Thicker than theives

[Brad W]

I try to do as much as I can myself, but when that's not practical an option which has worked well is to buy the materials myself and make them available to the contractor on site as needed. The contractor gets labor progress payments only but as often as he or she requests. I pay cash if they prefer. The contractor can take a hike any time they want, and I'm not out anything. Likewise, if their work is not up to my standards, and they don't correct it, I settle at the end of that work day, and the job for them is over. Clearly, this wouldn't work on big jobs, but for my stuff it's been fine. I've even had crew members come back later and ask if I needed help with anything else.