DO NOT TRUST CHECKATRADER. If there was a zero star option I would use it. Last week I contacted a building company through their website, seemingly vetted as per the claims on Checkatrader's website. Forewarned by the scam outlined below I checked the company's listing with Companies House, only to find that this company which advertised itself as having many years of experience, had been set up just two months previously by a 25 year old chap. His previous company, set up 6 months previously, had been voluntarily closed - I imagine following poor reviews which I found via an internet search. Needless to say we moved on. Checkatrader has continued to trade following the scam we suffered some years ago when we a big flat extension (not) done by Builders London, getting their name from Checkatrader. We read that Checkatrader checks and verifies all companies so went ahead. The company turned out to be operating a scam to get money for the demolishing part of the work then disappearing. This is exactly what happened; we started legal proceedings through the small claims court, aided very well by Which Legal, along with a number of other customers who had been similarly scammed. Checkatrader's response to our dilemma was pitiful. I did a check on Builders London and found that they were under a number of court proceedings. They had listed two poor pensioners as Directors and disappeared completely, so the court cases were unable to proceed. Checkatrade were unrepentant about their claim to have vetted the company, saying that we had no redress for poor service due to the discalimer on their website. Checkatrader actually helps scam Companies to operate their awful dealings. They DON'T vet them properly, as my own investigations of the two companies showed - I soon realised they were dodgy - yet Checkatrader did not. They list anyone who pays them. Trading Standards have reached the same conclusions. DO NOT USE CHECKATRADER. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH