Home Improvement Contractor - Licensed Contractors
Are conditions favorable now for hiring a home remodeling contractor?
Are contractors "hungrier" now? Are prices of lumber falling? Can I get a better deal now because the market is depressed? What are the advantages to building now?
Public Comments
- Not in central NJ!!! I have called 4 electricians in the last month and cant get one to call me back. Business must be pretty good.
- The good contractors are always busy. You can get a deal, but remember you get what you pay for. It is probably someone that can't get other work.
- I spoke with a guy who told me his price of lumber almost doubled, but this was several months ago. this isn't the best economic market for home renovations, so I would say no.
- Materials have increased in price because of so much going to other countries (steel and concrete to China for one). The contractors still need to make a living, so they will not be giving their work away - they don't need the practice.
- No matter what you decide to do, make you get a performance bond from the contractor. If he agrees to the bond, you put nothing down and you do not have to pay if the job is not of your satisfaction. He can not do a mechanics lean which means he can not foreclose..
