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Remodeling advice.
Posted by BillZ (more from BillZ) on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:56:59
In Reply to: Re: Tell us your kitchen remodeling stories and advice., Mattias.se, Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:11:36
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Right off the bat, I am biased as I've made my living as a contractor for the last 35 years. I don't do kitchens, but you might enjoy these three guidelines from the contracting side.
1. These are tough times. Be very careful who you do business with, especially when it comes to giving a down payment. Companies are dropping like flies.
2. Do not get three references. Do you think a dishonest contractor will give you one bad, one good, and one medium? Ask to see their entire customer list and pick out 6 or 7 names at random and make sure to talk to them all.
3. The big box stores are all bark and no bite. They have more tricks up their sleeve than you can imagine, and they are very good at it. If their price is lower, there's a reason. They use their buying power to coerce manufacturer's into making things cheaper, cutting quality, and using a good name to sell junk.
A specialist who knows a lot about one thing, like kitchens, will give you much more value than a big box store who knows a little bit about a lot of things.
Best of Luck!
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Posts in this Thread:
- Tell us your kitchen remodeling stories and advice., adl6009 , Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:42:51
- Re: Tell us your kitchen remodeling stories and advice., swede-murphy , Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:57:47
- Look for Bill Davies on the 9000 board, PT, Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:44:48
- on the cheap, DougM , Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:36:15
- Great stuff, adl6009 , Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:57:13
- Re: Tell us your kitchen remodeling stories and advice., Erik919kt, Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:41:51
- A few suggestions, newwithasaab, Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:32:47
- Countertops, Bill Homer , Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:19:11
- Done this twice, DivrDon , Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:33:48
- Re: Tell us your kitchen remodeling stories and advice., Mattias.se, Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:11:36
- Did ours about 5 years ago, Noel, Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:43:47
- Re: Tell us your kitchen remodeling stories and advice., Randy Thatcher , Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:06:00
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