Our Local Expert, Teignbridge and Torbay 2018-19 | Page 10

DP Cars (Est.1984) Hyde Road Corner, Torquay Road, Paignton, TQ4 5BW 01803 524770 www.dpCarsOnline.co.uk Trading Standards approved for used car sales. Great selection across a wide variety of makes and models. Visit the showroom and let their experience find the best car for your needs and budget without pressure. Excellent website. Finance available, delivery and same day drive-away possible. Furniture 62. W Cross and Co Ltd. 36 East St, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1AQ 01626 365344 [email protected] www.crossandco.co.uk For over 100 years this family run retail furniture shop has delivered furniture including beds, electric chairs, lounge suites, carpets as well as bedroom and living room furniture. Local delivery is free and furniture replaced by them is removed for free! Cross and Co believe in providing the highest possible customer service with quality goods at keen prices. For this reason this company thrives on repeat business and recommendations from satisfied customers. Service can even include home visits to help understand your needs and if you cannot get to them, they even let you try items at home. ‘They helped by moving all the furniture around and told me I didn’t need to worry about anything!’ 56. Dr Bump Trojan Industrial Estate, Paignton, TQ4 7EP 01803 550088 [email protected] www.drbumptorbay.co.uk Scratches, scuffs, scrapes and minor dents repaired – saves you time and money over traditional bodyshop repairs. All repairs guaranteed and completed same day. 63. Jon Glanvill Auto Centre Teignmouth Rd, Torquay, TQ1 4TH 01803 328881 [email protected] www.jonglanvillautocentre.co.uk Serving satisfied local customers for 24 years with a wide range of second hand car sales. All retail cars are sold with a minimum 6 month warranty, and serviced as required before sale. No surprise admin fees – you pay the price advertised. ‘An excellent family run business’, ‘nothing is too much trouble’. ‘Always accommodating, efficient, professional, polite and a very well run garage’. 64. Mike Sandford and Bill Dicken of Paramount Garage Doors (see below) W Cross and Co Ltd. (see above) Paramount Garage Doors Freephone: 0800 9176054 01626 334617 [email protected] www.paramountgaragedoors.co.uk One of the most recommended businesses in OurLocalExpert. Paramount supply and install all makes of garage doors and automation equipment. They also perform repairs to all types of garage doors. Dealing with all major manufacturers and suppliers, so you can find a door to suit your style and budget. 22 years experience, consistently well recommended for being polite, quick and efficient – for both repairs and installations. Working to the motto: ‘Your satisfaction is our future’. 59. Furniture Restoration See also Helen Warren Porcelain Restoration (feature 6). Bayleys Furniture Restoration 01392 876888 [email protected] www.WoodPerfection.co.uk A sensible alternative to costly replacement, which also conserves antiques for future generations. Offering the full array of professional restoration services on antique and modern furniture: repairs, restoration and polishing. Finishes include: French polish; wax; oil and numerous modern durable finishes. Insurance specialists. Collection and delivery service to local workshop when needed. For a personal and knowledgeable service please telephone Martyn Bayley. 57. Garage Doors Garage Door & Automation Company (Est. 1986) Showroom at 5 Swift Units, Kingsteignton, TQ12 3SH 01626 355775 / 07730 433180 (emergency) [email protected] www.garagedoors.uk.com Installation, repairs, servicing and spares for all styles of garage doors (automated and standard), automated gates, roller-doors, entrance screens, doors barriers and bollards. Minor building works where required. Quick and efficient service. 58. St Mary’s Garage Fore Street, Kingskerswell, TQ12 5HU 01803 872236 For vehicle servicing on all makes and models, vehicle recovery, also MOTs through partner garages (ensuring there is no vested interest in the outcome of your test). Recommended to us as ‘reasonable – nothing’s too much trouble’. 65. Garages for Car Servicing, Body Repairs and Car Sales AGC Mobile Vehicle Air Conditioning 01626 853911 / 07703 482342 [email protected] Friendly come-to-you service for vehicle air con repairs, servicing and maintenance. 60. CarWorx – Mobile Car Servicing and Tyres 07506 657791 [email protected] A come-to-you service for car repairs, tyres, diagnostics and servicing. MOTs arranged. All makes and models. Excellent service saving you time running to the garage. 61. Garden Buildings See Carpenters, Sheds. For bespoke tree houses call Jon Bairstow of Treeworks (feature 117). Garden Services and Gardening See also Tree Surgeons, also Home Maintenance, also Fencing, also Driveways, Patios, Walling and Landscaping. For earth moving and waste disposal see also Steve Brook Haulage and Groundworks (feature 72). For good quality chimineas, BBQs and Fire Pits, visit FlaminGrate, Dawlish (feature 119). For artificial grass see also Bovey Macadam (feature 43). Cheaper is not necessarily better. Low prices might reflect cutting corners, or might require charging the customer more than originally quoted. All the businesses in Our Local Expert have been recommended for good quality workmanship, good customer service and value for money. BGS Landscapes and Fencing Ltd. 01626 879883 / 07765 448979 [email protected] www.facebook.com/BGS.Dean/ Complete landscaping solutions for: driveways (block and resin); walling; fencing; decking (wood and composite). Official installers of ‘Easigrass’ – artificial grass so good it won an RHS Gold medal! Recommended as ‘in a completely different league to anyone I have used before’ 66. Jane Dowse 07807 842169 [email protected] For maintaining and re-vamping your garden. General garden maintenance, lawn cutting, clearing, re-planting etc. Recomme nded as ‘very knowledgeable, does exactly what you ask.’ Mostly working in Shaldon, Teignmouth and Bovey Tracey. 67. Harris Fencing and Landscaping 01803 615588 / 07804 696731 [email protected] www.MaintenanceAndGardenServices.co.uk Friendly Mark Harris performs all garden and landscaping tasks. Specialising in: wooden fencing and decking; landscape design; brickwork; paths; walls and patios. Working around the Torbay area, recommended as ‘reliable, excellent, cost effective’. No VAT charged, all jobs considered. 68. Seager Garden Services (Est. 1997) 07960 974306 [email protected] Enthusiastic family-run business who pride themselves on quality work. Providing regular maintenance, tree surgery up to 18 feet, clearances and restoration of dilapidated gardens. No job too large – Julian Seager is RHS trained, and has experience from Agatha Christie’s estate at Greenaway Gardens. Happy to work under direction, or can be trusted to manage all aspects of your garden. Sympathetic to the needs of the elderly or infirm. Has experience of working in private gardens, holiday homes, residential homes, camp sites, commercial buildings and large estates. ‘Excellent’. 69. Stump Out Tree Care 01626 888989 / 07776 215315 [email protected] www.StumpOut.co.uk Fencing, garden clearance, tree and hedge work, stump removal, jet washing. Access platform and wood chipper hire (with operator). One off or repeat work welcomed. Domestic and commercial works undertaken. Fully qualified, insured and certified arborists. Recommended as conscientious. 70. Gas Delivery See AJ Gibbons (feature 24). Gas Installations Check that gas installers are on the GASsafe register – a legal requirement. See www.gassaferegister.co.uk for details. See Plumbers.