Onlinetradesmen.com: Significant Increase In Online Home Improvement Projects 

May 20, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Onlinetradesmen.com, Ireland's largest service to connect consumers to qualified trade professionals, today announced that it has processed over 200,000 home improvement projects from Irish property owners since its launch in 2005. It estimates the combined worth of these jobs to be in excess of EUR1.8Bn. The service has also experienced a significant increase in property owner activity over the last 12 months, with the number of home improvement projects submitted to it up by 63% in Q1 2009 when compared to Q1 2008.

About Onlinetradesmen.com Onlinetradesmen.com is Ireland's largest service to connect consumers to qualified trade professionals. It was launched in 2005 with a view to removing the stress and uncertainty from Irish property owners in sourcing qualified trade professionals and to provide business support services to trade professionals. It now also provides discounted tools and hardware to both audiences through its E-commerce platform Handyhardware.ie.

A web-based service, Onlinetradesmen.com provides property owners with online pricing estimates and start dates from a pool of over 11,000 qualified trade professionals nationwide for their exact project requirements, as well as providing them with a host of home improvement and project information such as contract templates, home improvement guides and more. To date it has processed in excess of 200,000 project requests with a combined value in excess of EUR1.8 Bn.

Onlinetradesmen.com is the only accredited service of its kind. Partnerships with RECI, the Royal Institute of Architects (RIAI), RGII (Register of Gas Installers of Ireland), The National Guild of Master Craftsmen Ireland and support from both FETAC and FAS ensure that its trade members are qualified. This provides property owners with confidence in the trade professionals sourced from the service and provides an alternative to unregulated trade listings. Trade members of the Onlinetradesmen.com service receive local job leads, relevant product/service discounts and unique support features using an intuitive online platform.