A brave new world

A brave new world

My dad didn’t listen to what other people thought about tradespeople they’d employed. Instead, word of mouth to him was listening to what his friends said about the things we wanted to make our lives easier and telling us they were all death traps. Microwave?...
Keeping the home fires burning

Keeping the home fires burning

It’s hard to beat a roaring fire in winter but ensuring that your fire delivers the performance it should and is safe as possible means you need to be vigilant in keeping your chimney clean and regularly inspected for any possible repairs. Though the idea of needing a...
Paperless travel leaves some of us behind

Paperless travel leaves some of us behind

For the past few weeks I’ve been travelling in Europe, accompanying my father, on what may well be his last trip. He’s a few weeks shy of 80 and the advancing years have slowed him down, without diminishing the joy he experiences from new adventures and...
We want to be heard!

We want to be heard!

So why leave a review? Recently I was re-reading an article from a few years ago focused on the reasons consumers leave reviews and one part of it perfectly expressed an element that is isn’t given the attention that it deserves – that we leave feedback...
Why your feedback counts

Why your feedback counts

If you’re reading this then it’s likely that you have left feedback for a tradie or business on NoCowboys before. You may have done it because you were asked or you may have done it unsolicited because you were delighted with the work done, or perhaps...