Comments on: Contractor Troubles part 2 http://www.thisoldvancouverhouse.com/2008/09/23/contractor-troubles-part-2/ Home renovation to restore this old house back to the 30s Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:34:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: john http://www.thisoldvancouverhouse.com/2008/09/23/contractor-troubles-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-29 john Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:42:43 +0000 http://www.thisoldvancouverhouse.com/?p=121#comment-29 Yeah I don't want any surprise visits like that. So I'll be informing contractor A of where things stand. That's actually a pretty good idea, espeically for exterior painting since the quote I've been getting are all about $5,000 - $7,000. Yeah I don’t want any surprise visits like that. So I’ll be informing contractor A of where things stand.

That’s actually a pretty good idea, espeically for exterior painting since the quote I’ve been getting are all about $5,000 – $7,000.

]]> By: jojuchst http://www.thisoldvancouverhouse.com/2008/09/23/contractor-troubles-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-24 jojuchst Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:22:01 +0000 http://www.thisoldvancouverhouse.com/?p=121#comment-24 I've encountered situations where I've given up on contractor A and went to contractor B. Then one day out of nowhere contractor A show up at the front door and want to start on the job. WTF you got to be kidding me ??? I've gotten so sick of contractors now that I would take holiday from work to work on my house projects. I spend the money getting the proper tools and really do a good job. The end result is much more satisfying. Obviously not all jobs are DIYable. One option that I would like to explore is hiring manual labour and get them to do the grunt work but making sure that I purchase WCB for them which isn't all that expensive. We should have done the exterior painting going this route. As long as the laborers don't supply the paint, in other word I will go a buy the paints myself, big deal, these laborers are WCB insurable. We would also rent the ladders and scaffolds. In the end I think we can get the job done a lot sooner. I’ve encountered situations where I’ve given up on contractor A and went to contractor B. Then one day out of nowhere contractor A show up at the front door and want to start on the job. WTF you got to be kidding me ???

I’ve gotten so sick of contractors now that I would take holiday from work to work on my house projects. I spend the money getting the proper tools and really do a good job. The end result is much more satisfying. Obviously not all jobs are DIYable. One option that I would like to explore is hiring manual labour and get them to do the grunt work but making sure that I purchase WCB for them which isn’t all that expensive.

We should have done the exterior painting going this route. As long as the laborers don’t supply the paint, in other word I will go a buy the paints myself, big deal, these laborers are WCB insurable. We would also rent the ladders and scaffolds. In the end I think we can get the job done a lot sooner.

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