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How to Keep your Home Clean During Home Remodeling

Posted by Lydia Solis

Home remodeling is a messy business. You have to remind yourselves that general contractors have to take your home apart before we can put it back together, and with that comes dust and trash.

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Topics: general contractor, contractor, home remodeling, home remodel, construction

Lousy Construction Results: Failed Home Remodel Construction Project

Posted by Lydia Solis

It is widely known that the home remodel industry is rife with unsavory characters. The common slick pushy sales man who wears way too much cologne.  One thing that truly chaps my hide is when people move forward and hire someone because they quoted them a “super deal.” The customer was also promised the world in expensive upgrades, etc., etc. This job only has two roads. One leads to the $1 Fare and the other to the magic show. The $1 is when a customer feels like they are on a rollercoaster that rattles and is a terrifying ride. Shoddy work and no return phone calls from the contractor. The magic show is when the contractor disappears with the customer’s money and abandons the project. For a while I thought that the great recession had killed off most of these degenerate self-proclaimed ‘contractors.’  As the economy continues to grow I have noticed that some of these scumbags are slithering their way back into the market. If you can sense my contempt for these sleazy people it because they cause an enormous amount of havoc in the construction industry. Bad contractors cause home owner major anxiety. When I first meet with people it takes about 15 minutes for them to get comfortable with me. I like to think that my ethics and reputation help set their mind at ease. In most cases this is true, but I do notice more often than not people have their defenses up.

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Topics: residential contractor, general contractor, contractor, remodeling contractor, dealing with contractors, residential construction, home remodel

How to Spot a Shady Contractor

Posted by Lydia Solis

As a residential construction company, we were of course intrigued when Adam Corolla teamed up with Spike TV for Catch a Contractor. It’s about the nationwide epidemic of shady contractors giving the good ones a bad name. Innocent people who need work done on their home and end up being scammed by these “contractors”. The contractor vanishes like a ghost with the customers’ money and leave hack jobs behind.

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Topics: residential contractor, general contractor, remodeling contractor, dealing with contractors

4 Reasons Why People Hate General Contractors

Posted by Alex Rodriguez

The construction industry has a notorious reputation of harboring unsavory characters. Many
people would prefer to deal with a ‘used car salesman’ than a General contractor.  I recently read a report published by

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Topics: bathroom remodel, residential contractor, general contractor, contractor, remodeling contractor, home maintenance, property maintenance, residential construction, new construction, kitchen remodel

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