How To Avoid Hiring Bad Contractors
I was talking to someone that I used to work with and
they were telling me a story about a contractor that did extremely poor
work on one of their friend’s home. I was familiar with some of the
contractors in the city that my friend was talking about and I ask him
if he knew the contractors name.
He didn't offhand, but I told him, wouldn't it be funny if it was Larry
Hopkins (fictitious name of course). We each started laughing and within
a few days he couldn't wait to contact me. He called me and gave me the
bad news, it actually was Larry Hopkins. This man had been involved in
more lawsuits than anyone I have ever known and I couldn't believe that
he was still in business.
Me and my friend each worked for Larry and he took advantage of us, like
he took advantage of every one that he worked with and worked for. Even
the job that I worked on, he under estimated and it cost them a small
fortune. I thought that job would've put him out of business, but it
didn't.
Eventually Larry's construction company will go out of business, if it
hasn't already. This is one of the reasons why I write articles like
this. Larry isn't a nice person and he isn't easy to get along with. He
doesn't know much about construction but makes people believe that he
does.
If you run into a contractor like Larry don't hire him. If a contractor
can't answer all of your questions or you don't feel comfortable with
them, don't bother dealing with them. There are other contractors out
there that can answer all of your questions and aren't interested in
taking advantage of you. They're interested in doing good work at
reasonable rates.