Hiring Contractor Secrets You Need to Know
When George Washington was president, we didn't have the
same problems today that we had back then. There weren't any licensing
boards for contractors and if you couldn't build it or repair it
yourself, there was a good chance that you weren't going to get it fixed
or built.
I'm going to share something with you as a licensed general contractor
who's been in the business since 1986. I've seen plenty of mistakes made
by contractors and homeowners and would like to share some of my
contractor hiring secrets with anyone who's thinking about hiring a
contractor in the near future.
Only Use Licensed Contractors. The reason for this is simple, if you
have problems with any licensed contractors that you hire, you can file
a complaint with their licensing board. This does one of two things,
gets the contractors attention that you're not interested in getting
screwed and notifies the contractors licensing board that they might
have given a contractor's license to someone who doesn't deserve it.
The problems you could get into using unlicensed contractors are
astronomical. I don't even know where to start with all the problems
people have, using licensed contractors, let alone unlicensed ones. If
you're planning on building or remodeling your home in the future and
you really want to save money, you're not going to do it by using
contractors that aren't qualified.
The first thing you need to do when hiring a contractor is to make sure
that they actually have a contractor’s license. If you're not going to
pay attention to anything else, that anyone else is going to tell you
about contractors, pay attention to what you just read in this article.