Home Improvement Q&A - Questions to Ask When Interviewing Contractors

Q: We’re ready to go to bid on potential contractors-the plans are done, all the options that we can foresee have been selected, and we have a list of recommended contractors we’re going to ask for proposals. One of our biggest concerns is that we’ll “miss something” when we interview them. What are the questions we should ask? We don’t wish to leave anything out.

A: Something I always emphasize is that no matter how many contractors you interview, you should ask each one the same questions. That applies as much to contractors as to architects, real estate professionals and anyone else to whom you will be entrusting great gobs of money.

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