Most home owners do not have an idea on how to manage their home improvement project. Hiring home improvement contractors without having knowledge on home improving can lead home owners towards financial problems and many other difficulties. Certainly number of complaints received from home owners are increased recently, but most of contractors who were offenders in those cases are not licensed. So, why home owners hired contractors who did not held a legal license? The license is to let the home owners know that a home improvement contractor can be trusted. Unfortunately many home owners fall into the trap by hiring an unlicensed remodel contractor who claim that they will do the job for cheap price. Specially senior citizens often fall into this trap.
What are the traps/sales tactics, home owners fall into?
The most frequent tactics used by illegal remodel contractors are misrepresenting the prices and time schedules, do not describe prices for each task/item and later after the project has started charge more for those task and items, claim they can provide low price materials because they have contacts, but later say that the prices for that material has gone up or those are out of stock, provide cheap materials which quality is low, try to start the project without signing an agreement, give plenty of oral promises rather than written, deliberately misuse the materials (so when new materials are bought contractors can have commission from the hardware store), ask for full payments before the project is finished etc. Home owners who do not have knowledge on current prices of materials, contractor's cost, what are the quality materials and process of home improvement project can be often fall into those traps/sales tactics.
What is the solution?
However, there is a way home owners can make sure that the Northern Virginia home remodel contractor they hire is professional. Read resources that have information on managing home remodeling project and try to find a home improvement company by recommendation of someone. Also home owners can check the contractor's history and previous work they have finished. Contact contractor's clients and ask whether they are satisfied with the work or not, visit the website of remodeling contractor and get an idea on them. Arrange meetings/interviews with potential Northern Virginia contractors and do not forget to check their license number and liability insurance. Some contractors may sign up with sub contractors during the project. Therefore home owners should check on their background also. Ask for well detailed description on how the contractor plan to finish the project within the budget and time. Carefully read the contract, if there is something you are not clear about, do not hesitate to ask for explanation.
Of course, the home improvement contractor hiring process may take time and lot of effort. But by doing so home improvement project is secure and the final outcome will be exactly as expected. In other words the time and effort home owners put on hiring professional Northern Virginia home improvement contractor will reward them in future.
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