A builder and his team from Birmingham is in the running to win £2,500 and the MyBuilder ‘Job of the Year’ award - after a local resident nominated him for the amazing job he did for her mother.

MyBuilder.com, the leading online marketplace for homeowners to find quality tradespeople, launched its ‘Job of the Year’ competition this month. The competition aims to find the top tradespeople in the country - the person or team who went above and beyond to do a brilliant job, no matter what it took.

More than 2,000 homeowners from all over the UK have already entered, nominating great MyBuilder tradesmen they’ve used in the past year and telling the stories of how they saved the day in their homes. If their tradesman wins, the tradesman and homeowner share a £5,000 prize.

Members of the public have already cast over 40,000 votes - and one story that has caught people’s attention comes from Birmingham resident Jane Humphries.

Jane explains why she thinks Darren Coy, of CCM, deserves to win: "Words cannot do justice for the service that Darren and his team gave. Mum’s house needed bringing in to the 21st century. She also didn’t want to move out so the team had to work around her. They were kind, considerate and the work standard high.

"Without Daren and his happy band of caring workers this could not have been achieved. Mum misses them now the job is finished but they still pop in to check on her and say she can call them 24/7 with any problems. True stars."

Commenting on the competition, MyBuilder CEO and Founder Ryan Notz said: “Tradesmen up and down the country are hard at work every day doing amazing jobs in people’s homes. Here at MyBuilder, we’re always looking for ways to celebrate the work they do, and the Job of the Year competition is our chance to congratulate those that went the extra mile.”