Author: Home Owner
•7:58 PM
Some important things you really want to do before you hire a contractor to do anything on your home! This is very vital to protect yourself so that you do not end up with a nightmare from HELL!
- First thing you want to do is go to the Contractors State License Board in California.
- Check the status of your contractor here: Query by Contractor License Number.
- Make sure you get references and call all of them up. You may even want to check out the work if the home owner will allow you to.
- Make sure you ask to see your contractors contractor card!!! And check to see if his or her name is on it!!
- Make sure you ask to see his or her drivers license to verify that you are dealing with the same person!!
- Make sure your contractor has his or her name on all proposals & contracts typed out so that you can have record of his typed name!!
- Make sure your contractor has his or her signed name above his or her typed name on the proposal and contracts!!
- Make sure everything is in writing, even if it is something that was over looked during the proposal stage!!
Author: Home Owner
•4:43 PM
Hello There! I would like to introduce myself to you, my name is Debi and I live in a very nice small community in Amador County where just about everyone knows everyone! All the children grow up together and are involved in school, friends and extra activities. For the most part, we are all very trusting and love to do things for our neighbors.
Starting the spring of 2009 my husband and I decided that we were going to do a kitchen remodel! Oh My was I ever excited as I have never had or even dreamed of having a nice kitchen before. The excitement was overwhelming to say the least, I was going to go down and start picking out my BRAND NEW KITCHEN! We were going to have a model kitchen like you see in the magazines and on TV.
We had decided on a contemporary look and things were starting to look so beautiful. We had our Cherry Wood/Chocolate Glaze cabinets ordered and installed. We bought our stainless steel appliances and they are just to die for. Then we purchased our granite counter tops for our kitchen area and our island.
Then I decided that I just had to have a new kitchen window! Well that is when everything went down hill. My dream kitchen was put on hold and the Contractor From Hell showed up!
Mind you we still need to finish up with our floor as we are still walking on sub floor and no backsplash and lighting finished yet. Not to mention we didn’t get to the dinning room either.
In a few weeks I will add my entire story about The Contractor From Hell!
