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Don't Divorce Your Custom Home Builders!

by Custom Home Builder on May 26, 2011

Firing a custom home builder in the middle of a project is like getting a divorce: it’s ugly, and it’s expensive. Dishonest contractors know something you might not: once work commences, your project is no longer desirable for any other contractor. If you’ve been talking to contractors, just ask them how they would feel about taking over a contract that was stopped in the middle of work from which the previous contractor was fired. You might be surprised to hear—EVEN IN THIS ECONOMY—what the answers are. Add to it that most likely if you fire a contractor that you will not feel like paying them as much as they feel is owed to them at that point, so they will likely slap you with a mechanic’s lien and law suit, and you’ll want whoever takes over the project to help your counter-suit by acting as an expert witness for you. You’re now asking for them to volunteer to be embroiled in a law suit. Thanks, can I get a side of kick-in-the-teeth with that? If you...Read More >>



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