possible. Seen it on fire jobs where the carpets and upholstery were perfectly cleanable but were written off.

Title: Re: Homeserve - continue
Post by: John_Flynn on June 28, 2005, 05:24:25 pm

Hi Matt

Same thing happened with Co that I subbed for, in the end the Co had to bid for the pleasure in been allocated work from the Ins Co so they went T*ts Up and ceased Trading.

Title: Re: Homeserve - continue
Post by: Matt Read on June 28, 2005, 09:55:09 pm

probably the same company john !

Title: Re: Homeserve - continue
Post by: John_Flynn on June 28, 2005, 10:15:15 pm

Did the MD enjoy his motor cycling safaris??