Locking down contractors and trade workers for quotes and work is like herding cats and chasing chickens.
I do not recommend any of these activities for the weak spirited.
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I hate contractors with a passion. Only found one that did the job for the price quoted.
All others were either thieves or incompetent.
I managed projects and the trades’ quotes and scopes of work for a large home builder/renovation company, and two disaster restoration companies for 8 years. I am so glad to be out of those industries. It fucking sucks.
If I have one word of advice it’s this: holdbacks. Hold back 30% of payment until each trade has completed their deficiency list and cleaned up their work space. Otherwise you’ll never get them back for the next sub to start their scope of work, and your site will look like a pig sty.
Glad you escaped and thanks for the advice. I’ll definitely do that. 👍🏻
Good luck 🤞