I have a mess and need help please
Long story short, got screwed over by not one, but two contractors. First one installed my living quarters. The second was hired to fix the first one's mistakes. They both checked out but didn't stop ...
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NinerBikes wrote:
AS a suggestion, next time, buy a trailer built just the way you want it, you'll be ahead right from the get go. Remodeling travel trailers is for folks with a lot of carpentry skills that are outstanding at solving problems. General contractor type work with high labor rates, not jack of all trade, master of non handyman rates.
To prevent getting screwed by a contractor, you need to be smarter than the contractor.
I went back and forth about whether to sell my trailer and buy a LQ horse trailer already done. I got such a great price on my trailer. I paid $5,000 for an all aluminum 3 horse slant with partially finished dressing room. I could have sold it for $12,000. I decided to keep it and spend my money on the LQ install.
As far as smarter than the contractor, we never really had to use a contractor because most of my husband's friends are electricians, plumbers, HVAC etc. Our brother in law is a construction guru but alas, everyone is back in Michigan. Most wanted a case of beer for payment or "friends and family" pricing. They'd get it back in work on their vehicles at the family automotive parts and repair shop. It was a win-win. Dealing with incompetent people doesn't make me stupid. It makes them incompetent. It has definitely opened my eyes to what people are capable of doing to others.
Being an incompetent contractor posing as a competent contractor is absolutely telling a lie, thus making the person a liar. I wouldn't tell someone I was a brain surgeon and offer to do a lobotomy, unless, of course, it was on contractor #1 and #2. LOL ;)
