Alfred Plastering review
Ranked 9 of 10 in Renderers in Telford
Best for: Telford plastering booked direct by phone
Sole Trader
Telford · Service area: Telford
Alfred Plastering in short
Alfred Plastering is a Telford sole trader claiming more than twenty years of experience, booked direct by phone or email. Its site publishes customer reviews describing fast call-outs and tidy finishes. Quotes come through the same direct route, with no booking platform in between. For a small plastering-linked job, this review finds the direct booking route its main virtue.
Customers rate Alfred Plastering just under full marks on Google across a dozen reviews. The site itself is a thin template with vague service wording, no prices, no hours and no insurance detail, and no company record sits behind the experience claim, which rests on the firm's own wording alone. Our judgement: decent reviews and thin everything else, with nothing else on the public record.
Our verdict
Our judgement: this suits you if you want a reviewed Telford sole trader for a small plastering-linked job and will book by phone [1] [2]. The thin site keeps it down the order, with no insurance detail, no prices and no opening hours published [1].
Score summary
Scored on the home trades rubric v2.0. Insufficient evidence takes the neutral value and is not shown as a low mark.
- Composite score
- 55.8 / 100
Qualifications and accreditations C2 · weight 25%
50 out of 100
Industry qualifications can't be sourced from the registers, the website or the platforms checked [1].
First-hand responsiveness C3 · weight 15%
Insufficient evidence
Insufficient evidence
Trading history C4 · weight 10%
Insufficient evidence
Insufficient evidence
Insurance and safeguards C5 · weight 10%
Insufficient evidence
Insufficient evidence
Pricing transparency C6 · weight 5%
40 out of 100
The site publishes no rates, quote terms or VAT position [1].
Website and service information C7 · weight 5%
55 out of 100
The site names plastering services, the Telford base and two contact routes, but it is a thin template with vague wording and no hours [1].
Evidence
| Fact | Value | Source | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years experience claimed | 20+ | Source provider-website |
Industry qualifications
Can't be sourced. We looked at the issuing registers, the business's own website and platforms such as Checkatrade and Which? Trusted Traders and found no scheme membership or registration to record.
Strengths
You get a high rating on a small base, at 4.9 from 12 Google reviews seen 4 September 2026, with site-published reviews describing fast call-outs and tidy finishes [1] [2].
The site claims more than 20 years of experience and gives a phone number and an email address, so booking direct is simple [1].
Limitations
The site is a thin template with vague service wording, no prices, no hours and no insurance detail, so C5 sits in insufficient evidence and C7 scores 55 [1].
The 20-year experience claim is the business's own wording with no company record behind it in the provider file.
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Questions about Alfred Plastering
Is Alfred Plastering any good?
A fair phone booking for small jobs: ninth in our Telford rendering table with nearly full marks on Google across a dozen reviews and site-published praise for fast call-outs. The site is thin and no company record backs the experience claim. Ask for proof of insurance and an itemised quote first.
Is Alfred Plastering TrustMark registered?
No scheme membership could be sourced from the registers, its website or the platforms checked, so no TrustMark registration is on record. The firm leans on its stated experience and reviews instead. Ask for insurance proof and any scheme paperwork together. Get both in writing before work starts.
What does Alfred Plastering charge?
The site publishes no rates, quote terms or VAT position, only a phone number and an email address. That means your call does the talking: describe the full job in detail and ask for a fixed written quote. Agree the price in writing before work starts.
Where does Alfred Plastering work?
The firm is Telford-based with a phone number and an email address for quotes and direct booking. No service area beyond Telford is published. Call with your postcode to confirm it travels to you, and keep everything agreed in writing.
How is Alfred Plastering ranked?
It ranks ninth of the ten renderers in our September round, a reviewed sole trader kept down the order by its thin template site. The customer reviews are its main asset. Read the full review, then ask for the itemised quote.
Others assessed for this trade
- A and D Plastering and Property Maintenance63.2 / 100Ranked 1. Best for family-run renderer with a written colour guarantee.
- Dampguard & Plastering63.1 / 100Ranked 2. Best for damp and plastering specialist with company record.
- A Thorpe Plastering61.4 / 100Ranked 3. Best for long-established Telford renderer with deep reviews.
- B M Poole Plastering61.4 / 100Ranked 4. Best for Shropshire plasterer with rendering and lime work.
Sources
- Alfred Plastering — homepage Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- Alfred Plastering — Google Maps listing Retrieved 4 September 2026.
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