While prices are on the up, the quality of tradespeople remains mixed, with roofers being dubbed the least trustworthy, according to the tradesperson review platform. 

Checkatrade said roofers had the worst-rated review scores on its platform.

It claimed roofers were likelier to 'decline' from the Checkatrade platform than other tradespeople. However, roofers' overall average review scores remained fairly high, at 9.54 out of 10.

Checkatrade said: “Generally, it's a high-risk category because it's an area of our homes we can't easily see, causing us to place high trust in any individual that tells us something's wrong up there.

“Typically, large-scale roofing jobs are one of the more expensive home maintenance tasks, so when things go wrong, higher costs are attached.”

Landscapers, hard landscapers and plumbers also didn't fare well in the trustworthy tradespeople rankings.

Factoring in all trades, tradespeople in London's Southall, Preston and Manchester had the lowest average scores in the third quarter.

At the other end of the spectrum, chimney sweeps were found to be the most trustworthy tradespeople on Checkatrade, followed by alarm and security fitters and curtain and blind fitters.

Checkatrade's Home Improvement Index revealed that the average cost of doing a home building job has surged by 19% in a single quarter.

With demand high and labour and materials costs on the up, the average price of a building job is now £12,634, up from £10,626 in the previous quarter.