Reviews
What people say afterwards
Most of our work comes from recommendations, which is the only review system that has ever really mattered in this trade.
To do before launch
- Collect 6–12 real reviews from customers – a sentence or two each, with a first name, the town, and what the job was.
- Replace the placeholders in
src/data/testimonials.ts. - Set
REVIEWS_ARE_REAL = truein that file. That switches on Review and AggregateRating structured data, which is what produces star ratings in Google results. - Set up a Google Business Profile and start asking customers to leave reviews there too – for a local trade it is the single highest-impact thing you can do, ahead of anything on this website.
The star markup is deliberately switched off until then. Marking up invented reviews is a manual-action risk with Google, and it is not worth it.
Placeholder content. These quotes are examples so the layout can be judged – swap them for real customer feedback in src/data/testimonials.ts and setREVIEWS_ARE_REAL = true to switch on review rich snippets.
PLACEHOLDER – Steve and the team built our rear extension over the winter and we never once felt out of the loop. The brickwork match to the original 1930s house is genuinely seamless; visitors assume it was always there.
PLACEHOLDER – We had three quotes for repointing and Steve was the only one who explained why our house needed lime rather than cement. Two years on the walls are dry and the brickwork looks a hundred years younger.
PLACEHOLDER – Our retaining wall had been leaning for years and two builders wouldn't touch it. S E Barrett & Son took it down, sorted the drainage properly and rebuilt it. Straight, dry and solid.
PLACEHOLDER – Full renovation of a tired 1960s bungalow, start to finish, on budget and only a week over on time – and that week was our fault for changing the kitchen. Tidy site every single day.
PLACEHOLDER – Groundworks and foundations for our self build. Steve spotted the tree issue before we broke ground and saved us a very expensive surprise later. Knew exactly what building control would want.
PLACEHOLDER – Flint and brick garden wall to match the original. It is a work of art, and half the reason we get compliments on the house.
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