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44 LONDON STONE CONNECT
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MAKE THE CONNECTION
Get the conversation started
If we had to pick our favourite
Trade Club feature, it would
definitely be Connect. We think that
the key to a successful project is
successful relationships; whether
that’s between the homeowner
and the designer, or the designer
and the contractor. All this begins
with finding the right person for the
job. Connect gets the conversation
started.
Every Trade Club member
has their own Connect profile
on the London Stone website.
This personalised business page
contains full company details
plus an image gallery, and can
be easily searched by postcode.
Homeowners can look for a
designer or contractor in their area,
and trade professionals can search
for a partner to fill a skill gap on a
project.
As a Trade Club member, you
have full control over your Connect
profile. Upload your company
biography and logo alongside
photographs of your completed
projects, and include links to your
website and social media channels.
There’s also a checklist of your
stone experience and the chance
to display your membership of
professional bodies such as the
APL, SGD and BALI. The page isn’t
“set in stone”, either. It’s a living
profile that can be updated with
images and text as you progress.
Connect makes life easier for
homeowners too. You want to find
the best trade professional for the
job, but it can be hard to know
where to start. Connect gives you
that power, just by entering your
postcode. This brings up a list of
the ten trade professionals nearest
to you, allowing you to compare
photographs of their completed
work, scout out their websites and
social media accounts, compare
stone experience and send an
enquiry email direct from the profile
page.
With over four hundred visitors
to the Connect webpages every
month, and numbers growing,
we’re getting great feedback from
our members and their satisfied
customers. If you join our Trade
Club for one reason only,
Connect has to be it.
WHY USE A LANDSCAPER ?
Ellen Gordon, Landart Founder
A professional
to detail the different design
landscaper or landscape options and layouts that suit
designer brings a certain skill the client’s taste and budget,
level. Professional landscapers also ensuring the best materials
will draw upon years and service available are used.
of experience in Additionally, as most projects
similar situations require special tools and
and will be equipment, a professional will
able to show have access to these as well as
examples staff trained to use them.
of their
Last but not least,
work and professional landscapers are
the garden aware of building regulations
transformations that can impact the design and
achieved in construction of the garden and
previous projects. hard landscaping around the
Their expertise house. It is therefore advisable
enables them to quickly assess to engage their services before
worst-case scenarios, identify the construction of a property
potential issues and how these or extension commences.
should be dealt with, be able www.landartuk.co.uk
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