Contractors

[Carolann R]

And please...ASK, ASK, ASK!! If you know somebody or see a project in the works, stop and talk to the owners and ask them how it's going. There are some contractors (who shall remain unnamed) who are licensed, insured, and in good standing with the State and STILL treat their customers terribly. They take their money and never return phone calls and put off their projects until people finally call screaming and want their money back. Or they do a job that's shoddy and refuse to correct it and somehow say it's the customers' fault. They hire workers who don't know what they are doing so they can pay them dirt cheap to make a bigger profit, and the homeowner ends up with shoddy workmanship. (I know of what I speak and let the buyer beware.)

There are plenty of people on this website who have had bad experiences and many who have been pleased with the outcome of their projects. If you ask people to email you privately, I'm sure they'd be happy to share the good (or bad) contracting experiences with you.

Finally, so many times in their haste to get their "dream home" built, people will let their common sense go out the window. No one is watching your back, so you have to. IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS.

Mahalo for letting me ramble.

Carrie