Our double act are back!
And Dom and Mel mean business! Tune into new Cowboy Builders on Thursday 7th March at 8pm.
Sorry, this episode is no longer available to watch on Demand 5.
45 minutes
First broadcast at 20:00 24 Jan 2012
This week, Mel and Dom head to the West Midlands and meet Solihull single mum Jamuna who spent £11,000 on extending her home to accommodate her seriously ill mother. The local builder she hired was hardly ever on site, and eight weeks into the build he was dismissed, leaving behind a half-finished extension riddled with structural problems. Melinda and her team have their work cut out trying to fix the mess.
Meanwhile, Dom tracks down the man responsible, only to discover the cowboy builder has been using a string of aliases and trading names in an effort to cover up his dubious working record.
And Dom and Mel mean business! Tune into new Cowboy Builders on Thursday 7th March at 8pm.
Watch the trailer for this week's episode as Dom and Melinda head to Nottingham to sort out an extension and the culprit behind the building handiwork.
Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd. 2013

Comments (24)
10 months ago
R Jones
Interesting how the references to cowboys relate to men only and refer to "tradesmen" not "tradespeople", this is a very sexist programme - have you noticed a similar programme about rogue hairdressers or beauty therapists
12 months ago
Another victim
Oh We live in Solihull as well and we are having the same problem as this woman in this episode. We have been living without a kitchen for the past 8 months with our 6 year old and 2 year old children. Is there anything that can be done against these guys legally..I havent finished watching the episode yet. Does Don give how to get these kinda guys to payback? ...let me watch
1 year ago
Sam Tait
We never see any true retribution for the crime. It makes their actions seem unpunishable so is offering ideas to unscrupulous people - a slanging match just before the cowboy drives off in top of range 4x4 etc is only showing crime does pay for the next generation of DIY workers. Could you give some focus on the puishments given for the cowboys actions-it need not be linked to a current job- but we need to show and see 'punishment to fit the crime'
1 year ago
JEEVAN
VERY FAST UPLOADS
1 year ago
Jon
LOL @ HIM!
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over 1 year ago
john hodgins
i worked on the house and plastered the kitchen, some of the work done by the cowboys was a shocker and the cracks that had appeared upstairs were very unnerving, fair play to channel and the team for helping this person, i was really glad to help even though i never met the woman
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over 1 year ago
Wayne
Did I see even Dom almost in tears at the end of the Episode?
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over 1 year ago
Silvia Brookes
Thank you for helping this lovely lady who in her profession does so much to help others.
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over 1 year ago
alexa
well done the team of builder that help those who have been scamed. keep up the gud work
over 1 year ago
janet gilmour
ginger how do i get onto competiton as shown at end of this show? £10,000.00 if you can find entry form. please help Also lady in Solihull paying £10K with no paperwork. She done alright out of this charade.
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over 1 year ago
blind asabat
any info on the competition tonight's show was doing? i didnt see details at the end, offering £10,000? need glasses!
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over 1 year ago
hard working guy
so she paid 10k to a cowboy builder more than likely cash in the hand - cheapest quote - no VAT etc and gets a 40k+ job courtesy of 5 - living in a 250-350 k house in solihull - what a joke
over 1 year ago
jo
hope that man gets what he deserves!, well done x
over 1 year ago
paul williams
i bet that all the people who used him went by the price, you pay for what you get and if the price is low the work will be to