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Claim your patch.

Our plan: homeowner enquiries from your local area, sent to one firm per patch. No promises of numbers.

Fencing, plastering, roofing, plumbing and other main trades: one local quote site per trade is planned. None are live yet.

First 3 enquiries freeTo try it out
£20An enquiry after that
£100For a pack of 5

Working price, subject to change before launch. It isn't final.

Claim your patch How it works

No local site is live yet. No enquiries and no firms signed up so far.

OL11OL10OL16BL9M24M9Your patch

Drawing, not a real map: small local areas. Each patch is held by one firm.

01How it works

  1. Claim your patch

    Pick up to 5 small local areas for each trade you do (included). Registering doesn't cost anything and doesn't promise you any jobs.

  2. Our plan: one firm per patch

    Once our sites are live, we send enquiries to one firm per patch, no promises of numbers. You do the jobs. Our plan is a local quote site for your trade and patch, with your firm named on it. No local site is live yet, and we can't say how many enquiries any patch will get.

  3. You do the jobs

    When a homeowner sends an enquiry for your patch, they agree to us sending it to your firm only. You call them, quote and agree the job directly.

Your patch = the postcode area(s) you cover: up to 5 postcode districts or sectors included for each trade; more patches in that trade cost extra (£10 per extra patch, paid once; working price). We send enquiries to one firm per patch, per trade. No promises of numbers.

Our plan is UK-wide, patch by patch: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We don't cover any area yet and no local site is live yet. The areas below are only examples, not places we cover.

  • EH6 (Leith, example)
  • CF24 (Roath, example)
  • BT9 (Malone, example)
  • OL10 (Heywood, example)
  • NE6 (Byker, example)
  • Manchester
  • Glasgow
  • Cardiff
  • Belfast
  • all of "M"

02See an enquiry go through

A walk-through using our local prototype and a made-up homeowner. Example/demo - invented business, not a real service. The examples use North West England areas (Heywood, Rochdale) only as samples; the plan is UK-wide and no area is covered yet. Nothing here was sent to anyone.

  1. The homeowner asks for a quote

    On a local quote site. Your firm is named on the page before they send anything.

    Example - invented businessThe same example fencing quote site on a phone: the headline, a short line saying the enquiry goes to one named local firm, and a 'Request a quote' button.

  2. Their consent is recorded

    They tick a box naming your firm. No tick, no enquiry.

    Example - invented business
    I agree that Sample Fencing Co (invented) may contact me about this enquiry, and that Sample Fence Quotes Heywood can send my enquiry and contact details to Sample Fencing Co (invented) only, for this enquiry only.
    Ticked
    Mon 2 Nov, 09:00
    Stored
    the exact wording, the time and the privacy notice version

  3. If a homeowner asks for a quote in your patch, the enquiry goes to your firm

    By email, to your firm only. This is the email our prototype wrote (first part).

    Example - invented business
    To Sample Fencing Co (invented)
    Subject New enquiry ENQ-DE0001: Storm-damaged panels, OL10
    Hello Sample Fencing Co (invented),

A homeowner has asked Sample Fence Quotes Heywood to pass this enquiry to you. It has been sent to you only.

Reference:     ENQ-DE0001
Received:      2026-11-02T09:00:00Z (UTC)
Name:          Alex Testperson (fictional)
Phone:         07700900123
Email:         alex.testperson@example.com
Postcode:      OL10 9ZZ
Type of job:   Storm-damaged panels
When:          Within a month
Time to call:  Evening (5pm–8pm)

What they told us:
Two panels blown down in last week's wind, concrete posts look fine. Back garden, easy side access. (Fictional test enquiry.)

What the homeowner agreed to (shown next to the form, ticked 2026-11-02T09:00:00Z UTC):
"I agree that Sample Fencing Co (invented) may contact me about this enquiry, and that Sample Fence Quotes Heywood can send my enquiry and contact details to Sample Fencing Co (invented) only, for this enquiry only."

