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My husband and I bought a fixer-upper in Park Slope. We are basically gutting a small townhouse, adding an extension and adding a floor. We were very enthused about the project when we bought it, but have encountered lots of problems. The house was bought in April and now it is almost November and all that has been done is demolition.

Since this is our first fixer-upper experience. We have many questions from experienced renovators. One question is how many times does your contractor call you? Does he/she call you everytime there is a small or large problem? If so, what are the problems like typically? How often is the contractor at the site? How many projects are they working on? How involved is the contractor with the architect? Do they talk all the time? Is the architect available weekly? How many people worked at your site? How long did it take to complete a similar sized project?

We are at a loss of answers and feel helpless. If you have any experience with anything like this, please let us know. Your help and guidance is very appreciated!