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The owners of Division Five, Mr & Mrs Hidalgo, have been working with building and related trades for over 20 years. This business started out as a sole trader in 1999. As the operation grew, the owners registered as a partnership and after five years, Division Five was re-registered as a Limited Company based in London, England, owned by its principal investors, which suited better the projected business needs.

 

Gaston Hidalgo trained in Architecture with 2 years at university specialising in this subject, created his own construction, sewerage and plumbing company in Chile.

On coming to the UK he worked in a painting and decorating company as the Technical Secretary running several jobs at the same time for about a year and then moved on to set up the current Company.

 

Alison Hidalgo is a graduate at the London Schools of Economics. She ran her own jewellery business for 6 years. She also set up a water filter company.

 

The Company is registered with Constructionline, is a member of The Hackney Chamber of Commerce, The UK Trades Confederation, The Guild of Master Craftsmen, is accredited by the Contractor's Health and Safety Assessment Scheme and is formally certified by the International Standards Association (ISO 9001-2000). It has recently committed itself to Investors in People.

 
So, how do you get EXACTLY what you want?
 

All right, let's get down to business. You have already requested an appointment and our Sales-Estimator will come to see you. Here is what will happen then:

    They will discuss with you anything you consider important, give you their full attention and carefully note down all relevant data. Then they will, with your permission, take photographs of parts of your property that needs repairing, building or decorating.

    Please feel free to communicate to them anything that is important to you either during or at any time after the appointment. They will give you their direct numbers and e-mail addresses. They will always go out of their way to make sure all your concerns are attended to and resolved promptly.

    We normally have a lot of requests but in most cases we come back to our Clients fairly quickly. In other words, you can expect the Sales-Estimator to give you the price for the work within 7-10 days, possibly even sooner. Along with the price, they will tell you exactly how long the job is going to last, so you can do your own planning.

    You don't have to worry for any other aspects of organizing the job, regardless of its complexity. We will make sure it's organised properly, putting the right people to work at the appropriate time.

    You can book us in with the deposit of 5% of the job value. Then we will produce a "Programme and Schedule of Works", a detailed description of the job (The Sales-Estimator will show you a sample of it). We'll go over it with you and once it meets your approval we'll go ahead and deliver exactly what was written.

    A note here: In the past we were writing the "Programme and Schedule of Works" for everyone in advance, before securing jobs. Unfortunately, as we have so many requests and not everyone was a Real Prospective Client, we were engaged in too much writing and spending hours and hours in doing work we were not paid for. Because of that, we had to change that policy and now we engage in the write-up only when the deposit is collected and we are sure the customer wants us to do the job for him or her. Once we know we have a legitimate request, we don't have any problems serving you to any extent. I hope you understand the reason for such an operating basis.

    All our staff will treat you with courtesy and respect. You don't have to worry about unpleasant incidents and should anything occur just give the Sales-Estimator a call. They will make sure to bring it to the attention of the management so it gets handled immediately.

    We will also treat your property with respect; in other words, if we repair your wall we will not damage your cupboard. And in an unlikely event that something did happen, we will take responsibility for that.

    We have said it already but because it is so important we will stress it again: We always think long-term and do standard solutions. That means - no uncertainties about what is the right thing to do, no patch-up jobs, no need to repair it again in 6 months or a year.

 
Write to us directly using the button on the left (CONTACT US), to  consult, check, ask details, specifics or any other reason, do not struggle with any section of the website that does not give you an answer, just email or phone if you find any stops. We keep improving this site, but whilst it gets to the perfection you demand, feel free to use any of our lines of communication.
 
Customer testimonials
 
We have been around for many years now and have completed work for numerous clients. We work mainly in East & North London. Our Central Files are full of projects we have completed so far. Here are just a couple of testimonials from some customers who agreed to be quoted.
 

    "Dear Sirs, just to say that with all the inside and outside decoration and repair work that you have done for me in the last year; I have found it to have been not only very satisfactory but unlike most builders, your staff were charming and helpful and most of all they cleared up after the job.

    I would recommend you to any client that needs work to be done. Please feel free to use this testimonial when you need to, also if the client wishes to speak to me feel free to give them my number."

Julia Black, Hackney

 

     "I would recommend Division 5 to anyone."

Mr Baxter, Bow

 

    "We were very pleased with the standard of work carried out by your company. The men were polite and corteous at all times and we were extremely impressed by efficiency of all the people we dealt with.

    I would have no hesitation in using you again if further work needed done at my home. To date I have recommended you to three people who were looking for an efficient reliable building company to give them a quote for work that they needed done."

Mr Michael Dover, Tower Hamlets

 

   "I thought it was excellent service. I would recommend it to my friends, I would use it again. DEFINITELY..."

Mrs Smith, Hackney

   

   Sounds too good to be true? Well, don't worry, we have our bad days too. But we always correct them. Also, should you request so, we can arrange telephone calls or even appointments for you with any of these (or other) people.

 

Summary

 

  • Full attention.
  • Courteous approach by all our staff (including builders and decorators, believe it or not).
  • No need for hiring or firing different contractors for various types of work required at your property. In other words, no hassle with finding the right people, organizing jobs, etc.
  • Standard, long-term solution. We always seek to increase the value of your property.
  • Respectful approach to your property.
  • Clean house/premises daily and on completion.
  • Fair price which is actually very reasonable for the standards of quality.
  • Five years guarantee on anything we do. 
  • Detailed quality control upon completion of the job.

 

And the opportunity to fill out our survey at the end, stating WHATEVER (good or bad) you feel about the Company, staff and the work carried out. We will only use your comments to improve the quality of our work in the future and give you even better service should you decide to use us again.