FixQuotes vs MyBuilder for rental maintenance

MyBuilder is a marketplace where you post a job and tradespeople who are interested respond. You then look at their profiles and past job feedback, shortlist the ones you like, and invite them to quote. Tradespeople pay to be matched to or to contact you about a job.

It's a well-built model with a long-standing reputation system, and it works nicely for one-off home-improvement jobs where you have the time to read profiles, exchange a few messages, and choose.

Posting a job is the easy part. The work is what comes after: replying to interested trades, arranging access around a tenant, getting each one to quote, and then comparing quotes that don't line up — one includes parts, another is labour-only, a third hasn't mentioned the call-out fee.

Across a portfolio, or when a tenant is without heating and the clock is running, managing several separate conversations is exactly the friction landlords are trying to avoid.

With FixQuotes you describe the job once. We write the job up properly, dispatch it to vetted local trades for that job type, chase the responses, and send you the quotes side by side. You don't manage the thread — you just pick.

And because it's built for rented property, the brief already accounts for the compliance side: the right qualification (checked against the Gas Safe Register for gas, Part P schemes for fixed electrical), the right document (EICR, CP12, EPC) and the right scope for a tenanted home.

If you have the time and you like being in control of the selection — reading profiles, messaging trades, choosing based on feedback — MyBuilder's marketplace is a strong, proven fit, particularly for larger one-off projects where you want to interview a few firms.

FixQuotes fits when you'd rather not run the process: you manage multiple properties, you want three quotes for the same job back quickly, and you want the compliance angle handled. You send the job and we return the comparison — free for landlords and agents.