Checkatrade lists more than 50,000 vetted tradespeople across the UK for home improvement work, and connecting it through Neotask lets an agent search that directory on your behalf. Describe the job, such as a leaking faucet or a full kitchen refit, and the agent searches among verified tradespeople in your area for a suitable match. For straightforward jobs with fixed pricing, the agent can go ahead and book the work directly with the chosen tradesperson. For bigger projects where pricing depends on the specifics of the work, it can submit a request for quotes instead, gathering responses without you having to fill out the same form on Checkatrade's site yourself. This covers the full range from a simple fixed-price fix to a larger job that needs several tradespeople to weigh in before a decision gets made, and it draws on Checkatrade's own vetting of each tradesperson rather than an unverified listing pulled from somewhere else.
| Tradesperson search | Finds vetted local tradespeople matching a described job and location |
| Fixed-price booking | Books a simple job at a set price directly with the selected tradesperson |
| Quote request submission | Submits a request for quotes on a larger project to relevant tradespeople |
| Availability check | Confirms whether a tradesperson has availability for the requested job timeframe |
| Job description intake | Turns a plain description of the problem into the details a tradesperson needs to quote or book |
| Quote comparison | Lines up multiple incoming quotes for the same project so they can be reviewed together |
A homeowner with a dripping faucet asks their Neotask agent to find and book a plumber nearby. The agent searches Checkatrade for verified plumbers in the area, checks for a fixed-price call-out option, and books the job directly, so the homeowner has someone scheduled without browsing listings themselves or contacting several tradespeople directly first. Later that afternoon, the same homeowner remembers a loose door hinge and asks the agent to book a handyman for the same week, which the agent handles the same way.
Someone planning a kitchen renovation asks the agent to get quotes from a few tradespeople rather than book anyone outright, since pricing will depend on the scope of the work. The agent submits a quote request through Checkatrade to relevant local tradespeople and reports back once responses start coming in, saving the homeowner from filling out the same request form more than once. As quotes arrive over the following days, the homeowner can ask the agent to summarize them side by side instead of comparing several emails manually.
Both are covered: simple fixed-price jobs can be booked directly, while larger projects go through a quote request instead of an immediate booking, so the path depends on the type of job described.
More than 50,000 verified tradespeople across the UK, according to Checkatrade's own listing description, spanning most common home improvement trades. That scale generally means more than one option to choose from in a given area, rather than a single listing.
Simple jobs with fixed pricing can be booked outright, while larger projects that need a custom price go through the quote request path instead of direct booking. A leaking faucet is a good example of the first case, and a full bathroom remodel is a good example of the second.
No, the search covers tradespeople generally, so it can apply to a wide range of home improvement jobs depending on who is listed and available near you, from small repairs to full renovations. Plumbing, electrical, roofing, and general building work are all part of that same searchable directory.
Yes, for larger projects it can request quotes from relevant tradespeople rather than requiring you to contact each one yourself, one by one, and it can summarize those quotes once they start coming back, so comparing them takes one conversation instead of several separate emails.
Checkatrade's directory is UK-based, so the tradespeople it searches and books are located within the UK specifically, which is the scope of the underlying listing service.