But they are incompetent and will reduce the customer and themselves to tears. Call them cowboys if you like. His final report has now been published. He reckons he has a remedy for this nuisance end of building. Merricks must have realised that cowboy building is not one-sided.
Cowboy building is all about the black economy.
This customer usually deserves a cowboy builder. It is also true that the bright idea to escape VAT often comes from the customer. He can be my next nomination for a knighthood, a peer of the realm. No, damn it, he must be king. But it is not only HM Treasury that is a mild hurdle.