Democratic Underground - Ohhhh been there done that

You got lots of DU love and support from me, for sure!

We had a lot of work done last summer and I interviewed a LOT of contractors on my own (my husband was miffed that I didn't want to wait four MORE years--or longer--for him to get around to doing all of it, so he hid and pouted). Got a lot of "oh sure yeah we can do that" and then never heard from them again. I ended up hiring two contractors--one to put wood clapboards on the back wall of the house and then paint the whole thing (the house is really tall--I wasn't going to do it) and build a set of exterior steps for the back door, and another to do all the interior work--finish a powder room and mudroom and put a wall of windows in the dining room. I lucked out--the interior guys ROCKED. The exterior guys...er, sucked. It got to the point where I had the interior guys finish off the exterior side wall where they did the windows because I couldn't bear to be around the other contractor for one more minute.

The lousy guy didn't stick to his estimate in the least. The good guy did--never asked for a penny more than he estimated. I heart the good guy and would have him and his team back in a millisecond to finish our kitchen. As soon as I scare up more money. The lousy guy...I never want to see again...but I do, because he gets a lot of work in this small village (how, I have no idea), and he's driving all over the place all the time.

Anyway, good luck to you. Deep breaths...it's almost over...you can do it... :loveya:

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