Reply rule: please contact them within 2 working hours, and at the latest within 1 working day
(working hours: 8am-6pm UK time, Monday to Friday, not counting bank holidays anywhere in the UK). If sent now: by 2026-11-02 11:00 GMT,
and at the latest by 2026-11-03 09:00 GMT. If you don't, we give you the credit back and may, only with the
homeowner's fresh agreement, offer the enquiry to another firm.

  4. You call them in time

    Working hours are 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, UK time, not counting bank holidays anywhere in the UK.

    Example - invented business
    1. Sent: Mon 2 Nov, 09:00Enquiry reaches you.
    2. Aim: by Mon 2 Nov, 11:002 working hours.
    3. Latest: Tue 3 Nov, 09:001 working day.

    Missed it? You get the credit back. We then ask the homeowner before passing their enquiry to one other firm.

  5. Bad lead? Tell us

    Claim within 7 days of the date we sent it: reply with the reference, the reason and your evidence.

    Example - invented business
    Re
    ENQ-DE0001
    Reason
    Wrong number: not in service
    Evidence
    call-log screenshot
    Sent
    Tue 3 Nov, 10:00
    Window ends
    Mon 9 Nov, 09:00

  6. Credit back

    We decide within 1 working day of your evidence. Accepted means 1 credit back.

    Example - invented business
    3−1 sent2+1 back3

    This one used an introductory credit, so the credit back is an introductory one too (no cash value). A paid credit comes back at the price you paid.

The panels come from one run of our local prototype with a fictional enquiry (reference ENQ-DE0001). The homeowner, firm and site are invented; the phone number is from the range Ofcom keeps for drama.

What a local quote site looks like

Example quote site on a laptop screen: 'Fence repair and replacement quotes in Heywood', with a 'Request a quote' button, a 'Who we are' box naming the one firm enquiries go to, and a drawing of a fence with a storm-damaged panel. A yellow banner above the page says it is a sample.
Example/demo - invented business, not a real serviceLaptop view of a fencing quote site.
Example plastering quote site on a phone: 'Plastering quotes in Rochdale', with a 'Request a quote' button and a note naming the one firm enquiries go to.
Example/demo - invented business, not a real servicePhone view of a plastering quote site.

03What it costs

To startFirst 3 enquiries freeThen pay as you go
After that£20An enquiry, paid in advance as credits
Pack of 5 credits£100£20 each, 1 credit = 1 enquiry
Monthly feeNoneNo term, no automatic renewal

Working price, subject to change before launch. It isn't final.

  • Your balance can't go below zero, so you never owe us money. With no credit, enquiries stop until you add more.
  • Credits don't expire. Unused paid credit is refunded if you ask, within 5 working days, with no fee.
  • Bad lead or missed reply: the credit comes back (see below).

From our lead terms, version 0.6.

Ways of paying for enquiries

ModelMembershipPay to respondQuote Local Trades
You payEvery month or year, whether or not enquiries come inTo contact a homeowner, or when they pick you to talk toOnly when we send you an enquiry
Same job sent toDepends on the serviceOther firms can be invited tooYour firm only
Tied in?Some have a 12-month termDepends on the serviceNo term (our lead terms)

We compare ways of paying, not named services. Other services' prices and terms change, so check them yourself.

04Who does what

We do

  • Build and run the local quote sites (none are live yet).
  • Name your firm on the page, so the homeowner knows who will call.
  • Record each homeowner's consent before anything reaches you.
  • Send each enquiry to your firm only.
  • Keep a written rule for bad leads, and give credit back when it applies.

You do

  • Call within 2 working hours if you can, and within 1 working day at the latest.
  • Give written quotes, and don't ask for full payment up front.
  • Hold public liability insurance (our lead terms: at least £1m).
  • Hold any legal registration your work needs.
  • Use the homeowner's details for that enquiry only.
  • Do the work and agree it directly with the homeowner.

