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Home + deep cleans across Pretoria & Centurion.
Licensed electrician — DB boards, faults, new plugs.
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Jobs move through clear states: open → in_progress → completed. Once a job is awarded to one provider, other threads on that job close with a polite system message. Completed conversations are read-only — both sides can leave a review, and the rating updates on the public profile.