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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Josie Clarke

Estimated quarter of homeowners had problems with recent repair jobs – survey

Citizens Advice said home repairs generated almost 37,000 complaints to its consumer service last year (Alamy/PA) -

A estimated quarter of homeowners had problems with their most recent repair jobs, a survey for Citizens Advice suggests.

Some 4.8 million households dealt with issues ranging from living with unfinished or unsafe work to dealing with stressful disputes with traders over the last 18 months alone, the charity found.

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