due to the sour economy, many reputable contractors are having money problems too! have you considered purchasing the materials yourself to take the financial burden off of the contractor? as a contractor, I have to bargain with customers who don't understand the risk of tying up my savings in a job for a customer that I don't know who may have a bigger wants list than bank account. just a fence? if my only liability in a project is my labor, I will jump twice as fast to get done quickly and ensure a satisfied customer. If the customer insists on haggling every nickel and dime from the price I quote, I welcome them to figure the job and take on the risk of over- or under- estimating the materials. if the customer guarantees the material will be on the job on the agreed starting date, I will not be wasting my time waiting or his money, so I can give him a break on the labor rate. if a delay is caused by unforeseen circumstances, I will be agreeable if he gives me reasonable notice, I don't have my crew standing around costing me money. if it is just a small job, take on some of the responsibilty yourself. otherwise, be a little lenient when you get my quote, as I spend a lot of time doing quotes (my time and gas) and never hear from the customer or they expect the quote to still be good months or years from now!
From: Bill Chmelik <Chmelik@earthlink.net>
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:54 PM
Subject: RE: [DIY] Some thoughts on contractors
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:54 PM
Subject: RE: [DIY] Some thoughts on contractors
In my mind, it depends on the job, installing a fence? They get paid when
the job is completed. Building a house, percentage draws, with the last draw
held until the punch-out list is completed to my satisfaction. So in answer
to your question, it depends.
One more thing to remember, if you hire a contractor, you are hiring someone
to do what YOU what, as an example we interviewed 3 contractors when we were
planning to blow out the roof and add a second floor to a rancher, all three
contractors said that it could not be done the way I wanted, so none of them
were hired and we did it ourselves, exactly as we had wanted it done. So
don't take no for an answer unless you have exhausted all resources.
-----Original Message-----
From: mailto:DoIt_Yourself%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:mailto:DoIt_Yourself%40yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of petey_racer
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 3:37 PM
To: mailto:DoIt_Yourself%40yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [DIY] Some thoughts on contractors
You're not seriously suggesting that a contractor get no payment at all
until a job is completed, are you???
--- In mailto:DoIt_Yourself%40yahoogroups.com, Ray Kornele <krazykyngekorny@...>
wrote:
>
> I agree. Also, insist that he puit a clause in the contract that he
> does not get paid until the job is completed, satisfactorily. No
> clause, no contract.
> KrazyKyngeKorny (Krazy, not stupid)
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Sandaidh <sandaidh@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > The first is the one they recommend the most. I called him and told
> > him about the job. He said he could come out Monday (this past)
> > after 6 pm. I took off work early so that I could be here.
> >
> > Six o'clock came and went. At 7 pm, I called him. His voice mail
> > said the mailbox was full and couldn't take messages.
> >
> > I called again at 8 pm. Same response.
> >
> > I called at 9 pm. Same response.
> >
> > I called at 10 pm, and from the sound of it, woke him up. He'd
forgotten.
> > After apologies, we rescheduled for this morning.
> >
>
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the job is completed. Building a house, percentage draws, with the last draw
held until the punch-out list is completed to my satisfaction. So in answer
to your question, it depends.
One more thing to remember, if you hire a contractor, you are hiring someone
to do what YOU what, as an example we interviewed 3 contractors when we were
planning to blow out the roof and add a second floor to a rancher, all three
contractors said that it could not be done the way I wanted, so none of them
were hired and we did it ourselves, exactly as we had wanted it done. So
don't take no for an answer unless you have exhausted all resources.
-----Original Message-----
From: mailto:DoIt_Yourself%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:mailto:DoIt_Yourself%40yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of petey_racer
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 3:37 PM
To: mailto:DoIt_Yourself%40yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [DIY] Some thoughts on contractors
You're not seriously suggesting that a contractor get no payment at all
until a job is completed, are you???
--- In mailto:DoIt_Yourself%40yahoogroups.com, Ray Kornele <krazykyngekorny@...>
wrote:
>
> I agree. Also, insist that he puit a clause in the contract that he
> does not get paid until the job is completed, satisfactorily. No
> clause, no contract.
> KrazyKyngeKorny (Krazy, not stupid)
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Sandaidh <sandaidh@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > The first is the one they recommend the most. I called him and told
> > him about the job. He said he could come out Monday (this past)
> > after 6 pm. I took off work early so that I could be here.
> >
> > Six o'clock came and went. At 7 pm, I called him. His voice mail
> > said the mailbox was full and couldn't take messages.
> >
> > I called again at 8 pm. Same response.
> >
> > I called at 9 pm. Same response.
> >
> > I called at 10 pm, and from the sound of it, woke him up. He'd
forgotten.
> > After apologies, we rescheduled for this morning.
> >
>
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