Stop Fighting with Your Contractor
If you have finally found a construction contractor who is able to do your renovating job for you, why fight with them?
Yes, none of them are perfect but there are some things you can do to help make the job run smoother, finish on time and on budget and with a whole lot less stress and angst.
I know this doesn’t sound like you, but you would be amazed at what some clients think their finally-found contractor should do on their behalf.
Here is a list of ten things you can do to help your contractor and yourself:
1. Stop looking over his work every day. There are a lot of things that need to get done which aren’t immediately evident on a job site. But if those things don’t get done on time, your job could be held up for days, in some cases of material or ‘out-of-trade’ contractor shortage, weeks. So let him spend the time liaising with colleagues or accurately measuring and ordering the required materials.
2. Hiring sub-contractors. If you don’t get a brickie, plumber, electrician etc on time to do their bit of the contract, then your job gets held up too. It is a bit like a domino effect, if Continue reading ‘Stop Fighting with Your Contractor’ »