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<blockquote data-quote="1shott" data-source="post: 4382298" data-attributes="member: 29"><p>First, Great rant.</p><p></p><p>Second, theres a lot I could comment on, but I wont at the same time. the following is all from my personal experience as a consumer. </p><p></p><p></p><p>A lot of these so called "pros" have no clue as to what they are doing.</p><p></p><p>Check references as well as On Demand Court Records. Look for the person or persons you are going to hire, see if and how many times they have been sued, criminal history as well. Look at it like this, do you want a convicted rapist or habitual thief or drug user in your house?</p><p>Yes I know people can change and some do and are a success, but if theres a revolving door for the court system then personally I would look elsewhere,</p><p></p><p>Also how do they expect materials to be paid for, IMO if they are running a business, the customer should never have to cover materials for them, the "pro" or handyman should be successful enough to have a line of credit accessible to cover most of the small jobs this thread was started about. The customer should be presented with a quote and break down of costs and labor. Even a small job, like a leaking faucet.</p><p></p><p>Dont get me wrong here, there are some talented successful handymen out there who do some great work. You just have to weed out the bad ones. You the consumer have to do your homework.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I have hired several to do work on my house, from tile floors, bath/shower remodel, and even my roof. All of these came out great, the roofer worked with my insurance company, and knew what he was doing, insurance company knew of him as well, made the process easier.</p><p></p><p>Also be sure they have insurance to cover them if they get hurt, if they do not and get hurt while working on your house, they can file a claim against your homeowners insurance.</p><p></p><p>Youtube as mentioned by others is a wealth of knowledge these days, you would be surprised at how easy some of the repairs are. One of my brothers will text me or face time me asking how do I fix this, always fun to walk him thru things. First thing, take a breath, we got this.</p><p></p><p>Last comment is home ownership is great, until something breaks then its your phone that rings LOL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1shott, post: 4382298, member: 29"] First, Great rant. Second, theres a lot I could comment on, but I wont at the same time. the following is all from my personal experience as a consumer. A lot of these so called "pros" have no clue as to what they are doing. Check references as well as On Demand Court Records. Look for the person or persons you are going to hire, see if and how many times they have been sued, criminal history as well. Look at it like this, do you want a convicted rapist or habitual thief or drug user in your house? Yes I know people can change and some do and are a success, but if theres a revolving door for the court system then personally I would look elsewhere, Also how do they expect materials to be paid for, IMO if they are running a business, the customer should never have to cover materials for them, the "pro" or handyman should be successful enough to have a line of credit accessible to cover most of the small jobs this thread was started about. The customer should be presented with a quote and break down of costs and labor. Even a small job, like a leaking faucet. Dont get me wrong here, there are some talented successful handymen out there who do some great work. You just have to weed out the bad ones. You the consumer have to do your homework. I have hired several to do work on my house, from tile floors, bath/shower remodel, and even my roof. All of these came out great, the roofer worked with my insurance company, and knew what he was doing, insurance company knew of him as well, made the process easier. Also be sure they have insurance to cover them if they get hurt, if they do not and get hurt while working on your house, they can file a claim against your homeowners insurance. Youtube as mentioned by others is a wealth of knowledge these days, you would be surprised at how easy some of the repairs are. One of my brothers will text me or face time me asking how do I fix this, always fun to walk him thru things. First thing, take a breath, we got this. Last comment is home ownership is great, until something breaks then its your phone that rings LOL. [/QUOTE]
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