the Head of the category of “Repair and construction” “Avito” Timur Zaitsev sees the reason that the quarantine affected the normal life of Russians.
– Now the house is a place for leisure and for work. That is why our compatriots are thinking about how to arrange their accommodation, ensuring comfort for any purpose. Besides the forced isolation allowed us to spend more time on repair and construction work, we are seeing high demand for these services is the highest in the last five years, says Zaitsev.
According to him, the first place on the queries in this category in Russia took the construction of houses and cottages – more than 40 percent, the second – finishing work (22,1), the third – repair of apartments (10 percent). Just over 9 percent of the visitors of the platform are interested in plumbing repair, about five – services in Assembly and repair of furniture.
However, the priorities vary by region, because their financial well-being is not uniform. For example, in the middle Urals the construction of houses cannot be called a massive trend, and the demand for the services of construction and repair, as it turned out, very far from the designated experts “Avito” level.
– Burst really is, but many do repairs on their own. I now spend a lot of time at the cottage and see that the neighbors on the isolation really intensified. They are actively imported materials, and perform work mostly alone or involve friends of migrant workers who have become “their”. For hiring specialized construction crews no one goes. In addition, construction work is now resolved caveats – mask, observing the distance, – all this greatly complicates the lives of the builders and customers, – the Director of Institute of Finance and law of the USUE Maksim Maramygin.
Representatives of the construction sector – as entrepreneurs and business owners for construction and repair while also is far from optimistic.
– the Demand for repairs has not increased, but decreased by 10-20 percent. Customers took a wait, the majority defers scheduled maintenance. I think that played a role and a reduction of income of the Urals. Orders from legal entities there is little, closed cafes and restaurants no one to repair is not in a hurry, few applications are received mainly from individuals. a Typical case is a non-resident bought a flat in Yekaterinburg, it is urgent to fix. The number of orders is not affected even lower prices in April. Now starts the summer season – the price returned to previous figures, – the Director of the company for the repair and decoration of apartments, houses, offices Elena Prosekova.
Individual entrepreneur Alexander from Ekaterinburg and did call the current demand is zero. Master station wagon offers all types of finish “turnkey”: piecesatoric, lays tile, makes a mosaic, put ceilings, door sets, performing plumbing and electrical work. But his experience and expertise is not in demand.
two More weeks in this mode and I’ll just close. Twenty years of doing repairs, but in such a situation were for the first time. And it’s not that the Urals because of the threat to be infected are afraid to take home masters. The fall in demand began in February – people refer to the lack of money. A quarantine only added to the negativity. In the end of the first quarter I couldn’t pay the taxes. In March abandoned office in April, from the depots. Orders now only an emergency, nothing major. For example, a broken toilet, then call. Yes, and they say that 300 rubles for a house call is expensive, – Alexander complains.
In the conditions of falling demand the high risk of care of builders in a gray area, said Maxim Maramygin. According to his observations, the amount of gray of agreements has increased significantly – by about half.
– If formally specify all orders, you can not just get some type of assistance from the state. Builders don’t want to glow, so go into the shade, he said.
However, hope to change the situation the builders still do not lose. The business is seasonal, therefore, “all hope for the summer,” says Elena Prosekova.
– If you remove restrictions, the demand for such services should recover, – said Maxim Maramygin. – Summer vacation really is not, people tend to go to the country and to improve their lives, so we can assume that the PI orders will be more. Larger companies have bigger problems. They are now subsided, as many large objects are frozen, and the prospects are still very vague.
the Increase in scope of work may only prevent the shortage of personnel and construction firms. According to Elena Prosekova, employees, migrant workers usually leave for the winter and return for the summer season. But this spring, they just were unable to enter the boundaries of coronavirus closed. The coming months will show whether the local residents to take their place.
the discrepancy between the realities with statistics “Avito” Ural experts explain the “gaming platforms”. So, master Alexander regularly advertises its services on different platforms, and claims that after a recent price increase on any online advertisers have begun to move on to another. Perhaps such publications service wants to return their attention.
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