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5 Questions to Ask Contractors Before Letting Them Into Your Home

  • Perla Irish
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  1. 1. “Are You Properly Licensed, Bonded, and Insured?”
  2. 2. “How Many experiences Do You Have?”
  3. 3. “Which Specific Services Do You Offer?”
  4. 4. “Can You Provide References?”
  5. 5. “How Much Do Your Services Cost?”
  6. These Are Just Some of the Top Questions to Ask Contractors

Are you interested in making repairs to your home or remodeling a portion of it? Hire a contractor to help you out rather than trying to tackle the job on your own.

There are almost 700,000 construction companies in the U.S. today offering the services of more than 7.8 million employees. One of them can provide you with the services you need to inject some life back into your home.

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5 Questions to Ask Contractors Before Letting Them Into Your Home

Before you bring them on board, though, there are questions to ask contractors that you should run by them. Check out five questions you should make sure you ask below.


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1. “Are You Properly Licensed, Bonded, and Insured?”

You should not, under any circumstances, allow a contractor to set foot in your home if they’re not properly licensed, bonded, and insured.

If you let a contractor work on your home without a license or insurance, you could be asking for trouble. It could prove to be a very expensive mistake in the end if an accident takes place or damage is done during your home repair or remodeling project.

Of all the questions to ask contractors listed here, this one is probably the most important.

2. “How Many experiences Do You Have?”

As we mentioned a moment ago, there is no shortage of options when it comes to contractors in this country. So why in the world would you settle for working with one that has next to no experience?

Ask contractors how long they’ve been providing their services within their community. If they don’t have at least a few years, if not a few decades, worth of experience, look for someone else to assist you.

3. “Which Specific Services Do You Offer?”

Most contractors will provide the same basic home repair and remodeling services. But you shouldn’t assume that they’re all capable of setting you up with the specific services you need.

If, for example, you’re remodeling a bathroom, you need to have reputable plumbing contractors on your side. You don’t want to get caught working with contractors who don’t know the first thing about plumbing.

4. “Can You Provide References?”

A great contractor should have a reputation that speaks for itself. They should be more than willing to share the names of some recent clients that will sing their praises.

Don’t hesitate to ask a contractor to give you a list of references that can attest to the type of work that they do. You should also look at some online reviews for a contractor to see what those in their community have to say about them.

5. “How Much Do Your Services Cost?”

At the end of the day, you want an amazing contractor to help with your home repairs or remodeling. But you don’t want to pay an arm and a leg to enlist them and their services.

One of the last questions to ask contractors should be about the prices they charge. Call around to get quotes from a few contractors to avoid overpaying for home repairs or remodeling.

These Are Just Some of the Top Questions to Ask Contractors

If you don’t do your homework prior to hiring a contractor, you might find yourself in a world of trouble later. You could very well end up working with the wrong contractor for the job.

Use the questions to ask contractors listed here to learn more about contractors before hiring the best fit for your specific job. It’ll help your home repair or remodeling project go off without a hitch.

Read the articles on our blog for more tips on taking on home improvement projects.

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Perla Irish

Perla Irish, who is more familiarly known as Irish, is the Content Manager at Dreamlandsdesign.com. She loves following trends around home and garden, interior design, and digital marketing. Through this blog, Irish wants to share information and help readers solve the problems they are experiencing.

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