Welcome to the Rated People blog

Hello and welcome to the Rated People blog!

I'm Sophie and I'm going to be posting lots of info and news about Rated People along with trade tips and home improvement advice.

I've decided to set up a blog about home improvement so that we can learn from each other and find out about all the different things that are going on in the world of trades and home improvement. So if you've got anything you want to say about home improvement and tradespeople, add a comment.

The first thing that I thought was worth mentioning was that we're going to be relaunching our new website in the next couple of weeks. There's going to be lots of new features that will make finding rated tradespeople in your area a lot easier. At Rated People Ratings count (the clue's in the name) and to make sure you get the best idea of the tradespeople who use our service to find work, we've got a new Ratings System.

It works a bit like EBay. After your tradesperson has done your work you get to rate them based on how you think it all went. Tradespeople can give their customers Ratings too which will create a forum based on comments and Ratings that makes seeing who suits you best for your job really easy and pain free.

The main thing that customers use Rated People for is to get the right person for their job. We'll do all the legwork to find you rated tradespeople near you who want to quote on your job. It makes it a lot easier to find people who you can trust a little more because the info you need to make a choice is right there in front of you.

Instead of having to trawl through business directories, we'll find you up to three tradespeople who want to quote on your job. Then you can check out their Ratings and the comments left by others just like you to help you decide if you want to use them or not.

Well that's about it from me for now. I'll be back when we're up and ready with the new website.

'Til then!

Sophie