We recommend a contractor
He is punctual, has a team, a base of subcontractors for specialty projects, works fast (makes large progress every day) is generous (has given us many gift projects) and does great work all around. Most of all, he has saved us a fortune. We had many quotes and he was literally 60% of the other…
He is punctual, has a team, a base of subcontractors for specialty projects, works fast (makes large progress every day) is generous (has given us many gift projects) and does great work all around. Most of all, he has saved us a fortune. We had many quotes and he was literally 60% of the other prices. Saved us a fortune, like you wouldn’t believe. Already saved us around $200,000. He works on the projects himself as he supervises and directs the teams. In otherwords, he doesn’t drive from project to project and supervise. He’s there all the time. Sounds too good to be true. We were concerned, however, he did our friend’s house so we went with him. The one catch, however, is that he only speaks Chinese, but, interestingly, it doesn’t seem to matter. He has a translator/friend to get through the more specific parts, but one the general project is understood, we seem to communicate with very little issues. He understands some english, but it’s amazing what you can accomplish through pointing, gesticulating and drawing. And there’s always the translator that can be called. Anyway, he works on one project at a time and will be done with ours in March. I can hook you up if you like. Call me at 201 819-4349. Andrew
this person is licensed and insured yet managed to beat other contractors pricing by over 60%???
licensed, highly unlikely, and insured…maybe if someone pulled some permits for him.
sounds like if someone got hurt…you’d be out more than 200K..
good luck on your house, it will be falling apart shortly, and nothing is free, as you will learn
Yes, licensed and insured.
12:25..are you referring to the words between the lines,.. no where on this site does it state ‘licensed’ and ‘insured’.
“OP, is this person licensed and insured? ”
can you read? he said he was.
OP, is this person licensed and insured? Was filing done? IMO, sounds like you hired a good handyman with a lot of friends. Licensed and professional tradesman don’t provide gifts, especially if their original price was fair, that would be like an attorney representing you for free or a doctor fixing your left hand after you paying to fix your right. I’m not against this approach, but am concerned (now that I own a home) about lawsuits. It only takes one person tripping on your property and your in court. Or it can be that this person doesn’t have the professional backing to support your project when something goes wrong. Glad to hear you had success, but sounds like you took a big gamble and there was a huge chance of something going equally wrong.
Yes, “1:40 pm”, that commentator is a nuisance, but I’m glad you see through the BS. I can’t fathom that person’s mentality and it is not worth my time. You are welcome to see a real project in process with real people working and judge for yourself. I will not comment on him/her again, though I have thought of plenty to say, LOL. It’s an interesting world. Quite a surprise, this person bothering to stalk my good effort. I’m glad I didn’t give my home address. I look forward to your call and, if you desire, a site-visit.
Ask your contractors if they want to install a turkish bath in Istanbul.
Andrew–thanks for the info. I’ll call this weekend…despite the nasty/nativist remarks of the others.
This sounds like an ideal situation. I was just telling my wife that I’m hoping to find a recommendation for a contractor from someone I don’t know on the internet. Ideally, the contractor doesn’t speak English and I have to play charades with him on a constant basis, because boy, do I love parlor games. Maybe we can play Pictionary, too! I hope this contractor will give me many gifts, I really don’t care about his work as long as he’s cheap. It sounds as if (not when, but if) I have problems or concerns, he’ll be right on the job and I won’t have to pay the cheapest non-English speaking lawyer to track him down. Please call me at 718-WTF-MORON so I can sign a contract with him ASAP