Small and special businesses are scattered across the New England, plying their specialised skills with great attention and care, and these two are no exception.
Small jobs welcome at JC Digging Armidale
For many homeowners, finding someone willing to take on smaller, fiddly excavation jobs can be a challenge — and that’s exactly where JC Digging Armidale has found its niche.
Owned and operated by Dylan and Kate Crisp, the family-run business specialises in small excavation and tight-access projects throughout Armidale and surrounding areas.
Since relocating to the New England region in 2022, the Crisps have focused on helping locals with everything from backyard clean-ups and drainage solutions to trenches for solar power infrastructure and property improvements.
Many of their clients come to them after struggling to find larger operators willing to handle smaller or more intricate jobs.
The business prides itself on working closely with customers to help improve, maintain and transform outdoor spaces, often tailoring solutions directly to a client’s vision and needs.
Adding to the family atmosphere is six-year-old John Crisp, whose love of excavators and machinery means he’s often spotted on-site helping out and learning the ropes alongside his parents.
Keeping Homes Safe with a Traditional Chimney Sweep
Bringing an old-world trade to the New England region, Kit Dawson Chimney Sweep offers traditional chimney sweeping services alongside safety inspections, appliance removals and installations for wood-fired heating and cooking systems.
Originally trained as a traditional English chimney sweep, Kit combines practical experience with a strong focus on safety and honest advice.
Whether it’s preparing homes for winter, maintaining fireplaces or installing wood heaters, the business provides customers with peace of mind and practical expertise.
One thing customers can always count on is straightforward guidance – with free advice forming a key part of the service.
As cooler weather settles across the region, regular chimney maintenance and inspections remain an important part of ensuring wood heating systems operate safely and efficiently.
While each business offers something different, they share the same values at their core – reliability, pride in their work and a strong connection to the communities they service.
From carrying on a family legacy in plastering, to helping locals with jobs others turn away, through to preserving traditional trade skills and keeping homes safe, these are the kinds of businesses that locals return to time and time again.
Whether you are a traditional tradie, like a mechanic, builder, plumber, or electrician, a trade that doesn’t always come immediately to mind like hairdresser, counsellor, or graphic designer, a service business like a cleaner, book keeper, or personal trainer, or perhaps a professional service, like accountant, lawyer, or consultant, we want to highlight your great work.
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