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‘21 Certificate of Excellence, 2021

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Gary R Shovlin Building & Roofing is a local family run business based in South Tyneside. I have been in the roofing and building industry for forty years and I am the second generation of my family to be trained in the roofing and building business.

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12 hires on Bark
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4.5/5

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17 February 2024

Do a cross check of his webpage vs registered traders under South Tyneside Safe Traders. Nothing that’s coming up. CITB is the training board that administers CSCS cards. Big deal if he has a CSCS card. I would query what level though. More...

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17 February 2024

What a great set of lads Gary’s got they done a job for me and it was great,Which was a reasonable price? A few weeks later There was a couple of Slates which slid down iPhone Gary and told him he sent lads round straightaway I would really recommend Gary he was spot on.

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1 February 2024

Gary and his team have recently removed our concrete gutters and replaced with new white plastic ones.. The price quoted also included new downpipes which they weren't going to do until I reminded them. Then they were going to do a botch job with the fitments until we made it clear we weren't happy with that but we're told fitments weren't possible for the square downpipes, however they are and Gary had to go to Sunderland for them. After paying for the work we have since been told by a roofer that part of the flashing is missing so have contacted Gary to come and complete which he said he would, still nothing done and now our numerous messages are being ignored. When you pay £1300 for a job you expect it to be fully complete. We have been given a 25 year guarantee but I doubt thats worth anything when he can't even come and complete something that would take 10 minutes. Will not be using or recommending. More...

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12 January 2024

I’ve been waiting for Gary to come and repair his work on our guttering for 4 months. He installed the guttering with a wonky bracket meaning the water pools in the guttering and spills over with any rain. Gary provided a warranty for his work yet isn’t fulfilling the warranty by not correcting the bracket (which would be a 10 min job with the right equipment) despite myself and my partner calling over and over and broken promises by Gary to come round he has never shown up, now he is ignoring our calls. When we’ve paid him over £1000 for new guttering and pointing around the top of the walls I wouldn’t expect sub-standard work and a tradesman who provides a warranty which isn’t fulfilled. More...

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1 May 2023

I've used so many tradesmen for the roof they were all cowboys 🤠 but today I've found a good professional Roofer his name is Mr Gary R shovlin and his worker's were Excellent they finished the roof in 5 hours I highly recommend them. They are no1 for me. Thank you Mr Shovlin I'll use you in future More...

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29 October 2022

Can't comment on any work as twice giving me a time to come to give a quote never turned up either and I wasted a day waiting. Doesn't exactly say reliability to me. More...

1 October 2022

Fantastic lads did great job on time great job cant fault them👍❤️❤️❤️

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8 July 2022

Fab job this week by Gary and the lads. totally transformed the front of our house, plenty kerb appeal now. Gary has done few jobs for us over the years and would definitely recommend them to anyone. Before and after pics. Thanks again lads we love it More...

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1 July 2022

I've been eating in Spice Garden for years and have never had a bad meal. The food, staff and service are outstanding.

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1 June 2022

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1 June 2022

Great job done on our new roof. No mess , very happy.

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1 June 2022

His lads replaced a couple of roof tiles. Up and down the ladder in under 5 minutes ... Job done. Wish I was a roofer!

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1 June 2022

Excellent service, highly recommend

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1 June 2022

Let down by company who put roof on. After storm Malik lost two ridge tiles and after a month of calling them got no response about my repair. Called Gary and it was done straight away, quality job and the two lads left no mess. Would recommend you call him. More...

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1 June 2022

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1 June 2022

I had three properties damaged by storm Arwen, Gary fixed everything chimney pots, ridge tiles, tiles, guttering, 5 star service , many thanks

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1 June 2022

Put a roof on my car wash and built me a 10ft high storage building great lads

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30 July 2021

General Builders

Gary and his lads did a fantastic job.
Exposing a 40 year old lintel.
They repaired the wall back like new.
Nothing was a problem for him and the lads.
I would not hesitate to recommend him to anybody.
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22 September 2019

I would recommend Gary wholeheartedly. He was very efficient, helpful, friendly and knew exactly what was required. Did the job when he said he would.

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12 September 2019

Just had my driveway repaired and a brick wall on the driveway taken down. Absolutely superb job as it was in a really bad way. Thought the entire driveway needed doing but Gary and his team fixed it neee bother. Any other work is coming his way! More...

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8 August 2019

great service from gary and the lads! thanks!!!

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1 June 2019

What a let down, asked to repair some broken guttering, agreed a job and when he came to do it didn’t follow through as we had agreed. Has actually Created a problem for me and has ignoring my contact. DO NOT USE this man, he claims all work is guaranteed, that is a lie. More...

