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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:19 pm
by GB_Groundworks
I edited it, bit cheeky to come in with a blatant advertisement on first few posts, hang out help people out then maybe do a bit of self promotion.
Giles
I can buy normal proper Indian stone delivered from my local bm for 14/m and take it back if it's crap. So not that much of a bargain.
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:23 pm
by danstan
yes..your deffo correct Luton and London... take the positives of the net and use it to your advantage, as well as the negatives it also makes for so many positives for businesses to embrace.. 
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 8:24 am
by jonnyboyentire
Yep, northerner here too. Toon army lol
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:31 pm
by London Stone Paving
Toon Army eh Jonny? We knocked you off your perch last weekend (pun intended)
Did you buy the Easipoint straight from us Tony? Who did you deal with?
Fair point though, we can't compete with these companies on price but on the same note they can't compete with us on service, quality, after support etc etc.
One of my regular clients bought some sawn sandstone from us last year and laid it on a project in Hampton. Client came back to him this year and asked him to extend the patio. When my client put the price in the customer tried to drive it down. My client was having none of it and told them to find somebody else to do the job. Up step a Eastern European outfit and hey presto the job gets cussed up. All for the sake of trying to save a couple of hundred pounds. So its a universal thing in all types of business
BTW I know loads of Eastern European mobs who are very good. Check out these attached shots of an installation of one of our stone products by an Eastern European mob, absolutely awesome!
http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz65/StevenWalley/tmpphpbGSc6J.jpg
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 4:53 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i wonder what that little lot will look like after a british winter?
step forward R and A pressure washing 
what happens when it rains hard with the flush
threshold at the patio door?
or is there some ninja drain in there i cannot see?
the stone work looks fab,but more Mediterranean weather could be the key
most of the east europeans are good with natural stone as it is common to have marble throughout your communist era flat in downtown Warsaw, Bucharest,Riga etc
stone mason is a very specialist job in the uk
very nice quality work though
LLL
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 6:49 pm
by mickg
if you look closely at the photo Luton you will see a galvanised steel grating running from left to right at the bottom of the steps
this may help
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:22 pm
by London Stone Paving
There is a drain which also runs right around the house as well. The guys who owns the house was very clued up about everything and the job was done properly
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 8:04 pm
by lutonlagerlout
yeah i spotted the aco drain mick
but the one at the door must be one of those tight ones
lets hope the owner has some of
these
jk :;):
i see flush threshold specced all the time now days,or these 50mm all in 1 drains by hepworth
it just goes against the grain for me
this is great britain, not california
still looks a well executed job though
LLL
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 9:04 pm
by London Stone Paving
Those wellies are so last year
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 9:52 pm
by ispaving
lutonlagerlout wrote:is that you then ispaving?
I like your webby but i note no landline or trading address,this would put me off dealing with you TBH
from various websearches i have you down as nw london but personally i like to be able to go and feel stone and look at it
no offence intended
cheers LLL
no that were'nt my listing in ebay, sorry if it were'nt allowed.
i dont have a trading address . because my stone is just kept in a secure open yard, i dont have a showroom or shop front etc. As for the landline im always out and about, but i might invest in an 0800 number
yes i keep my stock in north west london were it can be felt and looked at to anyone that wants to have a look.
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:30 pm
by London Stone Paving
"secure open yard"
Thats a double entendre
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:55 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i felt it wasnt your stone,apologies if it seemed it looked that way
but in general i dont like dealing with people off a mobile number and no address
its something to think about
cheers LLL
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:07 am
by Suggers
London Stone Paving wrote:Thats a double entendre
nah - that's an oxymoron :p
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 10:41 am
by Bob_A
lutonlagerlout wrote:i felt it wasnt your stone,apologies if it seemed it looked that way
but in general i dont like dealing with people off a mobile number and no address
its something to think about
cheers LLL
I got to agree. Last year when I was buying my stone I noticed ispaving after doing a 'nearest' first search on ebay.
Didn't make contact for the same reason.
Also If I remembered rightly the delivery charge bumped the price up but I suppose that's going to be inevitable.
Please don't take this as a dig, just the thoughts from someone not in the trade.
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:35 pm
by ispaving
lutonlagerlout wrote:i felt it wasnt your stone,apologies if it seemed it looked that way
but in general i dont like dealing with people off a mobile number and no address
its something to think about
cheers LLL
input appreciated. address of yard and an 0800 number will be up on the site soon.
