Builders

For the last few days, I've been woken at the crack of dawn by work-men. Who are supposedly sorting out a leaking window but who arguably spend more of their time drinking cups of tea, shaking their heads making tutting sounds, and telling me they're just 'popping off to get another tool' then returning two hours later. On a general basis, I object to workmen in that they have no respect whatsoever for your belongings - 'bit of plastering wont make that much mess, luv', as I chokingly make my way to the nearest exit - and leave the place looking like a bombsite, however small the job in the first place. Additionally, being female, I actually don't have a clue what they're doing. 'Oh, a bit of sponge filler? That stops water, does it?' And there was I thinking sponges sat around on the bottom of the sea or on the edge of my bath. And a 'lead tray'... well, sounds useful, I guess. But did they have to un-build half the end wall in order to insert said tray? Seems somewhat drastic to me.
And after all that, you get a whopping great bill that you have no choice but to pay. All this because the person who built the sodding house in the first place didn't bother to put the lintel in properly and the subsequent owners had patch jobs done that essentially made the whole thing worse. In cases such as these, it should be tracked back to that original builder and he should damn well have to pay up himself. Why the poor sod who happens to have bought the property in good faith and then ends up shelling thousands for shoddy workmanship?
A few other issues this house has had:
1. The washing machine wasn't initially connected correctly, result being that it leaked under the floor for months before I finally noticed water seeping between the cracks on the laminated floor. Which resulted in hell of having to have that replaced - all because a tap wasn't tightened.
2. The shed door now cannot be locked, because the idiot who constructed it initially couldn't be bothered to do everything up properly so now it is leaning sideways at an alarming angle and the padlock just doesn't ever line up. Have moved padlock four times on shed now and as keeps slipping more, still doesn't bolt.
3. Leaking shower. Surely SURELY when someone installs a shower they can think to ensure that water stays in the shower rather than goes all over the damn place. Result: more laminate flooring having to be replaced and an entire new shower fitted.
Am seriously considering taking a course in basic construction/maintenance so that can do these darn jobs myself. But that doesn't work, does it? Because there isn't TIME to do everything. So ultimately unless you know someone in the business, you are going to get screwed. Non optional.
My other conclusion is: any workmen out there looking for a wife? I'm available. And if you screw up our house you will incur the wrath of Jane. Yeah - that's not good.