This might be the single biggest problem in tackling a home renovation or restoration.  How do you find good people, that you can afford.   Hell just finding contractors who will call you back is difficult enough right now in Vancouver.

Doing the research you find lots of happy stories, and lots of horror stories about contractors.  And the only consistent aspect is that it’s usually impossible to tell what you’re in for till you’re in it.  Scary when you’ve got tens of thousands of dollars as well as months of serious preparation on the line.

One of the folks I’m considering using is making me a bit nervious now.  Adimittedly, I’m probably over reacting.  Still, we haven’t even signed anything yet and he has postponed a meeting 3 times and then promised to get information to me by Sunday night which he hasn’t.  That and the fact that I thought our last I thought that meeting was to sign contracts and set dates, but he wasn’t quite ready yet.

These are fairly trivial, but I’m always looking out for early signs of trouble.  Like I said though, I’m probably over reacting.  But in the spirit of a good blogger, I’m trying to capture some of the raw feelings in renovating, as they happen.

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