First off, I have learned never to pay for labor all of the labor until the job is done to your satisfaction. Materials is a good thing to volunteer to pay for up front. Preferably do the purchasing yourself.
Do some research, talk to friends for any recomendations or get some from your local hardware store, perhaps if it is simple jobs like painting, your church may have some youth that would like some summer jobs.
When interviewing prospective carpenters, plumbers or HVAC guys you should as for references or to see some of their finished products.
Ask lots of questions, an compare answers between different contractors. This should give you an idea of who knows what they're talking about and who you can trust. One make or break question would be "Do you have the tools/equipt. to do this work?"
Bids are just getting estimates from different contractors (plumber, carpenter, HVAC etc). When asking for an estimate, try to keep things standard, so you can compare apples to apples.
Hope that helps. |
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