We don't

  • Promise any number of enquiries, any jobs or any income.
  • Pass an enquiry to a second firm. The one exception: you missed the reply time, and the homeowner then says yes to one other firm we name.
  • Inspect or judge workmanship. Each homeowner site has a 'How we check' page that lists only what we looked at.
  • Check or verify anyone's registrations or qualifications. Each firm must hold any legal registration its work needs.
  • Do the work, quote for it or take payment from homeowners.
  • Sell homeowners' details, or keep them longer than 90 days.
  • Run any ads yet. No local site is live yet.

Gas, electrical and other regulated work. We don't check or verify anyone's registrations or qualifications. Each firm must hold any legal registration its work needs (for example, Gas Safe registration for gas work, or a competent person scheme or building control sign-off for notifiable electrical work).

05Bad leads and late replies

From our Refund and Bad-Lead Policy (bad-lead policy, version 0.6). It isn't final, and it isn't published anywhere yet.

Counts as a bad lead: credit back

  • Fake or wrong contact details.
  • Nobody answers after 3 attempts over at least 2 working days, with at least 1 call and at least 1 email or text.
  • The job is outside your patch, or isn't your trade.
  • A duplicate of an enquiry we sent you in the last 90 days.
  • Spam, a test or abuse, or a person who says they never asked.
  • They'd already hired someone before you got in touch, if you tried within 1 working day and they confirm it in writing.

Doesn't count

  • They chose another firm, or went quiet after you'd spoken or quoted.
  • They thought the price was too high, or changed their plans.
  • Too few attempts, or all on one day, or by one method only.

How to claim

Claim within 7 days of the date we sent it, with the reference, the reason and your evidence. We decide within 1 working day of getting your evidence, or up to 3 working days if we need to ask the homeowner. You can reply once with new evidence if we say no.

The reply rule Lead terms Aim to contact the homeowner within 2 working hours, and at the latest within 1 working day (8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, UK time, not counting bank holidays anywhere in the UK).

If you miss it: you get the credit back. We then ask the homeowner whether they'd like their enquiry passed to one other firm, which we name, and we only pass it on if they say yes.

06Claim your patch

Tell us your trade and the small local areas you cover. We'll email you if we have, or plan, a site for your trade there.

Pick small local areas, up to 5 for each trade. Whole cities such as Manchester aren't available as one patch.

Up to 5 patches are included for each trade you do. More patches in a trade cost extra: £10 per extra patch, paid once (working price). Nothing is charged here.

This is not a contract and it doesn't commit you, or us, to anything. Registering doesn't cost anything and doesn't promise you any jobs.

We're not promising any patch or any number of enquiries.

Your trade

Our list of main trades. Do more than one trade? Tell us the others by email. Patches are per trade: one firm per patch for each trade, and up to 5 included for each trade.

Your patch for this trade: up to 5 small local areas (included)

Anywhere in the UK: a postcode district such as EH6, CF24, BT9 or OL10, or a sector such as BT9 5. Add a place name if you like (examples: Leith, Roath, Malone). Only the first area is needed.

Use a UK postcode district such as EH6, CF24, BT9 or OL10, or a sector such as BT9 5. A bare area like M, or a city name, is too wide.Whole cities such as Manchester aren't available as one patch. Use a local place name, such as Leith or Malone.
Use a UK postcode district such as EH6, CF24, BT9 or OL10, or a sector such as BT9 5. A bare area like M, or a city name, is too wide.Whole cities such as Manchester aren't available as one patch. Use a local place name, such as Leith or Malone.
Use a UK postcode district such as EH6, CF24, BT9 or OL10, or a sector such as BT9 5. A bare area like M, or a city name, is too wide.Whole cities such as Manchester aren't available as one patch. Use a local place name, such as Leith or Malone.
Use a UK postcode district such as EH6, CF24, BT9 or OL10, or a sector such as BT9 5. A bare area like M, or a city name, is too wide.Whole cities such as Manchester aren't available as one patch. Use a local place name, such as Leith or Malone.
Use a UK postcode district such as EH6, CF24, BT9 or OL10, or a sector such as BT9 5. A bare area like M, or a city name, is too wide.Whole cities such as Manchester aren't available as one patch. Use a local place name, such as Leith or Malone.

