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Cowboy Trap

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A team tries to fix the bad jobs that builders have left behind.

Series in which a team tries to fix the bad jobs that builders have left behind in homes across the country.

Cowboy Trap: Series 4

Clive Holland

Chris Kelly

Ben Rigden

Cowboy Trap: Series 4: Episode 8

Series 4

Episode 8

BBC One - Cowboy Trap, Series 4, Episode 8

Clive revisits a Greenwich couple whose refurbishment plans were left in tatters.

Clive Holland has advice for homeowners who fell victim to cowboy builders. Clive revisits a Greenwich couple whose refurbishment plans were left in tatters.

The series looks at the trail of destruction left by cowboy builders and offers help and advice to homeowners who've fallen victim to them. Presenter Clive Holland meets those affected to see for himself the emotional consequences it can have for families. A team of 'good guy' builders are brought in to help sort the problems out - and the programme offers advice on how to recognise a cowboy and avoid being caught out in the future. 
     
We're revisiting a despairing Greenwich couple whose refurbishment plans were left in tatters, and in Leicester, work so bad it almost brought the house down.

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Clive Holland and his team try to fix the bad jobs that builders have left behind.

Series in which Clive Holland and his team try to fix the bad jobs that builders have left behind in homes across the country.

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