What Would You Do With This General Contractor?
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Comments (8)Good luck finding a reputable contractor. We've lived in the same house for 26 years and in that time we've done many projects - new roof, new siding, a 1000 sq. addition, finished the basement, remodeled 3 bathrooms, added a screened in porch,installed a mahogany deck, a swimming pool, replaced brick walk with custom cut bluestone, remodeled the kitchen twice and had major landscaping done 3 times. We probably worked with 12 different general contractors and unfortunately only 2 of them would I ever work with again or refer to others. Even though we went through all the recommended steps in selecting our contractor calamities still happened - may of them directly caused by the GC trying to save time, money or appease one of his subs or another customer. You don't need to hear my horror stories I'm sure you've heard many. If you have the knowledge, the time and the fortitude to be your own GC then go for it. Just make sure you have all the insurance you need and an attorney to review all contracts. The last contractor we worked with was highly recommended by many people that I knew personally and whose work I had inspected. But he lost his foreman to an injury one week after my kitchen was demolished and everything went downhill rapidly after that. So even if you do everything right - there's still a good chance that things will go wrong....See MoreDo we need a general contractor?
Comments (1)if you have subs that you know and have worked with before, or can get some good recommendations, you probably can do without a GC. you'll have to source your own materials, of course, but that's easily done with the internet these days. the timeline is determined by just thinking it through. in most cases, it's pretty self-evident. you do all your rough-ins of electrical and plumbing right after you gut the room. then repair the walls and start doing floors, cabinets, etc... there are lots of folks in here that can answer these questions for you. in the case of something 'coming up', you can always call someone in to help you, if need be....See MoreContractor woes...what would you do?
Comments (3)Don't think it was a clerical error...as in typo...she didn't seem to calculate the15% correctly on any of the quotes...a sloppy mistake I'm not sure I should have to pay for. I might have noticed the mistake had she done some itemizing....feel like it's the same as if I took car to repair shop, they tell me it's $500, then when I pick it up they say it's $1,000... because they didn't calculate the charges correctly or forgot to add in parts.......See MoreTipping contractors -- what would you do?
Comments (17)We finished a major renovation of our current home last year - we removed walls and gutted the kitchen and 3 bathrooms. Our contractor is a local businessman who is well known in our area and has developed a reputation for handling everything from 'soup to nuts' - anything we asked him to do - he did. He and his crew and all of his subcontractors were skilled, polite and friendly and cleaned up every day even though we weren't living in the house. However he also charged a pretty penny which we knew going into this project. I never felt compelled to tip but DH often gave the crew on site money for lunch or he'd stop by with coffee and donuts. When the job was done our contractor gave us a huge floral arrangement and then 2 months later at Christmas delivered a custom engraved cutting board that his cabinetmaker made. If your general contractor has a website or FB page then I'd leave a good review for him....See Morerehb
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