🛠️  Now that the warmer weather has arrived, please be alert to uninvited doorstep traders offering home repairs or garden maintenance‼️

🏠  If an uninvited trader knocks on your door and tells you that urgent work needs doing on your house or garden, don't take their word for it. Also be wary of traders offering 'today only' offers.

👎 This is pressure selling! Reputable tradespeople often have a waiting list for work and can never normally attend on the day.

⛔ You can deter unwanted doorstep traders by displaying a 'no uninvited callers' sign on your door or in your front window.

☑️ If you need work doing, always get a second opinion from someone you trust and get at least three quotes before having any work carried out.

You can find a reputable trader by speaking to friends/family or choose one that is part of the Buy With Confidence scheme here 👉  https://www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk/

For consumer advice or to report a trader to Trading Standards, please contact Citizens Advice here 👉 https://citizensadvicerutland.org.uk/ 

Please share this message with family and friends who may not have social media 🤝

Thank you.

Stay #ScamAware 🔒