My experience 😑

High cost work with little to no accountability.

You can count on them doubling the estimate every single time, and you have to keep on them just to make sure the work gets done.

Just had one set of subcontractors throw away material for other fixes… Lead group days that the ones involved are no longer a part of the project, so we’re on the hook for even more.

Thinking back, i have always been unhappy with the work done by a contractor. I’m not asking for much, painters paint an area, plumbers stop leaks, drywall dudes fix the water damage… And the job is always left with areas unpainted, pipes not connected, and holes in the drywall that were not there before.

Have you ever been happy with a contractors work? What did they do for you?

  • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    3 days ago

    Mostly, no.

    We hired someone to paint our house almost 30 years ago. That guy was fantastic. He was the only one we spoke to who would guarantee his work. He would test the moisture content if the surface he was painting before beginning, and he would only start when it was dry enough to ensure his adhesion.

    We also found an HVAC company that we could trust to work on our boiler.

    We’ve had at least 8 other companies do work so incompetently, I’ve just about given up.

    One problem we have is that we have an older (>100 years) house, and people don’t appear to know how to work on older homes anymore.

    The other problem is just plain incompetence and lack of care.

    I’ve never been one to balk at a high quote, but apart from the painter, it doesn’t appear to matter. Paying more just gets you more expensive incompetence.

    We had one contractor who was really good, but he’s getting older and he’s having his son take over, and his son isn’t up to the challenge.

    Edit: my mom has been satisfied with the work she’s had done, but she hounds them mercilessly. If she doesn’t like what they do, they have to redo it. We’ve had some satisfaction with that technique, but it wears you down. I’ve already got a full time job. I don’t have any slack left to manage the people I hire to work on the house.