Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
Expectations for contractors?
We bought a fixer upper and have been utilizing a lot of local contractors to do work; drywall, painting, closet, floors, etc... The work has been pretty good quality and the prices have been good but no one I mean NO ONE has finished one job when they said they would. Everyone seems to have an excuse, "My wife needs me to come home," "My daughter is home from college," i hate to sound cruel but a job is a job and it seems some pressure should be on workers to adhere to a deadline. My thought is to offer an incentive for finishing when they say they will but my husband says with the low cost you can't bargain. All I know is we need our entire upstairs re-floored and I so am not looking forward to some long drawn out venture....any suggestions for negotiating effectively in this space?
2 Answers
- rob sLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Get the written contract to state that if they are not done on the day specified, there will be a financial penalty base on a per day time frame. Plus you can add a bonus clause if the job is done on time or before . Both sides should give a reasonable time frame for said job..
Any questions you can e mail me through my avatar. GL
Source(s): 20 years in flooring as a store owner/installer - ?Lv 58 years ago
When you get an estimate from a contractor concerning a timeline automatically double the time they say it will be done. Contractors normally underestimate the amount of time jobs will take. If he says a week count on two, but don't tell the contractor because if he knows you are expecting two he will take three.