There are 5 rows: up to 5 areas are included for this trade. Want more? Say so under "Anything else?" (each extra patch is £10, paid once; nothing is charged here).

07Questions

What does it cost?

Your first 3 enquiries free. After that, the working price is £20 an enquiry, paid in advance as credits, or £100 for a pack of 5 credits. That price isn't final and may change before launch. There's no monthly fee. Unused paid credit is refunded if you ask, and your balance can't go below zero, so you never owe us money.

What if I can't call in time?

Aim to call within 2 working hours, and at the latest within 1 working day (8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, UK time, not counting bank holidays anywhere in the UK). If you haven't been in touch by then, you get the credit back. We then ask the homeowner whether they'd like their enquiry passed to one other firm, which we name, and we only pass it on if they say yes. That's the only way another firm could get one of your enquiries. This is in our lead terms.

What is a bad lead?

One you shouldn't pay for: fake or wrong contact details, nobody answering after 3 tries over at least 2 working days (at least 1 call and at least 1 email or text), a job outside your patch, the wrong trade, a duplicate of one we sent you in the last 90 days, spam, or someone who says they never asked. Claim within 7 days of the date we sent it and you get the credit back. A real enquiry that doesn't turn into a job (they chose someone else, or thought the price was too high) isn't a bad lead.

Do I have to sign a contract?

There's no long contract and nothing to sign right now. Claiming your patch on this page is not a contract and doesn't commit you, or us, to anything. If you later decide to take enquiries, you'd agree to our short lead terms: no minimum term, no subscription, no automatic renewal, and you can leave by email whenever you like.

Where do the enquiries come from?

From local quote websites we plan to build and run, one per trade and town (the plan is UK-wide; the samples shown here use North West England areas as examples), for homeowners who search for things like fence repair in their town. None of them are live yet, so there's no track record to show you. A new site may get few enquiries or none, especially at first, and we can't say how many any site will get.

Which trades can join?

Our plan covers fencing, plastering, roofing, plumbing and other main trades, each with its own local quote site. None of these sites are live yet. Tell us your trade or trades by email. Patches are per trade: one firm per patch for each trade, and up to 5 included for each trade. We don't check or verify anyone's registrations or qualifications. Each firm must hold any legal registration its work needs (for example, Gas Safe registration for gas work, or a competent person scheme or building control sign-off for notifiable electrical work).

How big can my patch be, and is it available?

Your patch is the postcode area or areas you cover, made of small local areas. Our plan is UK-wide (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), but we don't cover any area yet and no local site is live yet. Up to 5 postcode districts or sectors are included for each trade you do, for example EH6 (Leith), CF24 (Roath), BT9 (Malone) or OL10 (Heywood); these are only examples. More patches in that trade cost extra: £10 per extra patch, paid once (working price). Whole cities such as Manchester or Glasgow, or a bare postcode area such as M or BT, aren't available as one patch. We send enquiries to one firm per patch, per trade (that's in our lead terms). No promises of numbers. We don't know yet which patches will have a site, and we're not promising any patch or any number of enquiries. Tell us the areas you cover and we'll email you if we have, or plan, a site for your trade there.

What if a homeowner's area has no firm?

We tell them we don't have a firm covering their area yet, and we don't keep their enquiry or pass it to anyone. They can join a waiting list with its own unticked box: email address only, used only to tell them once when a firm joins, never passed to any firm (including the one that joins), and deleted after 90 days at the most. If you then claim that patch, you only get enquiries the homeowner sends you later, with their agreement.

Who runs this?

A sole trader. The owner's full name and postal address are at the foot of this page and in the privacy notice. Email enquiries@quotelocaltrades.co.uk (privacy requests: privacy@quotelocaltrades.co.uk).