17 May 2019

Gary and his team were great! absolutely love my garden now it's summer ready. Couldn't recommend Gary and the team enough!

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6 May 2019

Bought a house that had a roof repair done with a full guarentee by these. Noticed the roof was still leaking, rang him to tell him and asked to come and repair it. He came out had a look then it took a month of contacting him to come back, to be here roughly about 30 mins. The roof was still leaking so called him again and he was supposed to be calling me back, 11 days later still no phone call or roof repair. We got the house on the 1st of march, would he leave his own roof leaking for at least 2 month without repair? Im sure he wouldnt. More...

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28 April 2019

Nice church

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27 March 2019

Good efficient roof survey. Fully detailed quote. Beaten on price by a.n. other but ultimately I regretted not going with Mr Shovlin and his son.

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9 March 2019

Gutter Installation or Replacement

Did the guttering work within days of request.
Good job, well priced and went the extra mile to fit a chimney cowl at the same time.
Would use again

3 February 2019

First class work and excellent price! Very friendly lads.

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3 February 2019

First class work and service, highly recommended..

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3 February 2019

Fantastic professional service. I would highly recommend Gary.

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3 February 2019

Really prompt service, completed professionally and very competitively priced. Thank you.

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3 February 2019

Reliable, reasonably priced, high standard of finish and lovely team of lads what more could you want.

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3 February 2019

Well done Gary and Team. Fantastic Service. Highly recommend to everyone. Don’t go anywhere else this company is brilliant.

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3 February 2019

Carried out a repair on my mams roof and she said they were a great team of workers who kept to schedule despite the dreadful weather. Highly recommended

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3 February 2019

Great bunch of guys, had a window put in great work in and out from beginning to end, would highly recommend
Cheers!

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3 February 2019

Gary and his team did some work on our house replacing facias, gutterings and soffits - they are a great bunch of lads, work completed to a very high standard. They are perfectionists and would highly recommend them if you are looking to have any work done. More...

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3 February 2019

Gary and his team carried out work for me designing and laying a new patio and drive. Fantastic job , looks amazing and great set of lads . Reliable , respectful and very professional. Highly recommended! More...

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3 February 2019

Top tradesmen, done a sweet job on my loft, roof and drive

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3 February 2019

What a great receptive gent and team, they responded to the SAFC Museum plea for an emergency roofer to attend the Museum after finding a major leak, they turned up and got straight into the job, working in very bad conditions to stop any further water ingress to the building, all I will say is Gary and the family are part of the Fans Museum family, and will be recognized as part of our founding family.

Great,friendly,respectful,and done what had to be done, I can’t thank them enough.

Fans Museum
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6 January 2019

I rang Gary after him being recommended to me.. his colleague came the next day to assess the job and a quote was professionally written out and put through my door. . excellent workmanship.. removing my rotten kitchen floorboards and treating my joists...really friendly service and would not hesitate to use Gary again. More...

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28 November 2018

Highly recommended. Reliable and friendly. Very happy with my roof

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28 November 2018

Gary & his team installed my velux windows. Did a great job, reliable, friendly & great value for money. Highly recommended

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21 October 2018

100% recommend these guys ????????

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31 July 2018

Gary and his team did some work on our house replacing facias, gutterings and soffits - they are a great bunch of lads, work completed to a very high standard. They are perfectionists and would highly recommend them if you are looking to have any work done. More...

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2 July 2018

Gary and his team carried out work for me designing and laying a new patio and drive. Fantastic job , looks amazing and great set of lads . Reliable , respectful and very professional. Highly recommended! More...

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18 June 2018

Great bunch of guys, had a window put in great work in and out from beginning to end, would highly recommend Cheers!

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26 May 2018

A beautiful church inside and out!

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26 March 2018

Really prompt service, completed professionally and very competitively priced. Thank you.

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21 March 2018

Carried out a repair on my mams roof and she said they were a great team of workers who kept to schedule despite the dreadful weather. Highly recommended

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16 March 2018

Reliable, reasonably priced, high standard of finish and lovely team of lads what more could you want.

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Q&As

All most all of our work comes with a full guarantee however this will be discussed at time of quotation as all of our guarantees will differ for different works.

For example our felt roofs have a 25 year guarantee.

We are a well established and respected family run business within the North East of England. We take great pride in our work and customer satisfaction.

We have 40 years experience within this industry, with multi skilled expertise and we are committed to delivering a friendly yet professional service to our customers.

Services

A family based business started 1983.Based in South Shields.All building work,roofing and groundworks undertaken with a free estimate