What the Home Information Sites Don’t Tell You!

1. You need permits

2. You need design work

3. You need a written scope of work

4. You need an existing floor plan

5. You need specifications and materials decided on

6. Putting project information in writing is a lot of work

7. What most homeowners think

8. Contractors walk in and out with building permits

9. Walk around estimates are comparable

10. I will tell 3 or 4 contractors what I want and get estimates

11. Contractors make a lot of money

12. Contractors just write out checks to subs

13. The project is real simple. How much?

14. Permits are needed

15. Zoning approval and set back requirements need approval

16. Existing conditions prevail and need to be formatted in detail

17. Designing, scope of work and specification need to be documented FIRST

18. Cost is last!