About

Vasile Novotni

Nineteen years finishing plasterboard in London. Self-employed sole trader, trading as London Tape & Jointing, based in Harrow and working across central London and Greater London.

The work is mostly commercial: office fit-outs in central London, 12 residential blocks in Wembley, and a gym in Camberley. Contracts managers hire him because an area gets handed back flat, on the date agreed, without a list of snags coming back from the decorators.

19

Years

400m²

A week solo

NVQ 2

Drylining

CSCS

Blue card

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2
• CSCS Blue Skilled Worker card — shown on request before appointment
• 1-year guarantee on jointing work carried out

Working arrangement

He works on his own for most jobs, and brings in additional taper-jointers when an area is large or the programme is tight. Either way you deal with one person from the site visit to handover.