Don’t let any contractors into your house until you’ve lived there for at least a few months, and learn how to recognize high pressure sales pitches from them. They’ll take advantage of you if you don’t. Always get more than one quote. If you’re as much as tell them you’re getting multiple quotes, they’ll start lowering their prices pretty dramatically.
It’s the first part that I don’t agree with. There’s zero reason to not hire a contractor in the first weeks of owning a new place. Assuming due diligence, you should know prior to closing what areas might need attention.
Ehhh some of this is great advice about sales tactics, but you should definitely get a contractor to come out and look over the place again.
Reason being is if there is something that was missed in your initial inspection that another contractor found, you can go back to the realtor and demand them to be fixed. Especially for new builds.
However you only have a small window for this, because if you wait too long the realtor and or contractors can say it was you and it’s not their responsibility.
Also you should always get multiple bids from several contractors. If someone is going to do the job at a really low price, that means that contractor will cut corners, and do more harm than good. If someone is giving you an astronomical price that is completely unreasonable that means the contractor doesn’t want the job.
There is also this other “tactic” that construction companies know very well. That is if the company is trying to give you a deal, you as a customer are going to nitpick every little thing. Flip side, if they mark it up the customer will always believe it’s the best job that was ever done.
Source: my step father owned a large legit construction company, that I worked for, and my bio father owned a small shady construction company, that I also worked for.
Don’t let any contractors into your house until you’ve lived there for at least a few months, and learn how to recognize high pressure sales pitches from them. They’ll take advantage of you if you don’t. Always get more than one quote. If you’re as much as tell them you’re getting multiple quotes, they’ll start lowering their prices pretty dramatically.
Holy fuck, what shit advice.
Please finish your thought. Let me get you started:
“Because…”
It’s the first part that I don’t agree with. There’s zero reason to not hire a contractor in the first weeks of owning a new place. Assuming due diligence, you should know prior to closing what areas might need attention.
Moral.
Ignorance is expensive.
A lot of times you won’t know what needs attention until you’ve lived in the house long enough. Not everything is immediately obvious.
Ehhh some of this is great advice about sales tactics, but you should definitely get a contractor to come out and look over the place again.
Reason being is if there is something that was missed in your initial inspection that another contractor found, you can go back to the realtor and demand them to be fixed. Especially for new builds.
However you only have a small window for this, because if you wait too long the realtor and or contractors can say it was you and it’s not their responsibility.
Also you should always get multiple bids from several contractors. If someone is going to do the job at a really low price, that means that contractor will cut corners, and do more harm than good. If someone is giving you an astronomical price that is completely unreasonable that means the contractor doesn’t want the job.
There is also this other “tactic” that construction companies know very well. That is if the company is trying to give you a deal, you as a customer are going to nitpick every little thing. Flip side, if they mark it up the customer will always believe it’s the best job that was ever done.
Source: my step father owned a large legit construction company, that I worked for, and my bio father owned a small shady construction company, that I also worked for.
After 30 years of owning my own home my red flag is when they say “this is going to be a big job”.
Probably because it is, they don’t like you, or they don’t want the job.
I’m not trying to be mean, but contractors will price it outrageously or say “this will be a big job” because they don’t want the job, so you say no.