“I know someone for all of that.”
The bloke behind it
Meet Robbie.
Thirty years behind the chair. A hand-selected network of trusted businesses across 6 industries. And one simple answer to the question he hears every single week: “do you know a good…?”
The story
How a barbershop became Adelaide’s unofficial networking hub
Robbie’s Chop Shop sits on King William Road, Unley — a traditional barbershop that grew from one chair to ten in a few short years. Nearly 10,000 clients through the door, from every walk of life. Thirty-odd years in the trade. Consistently rated among Adelaide’s best barbers, with hundreds of five-star reviews and 98% recommending him from 800+ of them.
Spend thirty years cutting hair for tradies, accountants, engineers, real estate agents and mortgage brokers, and something happens: you end up knowing the good ones. Personally. The ones who turn up, do it right, and don’t muck people around.
[TODO: Robbie’s personal story in his own words — years in the trade, how the shop started (record a voice memo, transcribe it)]
The proof
He’s not asking you to take his word for it
42k+
Instagram followers
~10k
clients through the chair
98%
recommend, from 800+ reviews
30+ yrs
behind the chair
As featured in
[TODO: swap these text mastheads for logos / clippings from Robbie (Advertiser + Sunrise coverage), and link where not paywalled]
More than a haircut
Robbie does cuts-for-donations at men’s mental health fundraisers, and the shop runs by one simple house rule: “No stress — it’s OK not to be OK.” A place where people from every walk of life talk openly — which is exactly where a network built on trust comes from.
Community story
[TODO: with Robbie’s permission, add the 2016 dementia story — the strongest trust story available]
In his own words
“Every week someone in my chair asks ‘do you know a good…?’ I always do. This site is just me answering that question for everyone.”
— Robbie
[TODO: refine this in Robbie’s own voice]
The promise
What it takes to be on the list
- 1
Robbie has to know them personally — usually for years, often as a client in his chair.
- 2
Nobody pays to get on. Not now, not ever. Payment never buys a spot.
- 3
If a business starts letting people down, they come off the list. Simple as that.
From people who’ve trusted him
The moment the stress lifts
I was drowning in the number of tradies I needed to find. Robbie just said 'I know someone for all of that' — and he did. That was the moment the stress lifted.
Amin J.
Robbie's Chop Shop client of 10 years
Found my concreter through Robbie's network. Turned up on time, price was fair, driveway's perfect. I don't google tradies anymore.
Matt D.
Unley homeowner
The broker and conveyancer Robbie pointed us to made buying our first place feel almost easy. Can't recommend it enough.
Tom & Elise
First home buyers
Needed an accountant and a signwriter in the same month. Both sorted, both brilliant. This is how you should find people.
Dev P.
Small business owner
Every trade Robbie recommended actually talked to each other and got the job done. No finger-pointing, no blowouts.
Nina K.
Renovating a 1920s bungalow
Live proof he’s real
The network starts in a real chair, not a spreadsheet
Robbie’s been earning trust face-to-face for years. The Instagram following helps people find him, but the real proof is the shop, the regulars, and the conversations that turn into trusted referrals.
42k+
followers
30+
years cutting
10k
clients